Potomac Consolidated TRACON (PCT)

The joint Department of Defense (DoD)/FAA effort to optimize the scheduling and activation/deactivation of special activity airspace (SAA) began earlier this month. The core team is co-led by a DoD and FAA representative from the Mission […]

NATCA leaders joined the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and other community members last week in honoring the winners of the Museum’s 2021 Michael Collins Trophies for Current Achievement and Lifetime Achievement. The Museum established […]

Eastern Region: Mark Dzindzio and Ray Hanson, Potomac TRACON (PCT) When Ray Hanson sat down with fellow Potomac TRACON (PCT) controller Mark Dzindzio to assist Piper PA-28 pilot Karl Muller, who was having difficulty navigating in […]

In celebration of Women’s History Month, many of NATCA’s female leaders from locals around the country shared their responses to a series of questions. We have been featuring their statements in recent publications. In this issue […]

From her perch at Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control in Warrenton, Va., air traffic controller Amy Lark directs planes arriving and departing from five airports: Dulles International, Washington National, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Richmond International, […]

WASHINGTON – The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is proud and honored to once again serve as an event organizer for the second Arsenal of Democracy (AOD) Flyover on Friday, Sept. 25. Approximately 70 vintage […]