Air traffic control is a famously stressful job, but during Yellowknife’s evacuation last summer, the crew had an added challenge — co-ordinating airlift flights out of the city.

The control tower where a Delta Air Lines regional jet had to perform an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid colliding with an Air Force B-52 bomber isn’t staffed by the Federal Aviation Administration, ...

The control tower is pictured as planes are seen on the tarmac after an air traffic control outage, bringing flights to a standstill at Newark airport on May 11. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) ...

Minot tower run by a private company The FAA said Monday that a private company services the Minot air traffic control tower, and that the controllers there aren't FAA employees. It is one of 265 ...