Air traffic control

Air traffic control

An in-airport service that facilitates the safe and orderly movement of aircrafts within and between airports, achieved by interpreting data from radar and weather devices, and by maintaining contact with pilots.

Industry: Aviation

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Composite flight plan

Aviation; Air traffic control

A flight plan (FP) that specifies VFR operation for one portion of the flight and IFR for another portion.

Chaff

Aviation; Air traffic control

Radar confusion reflectors, which consist of thin, narrow metallic strips of various lengths and frequency responses, used to reflect echoes for confusion purposes.

Common point

Aviation; Air traffic control

A single fix, whether a NAVAID, a fix derived from NAVAIDs, or geographical co-ordinates expressed in degrees of latitude and longitude, over which two or more aircraft will pass, or have passed, ...

Change-over point (COP)

Aviation; Air traffic control

A point along the route or airway segment between two adjacent navigation facilities where the change-over in navigation guidance should occur.

Compulsory reporting point

Aviation; Air traffic control

A reporting point over which an aircraft must report to ATC. Such points are designated on aeronautical charts by solid triangles or filed in a flight plan (FP) as fixes selected to define direct ...