The Newark airport's air traffic control dilemma lit up when radar screens went dark in early May. Air traffic controllers lost radio contact with pilots. Some were reportedly so unnerved they later ...

Air traffic controllers have one of the highest-pressure jobs with the most responsibility on the planet. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the United States' Air Traffic Organization ...

The ongoing crisis at Newark Liberty International Airport has laid bare the sorry state of our nation’s air-traffic-control system. Equipment outages have left air-traffic controllers unable to track ...

U.S. air traffic control system is showing its age. Many of its critical systems are decades old, and some are starting to fail. We saw that during the radar and communication outages that led to ...

Almost everyone agrees that the US air traffic control system is broken. Longstanding staffing shortages. Antiquated technology. And now, air traffic controllers are caught in the middle of a ...

In brief: It's 2025, and the FAA has decided it's time to stop using floppy disks and Windows 95 for air traffic control. The head of the agency, Chris Rocheleau, wants to replace the archaic systems ...

Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey has been dealing with nonstop delays and flight cancellations due to ...

The Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration are focused on upgrading four main systems wires, communications, radars, and flight strips. Aviation safety experts tell us these ...

It is a movie staple to see an overworked air traffic controller sweating over a radar display. Depending on the movie, they might realize they’ve picked the wrong week to stop some bad habit. But how ...