The observation tower provides views of planes landing and taking off from Dulles Airport, as well as live Air Traffic Control audio.

Carla Clark | For The Republic Mark Pillar, airport board president, from left, Brian Payne, airport director, Mayor Mary Ferdon, Marlon Blackwell, Marlon Blackwell Architects, Clayton Force, ...

Beginning in 2006, Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo journeyed through 23 countries, documenting the one structure nearly every traveler arriving by air sees: the airport tower. Carolyn Russo, ...

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has called for mandatory video and audio recording inside air traffic ...