LAND O' LAKES - In November, workers began cutting down thousands of trees in Land O' Lakes because the trees were too tall. As many as 2,200 flights come into King's Land O' Lakes Airport each year, and the tall trees could put them in danger.
"There's a safety area around the airport that's kind of like a stadium where the field would be the runway and everything above the seats are the safety areas that need to be clear so that the pilot can land safely," said Ryan Donnelly, an airport development engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
In 2012, a FAA flight check discovered many trees were feet taller than they should be in the approach slope. It shutdown night and low visibility flights into and out of the airport in November 2013.
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