The Federal Aviation Administration has about 14,000 air traffic controllers. More than 1,800 were hired last year, the ...

Ongoing runway construction and air-traffic control staffing shortages have caused massive problems at New Jersey's Newark ...

The FAA says it will upgrade the technology used to get radar data to air traffic controllers directing planes to the ...

Air traffic controllers have been under strain for years, but a 90-second equipment failure last week exposed how decades of ...

The air traffic system meltdown at Newark Liberty International Airport last week “was the most dangerous situation you could ...

Remarkable audio from air traffic control reveals the moment when personnel lost radar and radio signals while directing ...

The claims, which the Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t confirmed, emerged a week after Newark airspace controllers lost all communication for as long as 90 seconds.

Newark Airport is facing a ninth of delays and cancellations, as an air traffic ... train controllers who will eventually be assigned to this busy airspace." Both the union and the FAA said ...