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Air traffic control

Air traffic control is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other...

a Telcon refers to the routine telephone conferences that take place between Traffic Management Coordinators at different FAA facilities throughout the day. The telcon usually includes the Operations Plan (OP), equipment outages, internal initiatives, terminal constraints, route closure/recovery information, anticipated Traffic Management Initiatives (TMI) necessary to manage the system, and/or other issues which may impact operations (i.e., staffing, special events, etc.).