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Dan Hemenway, Madison ATCT Dan Hemenway was in the midst of a routine Thursday afternoon in the radar room at Madison Tower, handling the usual assortment of aircraft and building up a smooth rhythm, even tapping […]

Central Region No audio available A transcript of this recording can be found HERE. Mark GoldsteinWichita Air Traffic Control Tower When Goldstein initiated his own investigation of a landing aircraft’s report of foreign object debris (FOD) […]

Mark Goldstein, Wichita ATCT When Goldstein initiated his own investigation of a landing aircraft’s report of foreign object debris (FOD) on runway 1L, doggedly and efficiently determining the source, it may have seemed like an extraordinary […]

Meaghan Howard, Anchorage Center Controllers working at the Federal Aviation Administration’s en route centers pride themselves on a close camaraderie and place a premium on teamwork. Individually, they have a keen sense of situational awareness but […]

Pam Mitchell, Erwin Tobey, and David Tomczak, Phoenix ATCT Tower controllers are trained to quickly spot anything that may affect the safe flow of aircraft on and around the airport surface, whether it’s debris on runways, […]

Bill Buvens, Dallas-Fort Worth TRACON An aircraft lined up to land on the wrong runway at a busy airport like Dallas-Fort Worth International is a fairly rare event, especially in poor weather conditions, when jets are […]