The federal government runs air traffic control because that was the easiest way to do things in the early days of flying.

The Federal Aviation Administration's training academy is trying to get thousands more controllers into chronically ...

At the end of April, air traffic control radar surveillance and radio communication systems at Newark Liberty International Airport went dark for over a minute. A week and half later, radar went down ...

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% ...

Federal aviation authorities have been trying for years to hire more air traffic controllers, but they've fallen short of their goals. We look at why it's so hard to train enough controllers.

The FAA has a nationwide shortage of around 3,000 air traffic controllers, impacting airport efficiency. This understaffing exacerbates delays when issues like bad weather or technical outages occur.