Air traffic control towers are under-staffed and under-funded. Here's why that's been so difficult for Washington to solve.

The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey’s largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic ...

The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey’s largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic ...

The shortage of air traffic controller specialists is one of the reasons for the hectic stretch at Newark Liberty International Airport amid hundreds of cancellations and delays leaving thousands ...

An ATC outage at Newark airport has drawn more attention to an outdated system. Plans for a new air traffic control system were announced Thursday by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy amid a ...

Air traffic controllers must be U.S. citizens under 31, pass medical and security checks, and specialized tests. The median salary for an air traffic controller was $144,580 in May 2024.

Ten days after an equipment malfunction left about a dozen planes flying blind for 90 seconds in the crowded skies over New Jersey, worried pilots and air traffic controllers are imploring the ...

A control tower is seen at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, NJ (AP photo) The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport briefly lost their radar ...

The Trump administration is promising to fix the nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers after recent control tower mishaps and a string of crashes earlier this year.The need for more ...

The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport briefly lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks, renewing concerns about the nation’s ...

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a plan on Thursday to ask Congress for billions of dollars to modernize the aging U.S. air traffic control system to ...