Chatter over the airwaves has provided some clues about what happened in Arizona. A chief flight instructor who was in the ...

Do more U.S. airports need control towers? That's one of the questions that has arisen following a midair collision at an airport in southern Arizona last week.

The Portsmouth Air Traffic Control tower handled 75,886 operations in Fiscal Year 2024. The airport is home to 12 KC-46 refueling tankers that conduct daily sorties in support of operations in the ...

Through the FAA, airports can apply for federal grants to modernize and build air traffic control towers that are staffed by private companies and contract workers, rather than FAA staff.

Without an air traffic control tower, it’s a calculated dance that requires communication by pilots. Brothers and roommate of Laken Riley’s killer to be deported after fake green card ...

The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va., near the wreckage of a mid-air collision between a Black Hawk ...

Without an air traffic control tower, pilots rely solely on radio communication to coordinate movements — a delicate and precise system. (Reuters) Every year, tens of thousands of planes take ...

While the current tower has limitations, air traffic controllers are managing and committed to safety, their union says. The air traffic control tower at Des Moines International Airport poses a ...

Without an air traffic control tower, it’s a calculated dance that requires communication by pilots. Two small planes collided in midair over one of the runways on the outskirts of Tucson last week.

City officials agreed to move forward plans for the new air traffic control tower at Columbus Municipal Airport.