The preliminary FAA report states that staffing at the Ronald Reagan National Airport’s air traffic control tower was “not ...

A preliminary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report has found that the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was essentially understaffed when Wednesday’s American Airs ...

The report, reviewed by The New York Times, said that one controller was communicating with both helicopters and planes.

When aircraft volume goes down, a supervisor can make the decision to combine two controller positions into one position, ...

Less than 10% of the nation's airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a ...

Two of Reagan National Airport’s air traffic controllers were doing double duty Wednesday night, according to a government ...

A leaked internal report said ATC staffing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was “not normal” during the deadly ...

San Carlos Airport will keep its air traffic control tower staffed beyond a Saturday deadline that would have forced the airport to operate without a tower.

If San Carlos Airport loses its air traffic controllers, and air traffic towers are forced to go unmanned, it could create ...

Just miles away from SFO, the air traffic control tower at the smaller San Carlos Airport is set to go dark this Saturday.

The air traffic control tower at Sacramento Exec. Airport was set to go unstaffed as of Feb. 1; the new company contracted by the FAA couldn't find people to hire.