How to Use air traffic control in a Sentence

air traffic control

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  • These were the last words air traffic control heard from Murcia.
    — Longreads, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In the mile-high air of Denver, air traffic control might be needed to track his blasts.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
  • Planes were checking in with air traffic control to learn their ground speed.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • Leipelt, 20, of San Jose called air traffic control for help and circled over the two people in the water.
    — NBC News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • In the short-term, the focus for air traffic control staff is the safety of travelers on the move through the holidays.
    — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • How will air traffic control adapt to a world with rockets blasting off as often as planes take to the skies?
    — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The flight's captain stopped the plane and notified air traffic control.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021
  • It’s been since about the 1950s since the U.S. air traffic control system was updated, and a lot has happened since then.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Ryanair said air traffic control in Belarus radioed the flight crew that a bomb was onboard and told it to land in Minsk.
    — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
  • The same math, known as the Schmidt-Kalman filter, is used today to help improve the efficient of air traffic control.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 July 2019
  • What about the computers in charge of an air traffic control system?
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2023
  • The base's air traffic control tower clears Death 21 for takeoff.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
  • Tune your radio to 88.5 FM to listen in on chatter from the air traffic control tower.
    — Alison Sherwood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2019
  • Local air traffic control called the crew, but did not receive a reply.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The airport is no longer bombed out and players can use the second floor to better contest snipers in the air traffic control tower.
    — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The waiver was first granted in the spring due to an air traffic control staffing shortage and is currently set to expire on Sept. 15.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That allows the controller to change the flight path at the request of air traffic control, and keep an eye on the plane’s surroundings using cameras on board.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Nearing the midway point of the fourth quarter, Erving was cleared for takeoff by air traffic control at PHL.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Much like an air traffic control center, the Marine Exchange organizes the movement of vessels in and out of the ports.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The recorder will include any conversations in the cockpit and with air traffic control.
    — Jennifer Emily, Dallas News, 2 July 2019
  • The pilots were in contact with oceanic air traffic control.
    — William Langewiesche, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018
  • The deviation put the ship outside the air traffic control clearance area.
    — Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The Madras Airport used a temporary air traffic control service to handle the 412 planes that were scheduled to fly in and out for the eclipse — the most traffic ever at the airport.
    — oregonlive, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Both aircraft made history after a great deal of planning behind the scenes from those in air traffic control and the airlines.
    — Michele Robson, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • It’s about a mile away from the original terminal and air traffic control tower.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Then on Friday, hundreds of European flights were hit by an air traffic control strike.
    — CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
  • And a big contributor to the rise in near misses seems to be understaffing at air traffic control centers.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • An air traffic control recording from earlier in the flight captured an exchange about his plans.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Its a setup that at some times more closely resembles an air traffic control tower than a TV control room.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Other pilots chimed into air traffic control in real-time, with the crew of another flight saying the tire crossed a parallel runway.
    — Ross Levitt, CNN, 9 July 2024

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