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U.S. DOT and FAA Host Industry Days to Innovate the Air Traffic Control System

The event was an important step in the FAA’s efforts to engage with the best and the brightest in industry to help make concrete changes.

Jun 13

The FAA’s Thomas Draffen (at podium) is joined by fellow aviation representatives on a panel focused on improving air traffic telecommunications. (Photo: DOT)

Jun 13

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Eyes in the Sky — for Safety

USDOT and the FAA are enabling law enforcement agencies across the country to use drones for good to enhance public safety.

May 15

An officer and certified drone operator at Campbell Police Department in northern California flies a drone remotely from the department’s flight room, where they can view live footage captured by the drone and rooftop-mounted cameras. (Photo courtesy of Campbell PD)

May 15

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Lithium Batteries: A Hot Topic

Learn about the risks, the data, and how the FAA helps prevent lithium battery incidents on aircraft.

Sep 21, 2022

Backpack with lithium battery-powered devices

Sep 21, 2022

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FAA Upgrades Wrong-Surface Alert Technology

Controllers are alerted when pilots inadvertently line up to land on a taxiway instead of a runway.

Mar 2, 2023

Planes lined up on the runway at Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

Mar 2, 2023

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Ellen Church’s Bold Move

The Profession of “Stewardess,” Now Flight Attendant, Was Invented 95 Years Ago.

May 30

Ellen Church, the first flight attendant, stands on a United Airlines plane in 1930. A registered nurse and licensed pilot, Church created the profession that year. Church’s legacy has a positive influence on aviation safety and passenger wellbeing to this day. (Photo courtesy of Association of Flight Attendants)

May 30

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FAA Maintains Focus on Dangerous Laser Strikes

Pilots made nearly 13,000 reports in 2024; the most in California, Texas and Florida.

Mar 26

FAA Maintains Focus on Dangerous Laser Strikes

Mar 26

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FAA Launches Improved Runway Safety Tool

Memory aid boosts air traffic controller awareness of occupied and closed runways

Mar 19

Air traffic controllers at Centennial Tower in Colorado were the first to use the enhanced Runway Incursion Device, pictured in the center with green and red buttons.

Mar 19

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Boosting Runway Safety

An aircraft arresting system developed by the FAA and industry has proven its safety value for nearly 30 years at airports across the…

Mar 17

The Engineering Materials Arresting System safely stopped this regional jet when it overran Runway 23 at West Virginia International Yeager Airport in January 2010.

Mar 17

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‘From the Flight Deck’ Preps Pilots, Offers Preflight Planning Aid

Pilots across the country are flying more safely with help from the FAA’s educational video series filmed with aircraft-mounted cameras.

Feb 28

From the Flight Deck: Hazards and Hot Spots

Feb 28

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From Frost to Flight

How the FAA helps you take off and land safely in winter weather

Feb 12

From Frost to Flight

Feb 12

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