Air Traffic Control – The United State Media

Newark Airport’s Issues: What to Know

Reporter USMay 14, 2025

Newark Liberty International Airport has faced many disruptions in recent weeks. Technology outages, air traffic controller shortages and runway construction at the busy hub have led to scores of canceled and delayed flights. The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s trying to improve the situation, including with software and hardware upgrades. On Wednesday, it met with […]

Newark Airport Air Traffic Staffing Shortage Forces Delays

Reporter USMay 12, 2025

Most flights destined for Newark Liberty International Airport were being delayed at their origin airports by more than an hour and 40 minutes on Monday because of a shortfall in air traffic control staffing. The Federal Aviation Administration said in an advisory that it was delaying the incoming flights from all U.S. airports and some […]

Newark Airport Suffers Another Radar Outage

Reporter USMay 9, 2025

An air traffic control facility that guides planes at Newark Liberty International Airport suffered a brief radar outage on Friday morning, the latest technological disruption at one of the nation’s busiest airports. The Federal Aviation Administration said that the outage, which affected communications and radar displays at the facility in Philadelphia, occurred just before 4 […]

How Lost Radar and Silent Radios Have Upended Newark Air Travel

Reporter USMay 8, 2025

On a recent afternoon in Philadelphia, an air traffic controller began shouting that he had lost his radar feed for planes flying in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport. Some of his colleagues still had radar but their radios went dead, prompting frantic calls to their counterparts in New York urging them to keep […]

Travelers Face Delays as Newark Airport Chaos Enters Second Week

Reporter USMay 5, 2025

Passengers traveling through Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday were confronted with cancellations and hourslong delays as disruptions to air traffic there extended into a second week. Low clouds on Monday prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to pause departures of planes heading to Newark, leading to delays averaging four hours and exacerbating the travel chaos […]

Newark Airport Is Experiencing Major Flight Delays. What’s Causing Them?

Reporter USMay 3, 2025

Flying into or out of Newark Liberty International Airport has brought plenty of misery in the last week, with cancellations, delays stretching well past five hours and flight diversions that have stranded travelers far from their destinations. Passengers are reporting on social media that they have missed flights and spent hours stuck on the tarmac […]

The Missteps That Led to a Fatal Plane Crash at Reagan National Airport

Reporter USApril 27, 2025

As they flew south along the Potomac River on the gusty night of Jan. 29, the crew aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter attempted to execute a common aviation practice. It would play a role in ending their lives. Shortly after the Black Hawk passed over Washington’s most famous array of cherry trees, an air […]

After Crash, F.A.A. Change Requires All Aircraft at Reagan to Broadcast Positions

Reporter USMarch 28, 2025

All aircraft flying near Ronald Reagan National Airport will now be required to broadcast their positions to air traffic controllers, the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration told a Senate subcommittee on Thursday. The policy, which took effect on Thursday, was put in place after it was revealed that technology in an Army helicopter […]

U.S. Infrastructure Improves, but Cuts May Imperil Progress, Report Says

Reporter USMarch 25, 2025

Increased federal spending in recent years has helped to improve U.S. ports, roads, parks, public transit and levees, according to a report released on Tuesday by the American Society of Civil Engineers. But that progress could stagnate if those investments, some of which were put on hold after President Trump took office in January, aren’t […]

Aviation Chaos Can Quickly Spiral, Despite Contingency Plans

Reporter USMarch 21, 2025

Airlines, airports and air traffic controllers prepare for chaos. But that doesn’t make responding to it any less complicated. The global aviation system is deeply interconnected and responding to a disruption — especially one as severe as a power outage at a global airport hub — is a delicate balancing act. For airlines, moving even […]