Moving air traffic controllers means retraining them on the quirks of a new facility, and the process can take years.

The FAA is holding a “delay reduction” meeting Wednesday, seeking to cap the total number of flights at the airport.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Former Blackhawk helicopter pilot and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science

A staffing shortage, runway construction and deferred maintenance to crucial air traffic technology have made Newark Airport a national laughingstock.

A communications outage affecting flights approaching Denver International Airport is the latest in a series of glitches that have put a spotlight on the nation’s aging air traffic control system.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New Jersey's busy Newark airport when a telecommunications line failed again over the weekend.

A portion of the Denver air route traffic control center experienced a 90-second loss of communications late Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.