Operations at Nontowered Airports

It's a shorthand way to refer to airports not served by operating air traffic control towers, and that includes most of the airports in the United States. At present, nearly 20,000 airports are nontowered, compared to approximately 500 that have FAA towers. Millions of safe operations in all types of aircraft are conducted at nontowered airports in a variety of weather conditions. It works because pilots put safety first and use commonly known procedures. Get the article NonTowered Airports.