FAY - Fayetteville Tower

FAA Control Tower and Approach Control in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Facility Information

Facility Overview
Identifier FAY
Name Fayetteville Tower
Type Tower and Approach Control
Leveli Level 6
Core 30 Airporti No
Airspace & Operations
Hours of Operationi 0000-2359 (always open)
Airspace Class Class C
Overlying ARTCC ZDC
Airport Diagram View Airport Diagram (PDF)
Location & Contact
Address 3041 Control Tower Rd
Fayetteville, NC 28306
Phone Number 910-484-6723

Salary Information

2026 Pay for Fayetteville Tower

Career Leveli Hourly Min. Hourly Max. Salary Min. Salary Max.i
CPC $44.92 $60.65 $93,757 $126,568
D3 $40.58 $44.92 $84,689 $93,757
D2 $36.23 $40.58 $75,618 $84,689
AG $27.54 $27.54 $57,484 $57,484
Includes everything except premium pay.
Pay Factors
Facility Leveli Level 6
Locality Area Raleigh
Locality Payi 22.24%
Local Affordability
Cost of Living Indexi 92.0 (8.0% below avg)
Cost-Adjusted CPC Mini $101,932

Staffing and Training

Staffing Information, April 2026
CRWG Targeti 28 CPCs
CPCs on Boardi 18 CPCs
↳ Academy Graduates2
↳ Developmental 26
↳ Developmental 31
Current Staffing Leveli 64%
↳ Est. Trainee Certifications+ 6.6
↳ Committed Inbounds+ 1
↳ Projected Retirements/Losses- 2.3
Training Information, April 2026
Training Time (Avg)i 3.00 years
↳ New Hires 3.37 years
↳ Transfers (CPC-IT) 0.83 years
Training Success Rate (Avg)i 74%
↳ New Hires 71%
↳ Transfers (CPC-IT) 84%
Travel Days from Academyi 3 days

Historical Trends

FAY Staffing Percentages

FAY Personnel Counts

FAY Training Metrics

Traffic

April 2025 - March 2026 (12 Months)
Tower Operations 40,882 operations/year
TRACON Operations 115,319 operations/year
Total Operations 156,201 operations/year
Average Daily Operations 428 operations/day

Traffic History

NCEPT

Current NCEPT Metrics
Possible Lossesi
Apr 2026
0
Expected Staffing (12-Month)i
Apr 2026
66.9%
Possible Gains to National Avgi
Apr 2026
1
Priority / Draft Orderi
Mar 2026
#175
Inbound ERRs on Filei
Feb 2026
0
Employees with Outbound ERRsi
Feb 2026
5 (26.3%)

NCEPT is the centralized system for managing controller-requested transfers between facilities. Transfer requests are only approved based upon a set of complex metrics that attempt to balance the distribution of the workforce.

Demand Trends

NCEPT Priority

Administration

Organizational Structure
Service Area Eastern
District Washington
HR Region Eastern

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