How to Use air traffic control in a Sentence

air traffic control

noun

• The pilots radioed air traffic control, declared an emergency and turned around.
  — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2020
• The captain and first officer, flying on a single engine, told air traffic control to be ready with firefighters on the ground.
  — Michael Laris, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2019
• Lenz noted that the pilot could have switched to an instrument approach, which would have required him to take a path set by air traffic control, extending flying time.
  — Author: Hannah Fry, Richard Winton, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2020
• Landsberg said no distress call was made, but air traffic control issued a low altitude warning when the plane dipped below 700 feet.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2019
• The pilot reportedly never declared an emergency and was not in contact with the air traffic control tower.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2020
• Surface transportation, an air traffic control system that was built for one hundred thousand annual passengers who now have close to a billion.
  — CBS News, 24 Nov. 2019
• The clip highlights the Jan. 8 exchange between an Iranian pilot and air traffic control.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 4 Feb. 2020
• The space companies have laid out their plans to avoid debris with U.S. regulators, but critics say more needs to be done, such as setting up an air traffic control system for space.
  — Tali Arbel, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2019
• Because of instructions from air traffic control, the crew had to execute a maneuver that could be challenging: slowing while descending more rapidly than normal.
  — Chris Hamby, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
• After determining the proper path based on all these considerations, the system uses text-to-speech software to broadcast its whereabouts to air traffic control.
  — Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2019
• Tucked inside the air traffic control tower in Portland, Maine, Samantha Bassett was busy making sure planes didn’t crash into each other.
  — Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020
• 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
• 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
• What about the computers in charge of an air traffic control system?
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2023
• 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 deviation put the ship outside the air traffic control clearance area.
  — Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2021
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024