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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.

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Aviation; Air traffic control

An expression used by ATC when immediate compliance with an instruction is required to avoid an imminent situation.

Tighten your approach

Aviation; Air traffic control

An expression used by ATC to ask a pilot to shorten his or her aerodrome traffic circuit.

Runway gradient

Aviation; Air traffic control

The average slope, measured in percent, between two ends or points on a runway.

Taxi to holding point

Aviation; Air traffic control

ICAO: Expression for: “Taxi via...”

Personal locator beacon

Aviation; Air traffic control

NATO: Expression for: emergency locator transmitter (ELT)

Traffic circuit

Aviation; Air traffic control

The specified path to be flown by aircraft operating in the vicinity of an aerodrome.

Traffic pattern

Aviation; Air traffic control

The specified path to be flown by aircraft operating in the vicinity of an aerodrome.

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