"Michael" wrote in message
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What NFCT really means is this - we're not busy enough to actually
need a tower, but we want to pretend like we're a big airport and have
one anyway.

You can probably thank the City of Renton and/or the Boeing Company for
that, since it's a matter of civic and corporate pride to have a tower at
the airport where the 737s and 757s are assembled.

Or maybe there's an actual reason for having a tower, given that the airport
isn't exactly quiet, and does have jet traffic mixing with GA.

I don't know the exact reason. I agree that in general, if there's little
enough traffic to not need positive ground control, I'd question the need
for a tower at all. Conversely, if there's a need for a tower, regardless
of the amount of traffic, I'd think there'd be justification for ground
control as well. The whole thing sounds pretty silly to me.

Which is, I suppose, the point.

Pete