Some airports in West Virginia closing towers

Several West Virginia airports are on the list of air traffic control towers that will be closed due to budget cuts.

The Federal Aviation Administration released the list Friday of 149 air traffic control towers nationwide they plan to close.

The Wheeling-Ohio County Airport was one of those on the list and airport officials said tower operations will stop on April 7. The airport is the only one in the area that has a tower.

Wheeling-Ohio County Airport manager Tom Tominack previously pleaded his case to the FAA on why the tower should not be shut down.

Airport towers at Lewisburg and Parkersburg were also on that list.