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air-traffic control
[air-traf-ik]
noun
a government service that facilitates the safe and orderly movement of aircraft within and between airports by receiving and processing data from radar and devices that monitor local weather conditions and by maintaining radio contact with pilots.
air-traffic control
noun
an organization that determines the altitude, speed, and direction at which planes fly in a given area, giving instructions to pilots by radio
Other 51Թ Forms
- air-traffic controller noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of air-traffic control1
Example Sentences
Thornton: I went to air-traffic control school for “Pushing Tin,” so I can still say, “Delta 2376, turn left, 20-0-4-0” and “Clear the Alice approach one-four right, call the tower one-eight-three,” because you just don’t forget it.
That’s not air-traffic control, that’s just a line.
Border protection, in-hospital medical care, law enforcement and air-traffic control will continue to operate.
Essential services - like border protection, in-hospital medical care, law enforcement and air-traffic control - continue to operate.
The breakdowns in cybersecurity, air-traffic control, staffing capacity, and climate-changed weather resilience have made even short domestic trips a miserable experience.
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