The air-traffic-control tower at Renton Municipal airport and 148 other contract towers will remain open for the rest of fiscal 2013.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday that the federal Department of Transportation has determined that the recently enacted Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 will allow the FAA to transfer sufficient funds to end employee furloughs and keep open the 149 contract towers scheduled for closure in June.

Preeti Shridhar, a City of Renton spokeswoman, called the announcement “good news.”

“We will continue to work on keeping them open beyond then,” she said.

Federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.

Renton Airport is one of the busiest general-aviation airports in the state and is also home to the Boeing-built 737.