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RENO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

A Staffing Crisis: By The Numbers

RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (RNO) CONTROL TOWER

• The FAA authorizes RNO to have 27 controllers - the tower has only 20 certified professional controllers.
• Two more controllers will retire this year, and three more will become eligible next year.
• By the end of next year, the facility will have slightly over 50 percent of the recommended number of controllers.
• The facility has two trainees – it takes 3-5 years of training for a controller to be able to work all positions alone.

(NOTE: To become eligible to retire, a controller must either have worked 20 years and reach 50 years of age, or worked 25 years and be any age)