Federal Aviation Administration

Controller staffing, already worryingly low last year, has dipped even further, leading to travel delays and fears of near-misses or worse.

The FAA system provides a visual representation of where planes are located on the runways and taxiways.

The ground stop was lifted just before 8 a.m., but people trying to fly out of the airport are facing delays, cancelations and rebookings as airlines struggle to resume normal operations.

If permitted by federal regulators, it will lift off from a beach-side facility at the southern tip of Texas. But residents and researchers have criticized the permitting process, saying the company has flouted rules at the expense of the environment and the community.

The Georgetown City Council voted unanimously last night to direct airport staff to come up with possible options for keeping the airport tower open. It’s…

The FAA has trimmed the number of towers it plans to close as it shrinks its budget in response to sequestration. Officials spared 40 airport towers it had previously planned to shutter.

The automatic federal budget cuts known as the sequester are scheduled to go into effect tomorrow.It would mean a change at Austin-Bergstrom International…

Texas airports are feeling the effect of a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. Funding for the agency expired on Friday because of…