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A service operated by appropriate authority to promote the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic.

Listed in the Pilot/Controller Glossary as a cross-reference to AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, whose text is shown above.

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

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