ATC
American-
Air Traffic Control.
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Air Transport Command.
abbreviation
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air-traffic control
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(in Britain) Air Training Corps
Example Sentences
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Its revenues come from its customers paying TVA for what they use—exactly as airlines and business jets do worldwide with ATC utilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
The FAA employs around 45,000 people, of which ATC staff number about 14,000.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
“Wow! In the years I’ve been doing this, I’ve never heard a ATC controller tell a plane to ‘Stop, stop, stop,’” he says in the video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
ATC media officials didn’t immediately respond to emails sent after the hearing seeking comment.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
It wasn’t until the third holding pattern southwest of Kennedy Airport that Klotz told ATC that he didn’t think the plane had enough fuel to reach an alternative airport.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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