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Today, Aug. 19, marks National Aviation Day! Eighty-seven years ago, in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated the birthday of aviation pioneer Orville Wright as National Aviation Day. The day honors the history and advancement of […]

NATCA members at West Palm Beach ATCT (PBI) provided a tour and briefing to ten staff members of U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel’s (Fla.-22) on June 17, 2026. Ian Fitchpatrick (PBI) led the tour with assistance from […]

NATCA President Nick Daniels, NATCA Executive President Mick Devine, Central Region Regional Vice President Aaron Merrick (NCE), and National Training Representative Jamaal Haltom (Las Vegas ATCT, LAS) led the largest meet and greet for FAA Academy […]

Two aircraft. One call sign. One controller who caught it and averted disaster. America’s air traffic controllers – calm, precise, professional, and always on duty keeping you safe.  All In a Days Work

NATCA member Trevor Barry (Philadelphia ATCT, PHL) gave a tour of the Philadelphia ATCT and TRACON (PHL) to U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.-6) on June 18, 2026. During the tour, Rep. Houlahan learned more about air […]

Friday, August 7. Watch that line of weather walk into some of the busiest airspace in the world. Every yellow indicator is an aircraft counting on an air traffic controller. Every aircraft landed and departed safely. […]