The national air space has long been reeling from a staffing crisis among air traffic controllers, as the F.A.A. grapples with a shortage of about 3,000 controllers.

Nashville International Airport's air traffic control tower will remain open through the evening of Oct. 7, despite intense staffing shortages and an ongoing federal government shutdown, according to ...

Flight delays and ground stops expected as government shutdown causes air traffic controller shortages at Chicago O'Hare, Nashville and other major airports.

A week into the government shutdown, flight delays and cancellations are starting to climb as sick calls involving air traffic controllers leave a number of airport towers and control facilities ...

The Burbank airport, had no air traffic controllers guiding planes for hours Monday because of staff shortages caused by the government shutdown.

Earlier this year, chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport revealed a litany of problems with antiquated air traffic control systems. Today, those problems ...

A mixture of sick calls, last-minute day-off requests and staffing issues were blamed for the lack of any air traffic controllers at the facility on Monday.

Air traffic controllers at Newark Liberty Airport were already overworked. They are not being paid because of the federal government shutdown.

Dallas flights resumed after telecommunications outage caused air traffic controllers to lose radar and communications Friday afternoon, September 19. Dallas Love Field and DFW airports experienced ...

A telecommunication outage caused Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers in Dallas to lose radar and some communications Friday afternoon, leading to flights being stopped at the area ...