EXPECT DEPARTURE CLEARANCE TIME (EDCT)

The runway release time assigned to an aircraft in a traffic management program and shown on the flight progress strip as an EDCT.

Listed in the Pilot/Controller Glossary as a cross-reference to EXPECT DEPARTURE CLEARANCE TIME (EDCT), whose text is shown above.

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