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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
Derived Forms
- air-traffic controller, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- air-traffic controller noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of air-traffic control1
Example Sentences
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.
Airport security screeners and air-traffic control workers would be required to work, though absenteeism could be a problem.
Travel expert Simon Calder posted to his 197,000 followers on X, which is formerly known as Twitter, that flights had returned to normal on Friday morning "with a few knock-on delays following the latest issue with air-traffic control".
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