The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. When Denver’s first airport opened in 1929, humans were still unsure if planes could safely take off and land ...

Employees in Fresno's air traffic control tower say upgrades to the building are long overdue, as the current building doesn't meet modern standards.

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, ...

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, ...