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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“Their right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit,” a pilot from flight 5047, the Charlotte flight, said in an ATC audio recording.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
“I’m proud that I started out as an ATC host at a NPR Member station, and now will be doing that job nationally,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
However, ATC issues are considered to be an "extraordinary circumstance", meaning affected passengers are not entitled to compensation.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2025
ATC media officials didn’t immediately respond to emails sent after the hearing seeking comment.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Investigators later surmised that the Avianca pilots must have assumed that ATC was jumping them to the head of the queue, in front of the dozens of other planes circling Kennedy.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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