Air Traffic Controller Staffing Dashboard
For all federally-operated air traffic control facilities in the United States
National Staffing
September 2026
85.9%
The American national airspace system is staffed across 313 federal facilities.
10,786
Current CPCs
−11 past month
+216 past 12 months
12,563
CWP Target
1,777
Deficit
Training & Attrition
3,972
Current Trainees
+109 past month
+634 past 12 months
75.0%
Avg Training Success Rate
2.06 years
Avg Training Time
| Facility Type | Overall | New Hires | Transfers (CPC-IT) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success | Time | Success | Time | Success | Time | |
| Tower | 82% | 1.0y | 84% | 1.0y | 78% | 1.1y |
| Up/Down | 76% | 1.8y | 74% | 2.1y | 77% | 1.7y |
| TRACON | 65% | 1.9y | 64% | 2.2y | 67% | 1.8y |
| En Route Center | 74% | 2.7y | 73% | 3.1y | 75% | 1.6y |
Historical Staffing
Staffing % of Target
Certified Controllers
Historical Training
Trainees
Training Success Rate
Worst Current Staffing
There are currently 29 facilities with less than 70% staffing: −3 past month, −13 past 12 months, measured against current targets.
- 1 Casper Tower 41.2%
- 2 Sonoma Tower 45.5%
- 3 Teterboro Tower 50.0%
- 4 Broomfield Tower 52.9%
- 5 Austin Tower 53.8%
- 6 Nashville Tower 55.8%
- 7 Grant County Tower 56.3%
- 8 Norfolk Tower 56.7%
- 9 Colorado Springs Tower 60.0%
- 10 Lincoln Tower 60.0%
Worst Projected Staffing
Lowest projected percentage of target once trainees certify, transfers complete, and expected losses land.
- 1 New York ARTCC 53.5%
- 2 Grant County Tower 64.8%
- 3 New York TRACON 68.1%
- 4 Chicago O'Hare Tower 69.5%
- 5 Northern California TRACON 75.4%
- 6 Kennedy Tower 75.8%
- 7 Moisant Tower 76.2%
- 8 Nashville Tower 76.7%
- 9 Dallas-Fort Worth TRACON 77.1%
- 10 San Francisco Tower 77.3%
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 | 2,276 | 2,470 | 92% |
| Up/Down | 119 | 2,567 | 3,026 | 85% |
| TRACON | 25 | 1,440 | 1,812 | 79% |
| En Route Center | 25 | 4,503 | 5,255 | 86% |
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 | 3,523 | 4,210 | 84% | 33% |
| 11 | 18 | 1,888 | 2,235 | 84% | 18% |
| 10 | 19 | 1,155 | 1,448 | 80% | 11% |
| 9 | 28 | 733 | 930 | 79% | 7% |
| 8 | 41 | 916 | 1,044 | 88% | 8% |
| 7 | 55 | 937 | 949 | 99% | 9% |
| 6 | 54 | 767 | 808 | 95% | 7% |
| 5 | 53 | 636 | 718 | 89% | 6% |
| 4 | 20 | 231 | 221 | 105% | 2% |