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2025-09-19Flights resume after radar and communication outages hit air traffic controllers in Dallas
By Pete Muntean Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper People gather near an American Airlines desk on Friday, September 19, as planes are delayed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport due to a reported telecommunication outage. Lorenzo Ferrigno/CNN A telecommunication outage caused Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers in Dallas to lose radar and some communications Friday afternoon, -
2025-09-17Work group revisits JBLM option to ease SEA Airport congestion
A state work group is exploring air travel at JBLM to ease SEA airport congestion, despite military opposition. Author: Drew Mikkelsen UNION GAP, Wash. — A state work group is again weighing whether to allow civilian air travel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord as a way to relieve Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s mounting congestion. The military rejected a -
2025-09-16Paine Field expansion plan raises concerns over wetlands, salmon habitat
Author: Eric Wilkinson Published: 6:44 PM PDT September 16, 2025 Updated: 6:44 PM PDT September 16, 2025 MUKILTEO, Wash. — A proposed expansion at Paine Field could pave over nearly three acres of wetlands that neighbors say are vital for protecting salmon habitat. The airport’s plan calls for up to 32 additional acres of paving. But residents living -
2025-09-16
GAO: Aviation Meteorologists: Urgent Actions Needed to Address Staffing Concerns
GAO-25-108597 Published: Aug 28, 2025. Publicly Released: Aug 28, 2025. Fast Facts Bad weather can snarl air travel. Air traffic controllers make weather-related decisions, like changing a plane’s route, for safety and efficiency. The National Weather Service puts aviation meteorologists on-site at the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control centers to help. They give regular -
2025-09-12An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio …
What does it take to “play 3D chess at 250 miles an hour”? And how far will $12.5 billion of “Big, Beautiful” funding go toward modernizing the F.A.A.? (Part two of a two-part series.) -
2025-09-11Ed Bastian Shoots Down The Idea Of A Second Atlanta Airport
By Paul Hartley Paul has had a career of 25+ years focused on the international technology sector, which has taken him to over 100 countries. Along the way, he developed a deep love for aviation, with a travel bucket list measured by aircraft types flown rather than destinations reached. Now he is bringing that avgeek passion, -
2025-09-05
Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken?
Flying in the U.S. is still exceptionally safe, but the system relies on outdated tech and is under tremendous strain. Six experts tell us how it got this way and how it can (maybe) be fixed. (Part one of a two-part series.) -
2025-09-01
Son of Mathison Park donors urges City of Burien, residents to block Port of Seattle’s tree cutting plan
by Eric MathisonSeptember 1, 2025 Commentary by Eric Mathison The Port of Seattle, operator of Sea-Tac International Airport, is planning to destroy five large, legacy Douglas Fir trees at a forested neighborhood park owned by the City of Burien. The Port also seeks to cut down an additional tree to access the targeted trees. The park -
2025-08-31Despite all the cruise ships, Seattle residents prefer other vacations
Aug. 31, 2025 at 6:00 am Updated Aug. 31, 2025 at 6:01 am The Norwegian Joy cruise ship docked at Seattle’s Pier 66 in June after passengers disembarked. The ship had just returned from Alaska after sailing the Inside Passage. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) The Norwegian Joy cruise ship docked at Seattle’s Pier 66