Based on 2024 targets set by the FAA and the air traffic controllers' union. Does not include en route facilities; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals A huge share of the country's air traffic control ...

Based on 2024 targets set by the FAA and the air traffic controllers union. Does not include ARTCCs; Map: Erin Davis/Axios A huge share of the country's air traffic control facilities are understaffed ...

THEY’VE NEVER REALLY HAD ENOUGH CONTROLLERS. IT WAS DURING THAT STRIKE FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN FIRED 11,000 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, AND THEY STILL DON’T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS.

The request was in response to a question by air traffic control (ATC) asking whether they ... of the helicopter involved in the crash. Maps published by the FAA show that helicopters are required ...

The deadly crash this week between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet that killed 67 has raised questions about the increasingly congested air traffic in the Washington region ...

The responsibility of handling air traffic control for helicopters and incoming planes at Reagan National Airport were combined on Wednesday night ahead of a deadly collision, a report said.

While no cause has been revealed over the recent tragedy, aviation safety experts have raised concerns for years about a shortage of air traffic controllers. As of data released in fall of 2024 ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ARRIVAL COULD CAUSE AN INCREASE IN AIR TRAFFIC. OUR JOSSIE CARBONARE IS AT WITHAM FIELD AIRPORT IN STUART WITH WHAT IT MEANS FOR THAT AREA. WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT AND ...

Before an American Airlines plane collided with an Army helicopter near the Reagan National Airport, lawmakers had raised concerns about the increasingly congested airspace above the Washington, D.C., ...

“So the communications go through air traffic control. Ideally, the aircraft operating in the same airspace will be on the same frequency and controlled by the same controller. However, that ...

According to an FAA report, one air traffic controller was coordinating helicopter traffic and plane traffic at the time of the collision. But former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt told Scripps News ...