American Airlines said in a statement that it is the FAA’s responsibility to set an airport’s arrival rates and that it follows the agency’s scheduling rules. It said it works with FAA officials and made schedule adjustments at National this month at their request, spreading its flights more evenly using 15-minute windows.

The Federal Aviation Administration has updated helicopter route charts at several Washington, D.C. area airports, including some permanent changes eight months after a midair collision that killed 67 people on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National ...

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration said on Oct. 2 that it was modifying helicopter routes at two international airports near Washington, D.C., months after an American Airlines jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near the capital.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is bracing for nationwide air traffic disruptions Tuesday night as staffing shortages hit several major control centers, including Chicago, Nashville, Houston and Las Vegas. Officials said the shortages, which come ...

Flights to Orlando International Airport (MCO) were delayed for hours on Thursday night due to FAA staffing issues, according to the FAA's National Airspace System website.

Almost two years before the fatal midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), an internal FAA memo advised air traffic control leadership that DCA’s arrival rate was too high, urging a reduction “to maintain a safe and ...

Friday marked the beginning of hundreds of flight cancellations at major airports across the country as the FAA begins reducing air traffic by 4%.