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ICYMI – Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Dedicates John S. McCain III Air Traffic Control Tower

AJ Cedo
Last updated: August 26, 2022 9:26 pm
AJ Cedo Published August 23, 2022
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On Aug. 23, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (Airport, Gateway Airport) dedicated its new $30 million Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT), naming it after John S. McCain III, the late United States Senator from Arizona. The new tower will officially enter into service on Aug. 27.

“I’m honored to announce we are dedicating the tower to an inspiring, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly for this community and state at every level and who played a significant role in making this project happen,” said Mesa Mayor John Giles.

“Arizona was a major training base for World War Two. The ground that you sit on now was an Air Force Base that trained thousands of Air Force pilots. To know my father now has a place in that legacy of aviation is incredibly humbling,” said Jack McCain during the ceremony. “It is an honor for my entire family to know the tower is dedicated in his name.”

Gateway Airport’s current ATCT is too short, and its cab too small, to efficiently handle aircraft operations at the growing Airport. Efforts to construct a new tower began nearly a decade ago and required a change in federal law before the Airport could move forward with the project. The late Senator McCain and Arizona’s Congressional Delegation were instrumental in efforts to remove the $2 million federal funding cap for construction of contract air traffic control towers.

Gateway Airport’s new Tower is 199 feet tall (60% taller than existing Tower), and its cab is 550 square feet (twice as large as the existing Tower) with eight controller positions. The project took 18 months to complete.

“We are grateful for the U.S. Senators and Representatives that worked tirelessly over several years to enable federal funding for this critical airfield infrastructure project,” said Airport Director J. Brian O’Neill, A.A.E. “Gateway Airport plays an important role in Arizona’s air transportation system and now contributes more than $1.8 billion each year to the regional economy.”

“Completion of the John S. McCain III Air Traffic Control Tower is the culmination of years of hard work and determination by our local, state, and federal leaders,” said Gilbert Mayor Brigette Peterson, Chair of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority. “This bipartisan effort will help Gateway Airport continue to grow and create high-wage jobs across greater Phoenix.”

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