In the building of its new air traffic control tower, a 20-foot tall cab was placed on top of its 120-foot tall base. This completes the shell for the tower. XNA says the topping of the tower signifies not only expansions to the airport but Northwest Arkansas as a whole.

More than 90% of the country's airport traffic control towers, including Pittsburgh International Airport, are understaffed according to analysis of FAA data. The Federal Aviation Administration data shows that at the time of the report,

Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, CNN review finds

The basic problem, which reformers have been trying to remedy since the Clinton administration, is that the system is operated by a cumbersome federal bureaucracy—the same bureaucracy that’s also responsible for overseeing air safety. The FAA is supposed to be a watchdog, but we’ve put it in charge of watching itself.

Elon Musk’s DOGE whiz kids appear to have the president’s full backing as they controversially comb through Americans’ sensitive data. Donald Trump said Tuesday the group, mostly men in their mid-to-early 20s with one as young as 19,

A recording obtained by this news organization contains chatter between airport tower employees and crew on the small plane before it went down.

The air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport may have been understaffed the night of the collision between an incoming flight and an Army helicopter.

The most recent FAA data show that CVG’s control tower exceeded the agency’s staffing target, but union officials say it's not enough.

As recently as 2023, Austin was the site of a near collision between two planes and is one of the most understaffed air control locations in the U.S.