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This system, if activated, will determine an optimal airport, plot a course, broadcast the aircraft’s intentions, fly to the airport, land, and (depending on the model) shut down the engines. Though the system will broadcast the aircraft’s intentions, the controller should assume that transmissions to the aircraft will not be acknowledged.
Source FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary · checked 2026-08-25