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Air Traffic Controller Careers

Are you looking for an exciting, rewarding and challenging career in the aviation field? If so, you should consider becoming an air traffic controller. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, controllers are on the job separating aircraft at over 350 locations across the country.

If you would like more information about how to become an air traffic controller, please click on the links below or call the FAA at 405/954-4657.

What's an Air Traffic Controller?

Find out about the different areas of air traffic control and meet a few of the many ATCs who work in these areas.

What does it take to be an ATC?

Find out what it takes to be an ATC including minimum requirements, a list of FAA-Approved programs, and the training process. Take our quiz and see if you are up to the challenge of being an ATC.

Meet the Controllers

What's it like to work traffic everyday? Get the answers in our air traffic controller profiles section. Listen to interviews and play our latest controller game with our In Control interactive profiles.

Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question about becoming an air traffic controller?  Check out NATCA's frequently asked questions page for some answers. 

Additional Career Resources

Gate to Gate Multimedia
Gate to Gate, a multimedia experience that introduces you to the air traffic management system: people, tools and work of air traffic control. Brought to you by the FAA and NASA.

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