The Miami Herald reports that:
Miami-Dade County and the FAA negotiated for years over how to replace Opa-locka Airport’s control tower. Now controllers are working in a trailer while a new tower is built.
For the next three years, Opa-locka Airport’s control tower will be a trailer perched atop cargo containers welded together. Controllers must climb a ladder to get inside. And the tower is only 33 feet off the ground, meaning controllers can’t see the entire airfield.
I think the best quote of all is: “This is not a tower that meets any code whatsoever.”
