How to Use air traffic control in a Sentence

air traffic control

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  • The airline blamed bad weather and air traffic control staff shortages in Florida.
    — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The company cited bad weather, staffing issues and air traffic control problems.
    — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2021
  • That became an issue when the airline in recent days canceled thousands of flights, citing bad weather and air traffic control issues.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The airline says that's been the case since before the pandemic, and blames weather and air traffic control issues for cancellations.
    — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend, blaming the woes on air traffic control issues and weather.
    — CBS News, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Exceptions are allowed for safety, security, or air traffic control problems.
    — chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • While technology offers to plot a flight path that is less bumpy or more fuel-efficient, the decision-making is entirely left up to the pilot and air traffic control.
    — Christopher Larkin, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
  • It’s that the players at the airport—operators, air traffic control, airlines—have a way to automatically share it, in real time, with fewer phone calls.
    — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
  • These were the last words air traffic control heard from Murcia.
    — Longreads, 1 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Then on Friday, hundreds of European flights were hit by an air traffic control strike.
    — CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
  • And a big contributor to the rise in near misses seems to be understaffing at air traffic control centers.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • An air traffic control recording from earlier in the flight captured an exchange about his plans.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The flight attendant called the captain for help, who reported the incident to air traffic control.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
  • First, the team had to get clearance from air traffic control to avoid any situations with commercial planes.
    — Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021
  • But issues like weather or air traffic control staffing, which were at the root of last week’s headaches in the Northeast, are out of the airline’s purview and therefore seen as uncontrollable.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • In that May 10 case, the passenger commandeered the yoke and safely landed the aircraft, guided by air traffic control.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • In recent years, the airport completed a new air traffic control tower and added new restaurants.
    — The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The pilot can also be heard declaring an emergency in an air traffic control recording shared by the outlet.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • There are signs, though, that artificial intelligence may be coming, at least in part, to air traffic control towers.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 23 Feb. 2024
  • During the flight, the pilot began communicating with local air traffic control to say that the plane was experiencing engine issues.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024

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