uAvionix FlightLine systems were deployed at Miami Executive Airport (KTMB), Tampa International Airport (KTPA), Orlando Sanford International Airport (KSFB), Daytona Beach International Airport (KDAB), Palm Beach International Airport (KPBI), and Jacksonville International Airport (KJAX).
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$20 million approved to modernize airport-owned ATC towers
According to FAA officials, the $20 million has been awarded to upgrade existing towers or build new control towers at 20 airports across the country spanning 15 states.
Red Light, Green Light
What does a pilot with only a handheld radio do if this portable radio fails and there is a need to land at a Class D airport? The simple answer is use the still legal, although antiquated, light gun system.
FAA expands ATC training pipeline
The FAA has partnered with Tulsa Community College and the University of Oklahoma to launch the Enhanced Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI), aimed at expanding the air traffic controller training pipeline.
Construction begins on new tower at KTUL
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Aug. 1, 2024, at Tulsa International Airport (KTUL) for its new Senator James M. Inhofe Air Traffic Control Tower Complex, the airport’s largest infrastructure project in its history.
North Carolina airport prepares for golf championship
Moore County Airport (KSOP) is ready for an influx of airplanes when the U.S. Golf Championship takes off June 13.
uAvionix boosts situational awareness on runways
uAvionix’s FlightLine ADS-B surveillance and situational awareness system has been selected by the FAA to help reduce the risk of runway incursions at U.S. airports.
$20 million to upgrade and build control towers across the nation
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Slipping the surly bonds of ice
When Lancair pilot Matt Johnson was told to descend by ATC, he complied, then found his airplane was picking up ice. He remembers thinking about “how insane it was that I descended into ice-filled clouds from blue sky, no traffic within a hundred miles of me, just because some guy told me to.”