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A long-anticipated air traffic control tower at the St. George Regional Airport is on the horizon — with construction ...
Of the 290 FAA-operated air traffic control towers spread across America in 2023 (the most recent year with available data), 128 were considered understaffed, falling below the FAA’s 85% ...
Representatives with CVG Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to WLWT that one of their air traffic control towers was temporarily out of operation on Sunday morning.
The report traces the F.A.A.’s mounting air traffic control problems going back over a decade, citing events that have stymied efforts to hire and train qualified controllers.
CBS News got an up-close look at a pilot's training inside a 737 Max simulator amid a renewed focus on the U.S.' aging air traffic control system.
The Marana Regional Airport was recently accepted into an FAA program that will pave the way for the town to construct an air traffic control tower, which is estimated to cost at least $8 million.
Graves advocated for $12.5 billion in air traffic control modernization as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The money would fund new towers, radar systems and facilities, as well as hiring ...
Of the 290 FAA-operated air traffic control towers spread across America in 2023 (the most recent year with available data), 128 were considered understaffed, falling below the FAA’s 85% ...
The air traffic control tower at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala. on June 21, 2025. Following a spate of technical outages and staffing shortages, the Trump ...
Most air traffic control towers and facilities across the US currently operate with technology that seems frozen in the 20th century, although that isn't necessarily a bad thing—when it works.