An air traffic controller’s primary responsibility is to separate aircraft flying under IFR. Yes, controllers have many other ...

The U.S. needs thousands of additional air traffic controllers, but training and certifying them can take years. NPR visits one school that's trying to get controllers on the job faster.

Air traffic controllers in Florida briefly lost their radar after a fiber optic line was cut, but the outage didn’t lead to ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center in Florida is experiencing a telecommunications issue that has resulted in a loss of radar, ...

The Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center in Hilliard is experiencing a telecommunications issue that began Friday ...

When Israel issued a warning to residents of one of Tehran's most upscale and densely populated areas, District 3, to evacuate saying it intended to carry out air strikes in the area, already ...

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

People wait for the air train to connect with their flights after an air traffic control outage, bringing flights to a standstill at Newark Liberty International Airport on May 12, 2025. Eduardo ...

Newark Liberty International Airport faced another air traffic control outage due to a brief radio system failure at the Philadelphia center, marking the fourth disruption since late April. Due to ...

Exclusive video shows Newark controllers losing radar during outage 02:13. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a brief radio system outage at the Philadelphia air traffic control ...