Air Traffic Controller Staffing Dashboard
For all federally-operated air traffic control facilities in the United States
National Staffing
November 2026
85.4%
The American national airspace system is staffed across 313 federal facilities.
10,731
Current CPCs
+18 past month
+83 past 12 months
12,563
CWP Target
1,832
Deficit
Training & Attrition
4,096
Current Trainees
+30 past month
+670 past 12 months
74.2%
Avg Training Success Rate
2.07 years
Avg Training Time
| Facility Type | Overall | New Hires | Transfers (CPC-IT) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success | Time | Success | Time | Success | Time | |
| Tower | 81% | 1.0y | 83% | 1.0y | 76% | 1.2y |
| Up/Down | 74% | 1.9y | 74% | 2.1y | 75% | 1.7y |
| TRACON | 66% | 1.9y | 63% | 2.2y | 68% | 1.8y |
| En Route Center | 73% | 2.7y | 73% | 3.1y | 74% | 1.6y |
Historical Staffing
Staffing % of Target
Certified Controllers
Historical Training
Trainees
Training Success Rate
Worst Current Staffing
There are currently 31 facilities with less than 70% staffing: −1 past month, −7 past 12 months, measured against current targets.
- 1 Casper Tower 41.2%
- 2 Grant County Tower 43.8%
- 3 Sonoma Tower 45.5%
- 4 Lincoln Tower 53.3%
- 5 Teterboro Tower 53.6%
- 6 Austin Tower 53.8%
- 7 Roswell Tower 53.8%
- 8 Norfolk Tower 56.7%
- 9 Terre Haute Tower 57.9%
- 10 Merrill Tower 58.3%
Worst Projected Staffing
Lowest projected percentage of target once trainees certify, transfers complete, and expected losses land.
- 1 New York ARTCC 53.0%
- 2 Grant County Tower 54.9%
- 3 New York TRACON 65.8%
- 4 Chicago O'Hare Tower 71.3%
- 5 Fairbanks Tower 72.2%
- 6 Kennedy Tower 74.1%
- 7 Northern California TRACON 74.3%
- 8 Moisant Tower 76.1%
- 9 Dallas-Fort Worth TRACON 77.7%
- 10 Fresno Tower 78.7%
Staffing by Facility Type
En Route Centers (ARTCCs), Approach Controls (TRACONs), Towers (ATCTs), and Up/Downs, which combine a Tower and Approach Control at one location.
| Type | Facilities | CPCs | Target | % of Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower | 144 | 2,264 | 2,470 | 92% |
| Up/Down | 119 | 2,543 | 3,026 | 84% |
| TRACON | 25 | 1,442 | 1,812 | 80% |
| En Route Center | 25 | 4,482 | 5,255 | 85% |
Staffing by Facility Level
Levels run from 4 to 12 and rise with the volume and complexity of a facility's traffic.
| Level | Facilities | CPCs | Target | % of Target | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 25 | 3,514 | 4,210 | 83% | 33% |
| 11 | 18 | 1,885 | 2,235 | 84% | 18% |
| 10 | 19 | 1,160 | 1,448 | 80% | 11% |
| 9 | 28 | 736 | 930 | 79% | 7% |
| 8 | 41 | 912 | 1,044 | 87% | 8% |
| 7 | 55 | 915 | 949 | 96% | 9% |
| 6 | 54 | 752 | 808 | 93% | 7% |
| 5 | 53 | 629 | 718 | 88% | 6% |
| 4 | 20 | 228 | 221 | 103% | 2% |