Air traffic control (ATC) is a unique career, unlike many others. A highly skilled role requiring a large amount of knowledge and lengthy training periods, ATC demands commitment from the very...
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Do All Airports Have Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service? – How Pilots Operate!
Air traffic control exists for one reason; to facilitate the safe and expeditious flow of air traffic. As has been discussed in our article here, air traffic controllers work in three different...
It makes sense for pilots and air traffic controllers to communicate in a language both individuals understand. That is somewhat difficult in an age where the world has never been smaller, but with...
When an air traffic controller starts their shift, they begin an often unceasing task of managing airplanes that are landing, taking off, or traveling through their airspace, using squawk codes. In a...
If aviation was music, then pilots would be the musicians as they fly the aircraft. Airspace regulators would be the composers drawing up airspace routes and procedures for the aircraft to use....