The FAA successfully completed the installation and testing in June of a brand-new fiber optic communications network between New York and the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), ...

Two of the field’s approach lighting systems for the runway, which help to direct a pilot on the correct glide slope and to line up with the runway, were also down, and had been since October.

The FAA, under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of San Diego, owns and is responsible for the maintenance of navigational aid facilities and approach lighting for the runway ...

However, the approach lighting system—owned and maintained by the FAA—was reportedly out of service. This was previously noted in a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM 10/008) issued by the FAA.

However, the approach lighting system—owned and maintained by the FAA—was reportedly out of service. This was previously noted in a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM 10/008) issued by the FAA.

Transportation Some runway lights not working before fatal San Diego plane crash, NTSB says Everyone on board, including music executive Dave Shapiro, was killed when the private plane crashed in ...

A 2023 FAA Inspector General report showed 20 of 26 critical air traffic control facilities are staffed below the agency’s 85% threshold, with New York’s Terminal Radar Approach Control at 54%.

A budget reconciliation proposal put forward by the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure would set aside $15 billion for the FAA to modernize air traffic control (ATC) systems.

WASHINGTON — A key aviation safety system that failed twice in the last three years and caused the only U.S. airspace shutdown since 9/11 will be replaced years ahead of schedule, the Trump ...

The GAO in 2023 and 2024 recommended the FAA do more to invest in next-generation technology to improve air traffic control systems and develop a risk-mitigation approach to improve air safety.