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AUTOMATED PROBLEM DETECTION (APD)

An Automation Processing capability that compares trajectories in order to predict conflicts.

Listed in the Pilot/Controller Glossary as a cross-reference to AUTOMATED PROBLEM DETECTION (APD), whose text is shown above.

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

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