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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

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