Phoenix Sky Harbor Air Traffic Control Tower

Happy International Day of the Air Traffic Controller!

The Solar Impulse visiting Sky Harbor

FAA: Expect long delays at major airports as air traffic controller furlough kick in Sunday WASHINGTON — Air traffic controller furloughs scheduled to kick in on Sunday could result in flight delays of more than three hours in Atlanta, as well as significant delays in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York-area airports, federal officials said Thursday.

Phoenix Sky Harbor, other airports get safety upgrades Phoenix Sky Harbor, other airports get safety upgrades, Runways at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and other airports nationwide are becoming safer due to recent upgrades.

Bringing you home for the holidays!

NATCA: The Voice of Aviation Safety Air traffic controllers guide you home safely; 50,000 flights each day and 750 million passengers each year. Aviation is the safest form of travel.

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Time Lapse Watching planes takeoff and land from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport as seen from top of Hayden Butte. Captured with a Canon 50D set at ISO 100 and Tv=5seconds. ...

I Am A Professional...

Air traffic controllers need fortitude in demanding job Air traffic controllers have been painted in a series of recent media reports as dozing, sleepy-eyed slackers. But they are also obsessed with safety — and are rapid-talking, snap-thinking, proud perfectionists.

Typical Airport Surveillance Radar 9 (ASR-9) radar antenna, similar to the one at PHX. The antenna allows a display of aircraft up to 60 nautical miles away.