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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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Estimating
Aviation; Air traffic control
Canada: An expression used within ATS when communicating a pilot estimate.
Low level tactical training route
Aviation; Air traffic control
A route used by the U.S. Department of defence and Canadian DND units for the purpose of conducting low-altitude navigation and tactical training in both instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) ...
Flight path
Aviation; Air traffic control
A trajectory along which an aircraft is flying or intended to be flown.
Estimate
Aviation; Air traffic control
Canada: The time, in UTC, at which an IFR aircraft is calculated, by either the controller, the pilot or through automated means, to arrive over a significant point.
Exercise route
Aviation; Air traffic control
The route of flight to be flown by strike-force aircraft from departure to point of recovery.
Handoff
Aviation; Air traffic control
The process of transferring the radar identification of an aircraft target and radio communications for that aircraft to another controller to ensure the uninterrupted provision of radar service.
Final leg
Aviation; Air traffic control
A flight path extending from the end of the base leg in the direction of landing to and along the extended centreline of the runway (or landing path) to the threshold of the landing runway (or ...
