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AUTOMATED INFORMATION TRANSFER (AIT)

A precoordinated process, specifically defined in facility directives, during which a transfer of altitude control and/or radar identification is accomplished without verbal coordination between controllers using information communicated in a full data block.

Listed in the Pilot/Controller Glossary as a cross-reference to AUTOMATED INFORMATION TRANSFER (AIT), whose text is shown above.

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

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