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News Sources — Part III
Aviation and Air Traffic Control
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Air Traffic Control
 

The FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center provides real-time information on flight conditions across the country.

Listen to Live Air Traffic Control at a variety of airports, plus Web cams at Charlotte Douglas, Philadelphia, Stockholm and Zurich. Condition information on many other airports.

Want to know the rules controllers live by? Their bible is Federal Aviation Administration Order No. 7110.65. Pilots must abide by the rules contained in the Aeronautical Information Manual. The FAA also maintains its other air traffic publications online.

ATCafé is an outstanding, comprehensive site devoted to air traffic control that even offers a monthly electronic newsletter.

 

Facilities
 
Search by code or city for 9,000 airports worldwide.
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Air Traffic Control Organizations
 
Private organization operating Australia’s ATC system.
Private organization operating New Zealand’s ATC system.

ATCA

Air Traffic Control Association. Position papers on safety issues affecting air traffic control from an industry organization that was formed in 1956.

CATCA

 Canadian Air Traffic Control Association.
Duetsche Flugsicherung, Germany’s air navigation service.
Direction Generale de L’Aviation Civile (French only).

News and background from Europe’s umbrella ATC organization.

IFATCA

Int’l. Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations.
Private organization operating Canada’s ATC system.
National Air Traffic Controllers Association. News, background and more from the labor union representing most of the 15,000 FAA controllers in the U.S.
Professional Women Controllers, an association dedicated to the growing number of women in ATC.
Gold mine of more than 600 links, including aviation-specific news stories from ABC News, the BBC, CNN and The Associated Press.