Thursday, August 21, 2014 By Mitch Herrick, National TAMR Lead The TAMR program hit another milestone last Friday evening, August 15. At 11:36 p.m. CDT, Austin (AUS) was welcomed into the STARS family. After months and […]

Before relocating, ZUA was on Andersen Air Force base and originally began running air traffic control services in the late 1940s. The level 8 facility is now located near the main international airport. Nineteen NATCA members […]

From NBAA: “The earthquake shattered the windows in the tower, putting it temporarily out of service, but operations are continuing with radio clearances from nearby Oakland Center. There is already a contractor on-site repairing the tower, […]

NATCA extends its condolences to the family of Mr. Robert E. Poli, former president of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), who passed away last week. Although Mr. Poli was never affiliated with NATCA, he […]

CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 WASHINGTON – Following a fire last Friday that closed the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAU) in Aurora, Ill., hundreds of air traffic controllers at more than a dozen key facilities […]

Contact: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 WASHINGTON – Hundreds of NATCA members at two dozen facilities within and surrounding Chicago Center (ZAU) airspace are concluding a second full week of continuing to safely and efficiently handle the massive […]