Air traffic control towers are under-staffed and under-funded. Here's why that's been so difficult for Washington to solve.

The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey's largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic ...

Laura Downey, who has worked as an air traffic controller for nine years, revealed she could speak to at least 100 pilots in ...

Delays for flights waiting to take off for Newark Liberty International Airport averaged about 19 minutes, Monday morning, ...

Now a federal collegiate training program is aiming to fill vacancies at US air traffic control towers faster with ...

The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced a three-year plan to upgrade air traffic control systems nationwide.

The award-winning new Terminal A may be the pride of Newark Liberty International Airport. But behind the scenes, the ...

Newark Airport has faced a number of air traffic control equipment outages in recent weeks.

For the second time in two weeks, air traffic controllers at a major US airport lost their radar communications with planes ...

Nearly 80 flights have been cancelled and more than 40 delayed at Newark Liberty International Airport after yet another an ...

The article has been updated to accurately reflect the process to extend the retirement age for air traffic controllers.

Audio from air traffic controllers and 911 calls paint a clearer picture of the moments leading up to and after a fatal plane crash on May 5.