ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE WINDOW (ADW)

A depiction presented on an air traffic control display, used by the controller to prevent possible conflicts between arrivals to, and departures from, a runway. The ADW identifies that point on the final approach course by which a departing aircraft must have begun takeoff.

Listed in the Pilot/Controller Glossary as a cross-reference to ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE WINDOW (ADW), whose text is shown above.

Source FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary↗ · checked 2026-08-25