A preliminary analysis by AOPA's Air Safety Institute suggests that a fatal small airplane crash, killing a family of four, was likely caused by a cascading electrical system failure. The pilot ...

The annual Richard G. McSpadden Report’s accident summary for 2023 shows a few improvements and some surprises.

It's safe to say that America has an air traffic control problem. A lengthy string of near-misses culminated in the worst possible outcome last month: a fatal mid-air collision between a regional jet ...

Tens of thousands of planes take off, land and perform touch-and-goes at the Marana Regional Airport in southern Arizona every year. Without an air traffic control tower, it's a calculated dance that ...

How many airports in the U.S. have control towers? Of the 5,100 public airports across the country, only about 10% have towers staffed by people who direct the flow of traffic. These are the busiest ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Tens of thousands of planes take off, land ...