An airspace cluttered with passenger planes and military aircraft. A history of near-crashes. And a growing shortage of air traffic controllers available to manage it all. Some experts, politicians and airport managers have been warning for years of the risks posed by the crowded airspace and volume of flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).

Lawmakers have an interest in boosting direct flights to their states because Reagan is closer to downtown than Dulles.

Three months before the fatal mid-air collision at Reagan National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration launched an audit of near-misses at the nation’s busiest airports after a series of close calls that could have killed hundreds of passengers.

Nearly 70 people were killed in an aircraft collision Wednesday night near Washington, D.C. Are flights being delayed or canceled?

""DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of police, military, news and rescue helicopters criss-crossing the Potomac River,

Days before bitter cold descends on the nation’s capital for the inauguration of Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has a problem with its heating system in the terminal.

Flight operations are expected to resume late Thursday morning at Reagan National Airport (DCA) after a plane and helicopter crash Wednesday night.

Flights at Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. were suspended Thursday morning after the collision of an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter Wednesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration in a statement said American Airlines Flight 5342, departing from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, collided around 9 p.m. midair while approaching the runway with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter.

A commuter at the Ronald Reagan Washington ... said. Delta Air Lines, which operates out of Reagan, sent a text message to a customer saying, in part, “Temperatures within the airport may ...

(CNN) — Days before bitter cold descends on the nation’s capital for the inauguration of Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan Washington National ... statement said. Delta Air Lines, which operates ...

On Tuesday, a day before Wednesday’s fatal collision, a Republic Airways jet from Windsor Locks, Conn., was minutes away from landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport before it aborted its landing to avoid a helicopter in its way.