air traffic

noun

aircraft moving in flight or on airport runways.

air traffic

noun

the organized movement of aircraft within a given space
the passengers, cargo, or mail carried by aircraft

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Word History and Origins

Origin of air traffic¹

First recorded in 1910–15

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Enaire, Spain's air navigation organisation, confirmed that a back-up generator had meant air traffic management operations were continuing to run from its five control centres.

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A diversity and inclusion initiative at the Federal Aviation Agency was partly to blame for the tragedy, the president claimed, because it hired people with severe intellectual disabilities as air traffic controllers.

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Mr Inman added that air traffic control attempted to contact the pilot several times but received no response or distress call.

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Nearly 1,400 flights were disrupted by the airport's closure, according to air traffic website flightradar24.com.

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Nearly 1,400 flights were disrupted by the closure on Friday, according to air traffic website flightradar24.com.

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air-to-surface air-traffic control

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