One air traffic controller (ATC) and a trainee will operate every flight in and out of Newark between 6.30pm-9.30pm — despite 15 staffers being the standard requirement for a shift.

So I teach air traffic management. I train the air traffic controllers of the future. So I get to see them every day. I get to work in a simulated air traffic control environments, both tower and in ...

This meant most air traffic controllers specifically trained to handle Area C — the air space around Newark Airport — would do so from Philadelphia instead of Long Island, which also handles ...

The safety nightmare continues at Newark Liberty International Airport, where all air traffic control will be manned by just one fully qualified person during its busiest time tonight, The Post ...

Last summer, the FAA signed a memorandum to relocate about 30 air traffic controllers from a Long Island regional air traffic control facility to the one in Philadelphia.

Years of data show US air traffic control system ‘straining at the seams’ Near collisions, equipment failures and staff shortages have left pilots and controllers stressed.

The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was 69% staffed as of September 2023, according to Federal Aviation Administration figures.

Raleigh Executive Jetport has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for its Contract Tower Program, allowing flights to be managed soon by a trained air traffic controller based on ...

Air traffic controller shortages in Newark and other airports partly reflect long, intense training -- but university-based training programs are becoming part of the solution.

A view of an air traffic control tower Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, where there's been thousands of flight delays and cancellations over the last two weeks.

The nation’s air traffic control system, responsible for ensuring the safe passage of nearly 3 million travelers a day, has long been overtaxed, understaffed and saddled with technology that ...