Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Three forces are converging that could funnel momentum to fund long overdue air traffic control (ATC) modernization.

Helicopter routes that pass closest to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) should be permanently suspended, Airlines For America (A4A) said.

The huge loss of lives in the mid-air collision of a commercial airliner and a military helicopter so close to a busy, important airport was a shocking tragedy.

Investigators have determined parts of two messages from a controller in the DCA tower may not have been heard by pilots in the UH-60H Black Hawk.

The FAA’s latest push to reduce high-risk airport surface occurrences is showing signs of paying off, the latest runway incursion data suggests.

Constraints on arrival traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) are easing slightly.

Despite decades of accident-free flying, pilot reports pointed to the risks of a collision between helicopters and commercial aircraft in Washington airspace.

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Air traffic is being reduced at DCA as two secondary runways are temporarily closed following the Jan. 29 mid-air collision just east of the airport.

The FAA has temporarily banned all mixed helicopter and fixed-wing flying along the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).

The Jan. 29 collision of an American Airlines CRJ-700 with an Army UH-60L Black Hawk was the worst aviation accident in the U.S. since 2009. Aviation Week editors discuss potential contributing factors and the consequences for future flight operations around DCA.

Multiple NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System reports from the past two decades detail close encounters between commercial aircraft and helicopters near DCA.

Among the key new details confirmed by NTSB: The CRJ crew received at least one alert from its traffic collision avoidance system about 20 sec. before the collision.

NTSB investigators are confident that data from all three recorders recovered from the midair collision accident site near DCA will be extracted with no issues.

After a collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk, changes to airspace procedures near Washington DC are being implemented.

An NTSB-led investigation is in full swing to identify factors that led to the collision between an American Eagle CRJ-700 and a U.S. Army helicopter.

The Federal Aviation Administration in a statement said the aircraft, operating as American Airlines Flight 5342, was on approach to DCA's Runway 33.

The U.S. DOT has finalized its selection of five U.S. airlines for new beyond-perimeter slots at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).

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New beyond-perimeter slots at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport have been tentatively awarded to five airlines.

Business travel has noticeably declined at Washington-area airports post-pandemic, while leisure traffic has jumped, a new report says.

The DOT has 60 days from the date the FAA Reauthorization Act was signed into law to make its selections, and any comments on applications are due July 17.

Delta Air Lines is seeking to launch a beyond-perimeter route between Reagan Washington National Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

The FAA Reauthorization Act includes approval for five new daily roundtrips from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport beyond the 1,250-mi. perimeter.

Spirit Airlines is applying to DOT for the right to launch a beyond-perimeter route between Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and San José, California.