ATC

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

Aug 5, 2008 - 8:35 AM
The National Air Transportation Association said in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that the FAA has failed to take into account the
Aug 5, 2008 - 8:32 AM
Boeing and its partners in industry and government accomplished significant reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions during recent tests
Aug 4, 2008 - 12:02 PM
A shortage of controllers at Chicago Center and an uptick in air traffic in that sector are a prescription for disaster that the FAA has so far ignored at
Aug 4, 2008 - 11:53 AM
You’ve probably never given it much thought, but recording and updating those ATIS voice messages is a royal pain in the neck for controllers.
Aug 4, 2008 - 6:58 AM
Consolidation of five terminal radar approach control facilities into the new Potomac Tracon, located in Vint Hill, Va., is now complete.
Jul 31, 2008 - 10:03 AM
Following the mandatory 60-day consultation period, Nav Canada was planning to go ahead with a 6.9-percent average increase to its air navigation service c
Jul 31, 2008 - 7:30 AM
The FAA has released a road map for performance-based navigation that will enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP procedures in all phases of flight in the Nati
Jul 30, 2008 - 11:08 AM
Citing last summer’s midair collision between a DHL International Airways Boeing 757 and a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 over southern Germany, the NT
Jul 30, 2008 - 11:06 AM
Although the FAA has finally commissioned its first standard terminal automation replacement system (Stars), the agency has drastically reduced the number
Jul 30, 2008 - 10:50 AM
Taking a more proactive stance than was common in the past, HAI has in recent months been energetically lobbying on Capitol Hill in favor of the developmen