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
EasyJet's chief operating officer, David Morgan, said: "It's extremely disappointing to see an ATC failure once again causing disruption to our customers at this busy and important time of year for travel."
From BBC • Jul. 30, 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
Klotz begins with a routine acknowledgment of the instructions from ATC and doesn’t mention his concern about fuel until the second half of the sentence.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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