For pilots, the approach to Washington DC's busiest airport and the path through its congested, confined airspace must be regimented. Often it involves a late, low-altitude turn, while passengers ...

Colonel Allen Campbell, a former Delta Airlines pilot. Campbell said the restrictions of D.C.’s airspace mixed with the military zone always made DCA a very interesting landing. “As long as ...

The midair collision of the American Airlines airplane with the military helicopter in Washington, D.C., shows the looming dangers associated with congested airspaces near major airports across the ...

The midair collision of the American Airlines airplane with the military helicopter in Washington, D.C., shows the looming dangers associated with congested airspaces near major airports across ...

Hearst Television's National Investigative Unit and Data Journalism Team worked together to review near-miss collisions using information from the Aviation Safety Reporting System over the last 10 ...

A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington highlights the complexity of navigating an ...

BUT IF THEY’RE CLOSING DOWN MORE OF THE AIRSPACE, THAT’S GOING TO FORCE. WELL, IT’S GOING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ROUTES THEY HAVE INTO REAGAN. AND WHAT IT’S GOING TO DO IS IT’S GOING TO ...

IN THAT TOWER. SO FOR FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT THE DC AREA AND THEN THE AIRSPACE, THE MILITARY ACTUALLY SHARES AIRSPACE WITH THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS ALL THE TIME AT ALL HOURS.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead to catastrophe. Those fears materialized ...