air traffic control

noun

A system designed to give assistance to aircraft, to prevent collisions and to manage aircraft flow.

Meanings

nounair traffic control (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA system designed to give assistance to aircraft, to prevent collisions and to manage aircraft flow.

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Catalan control del trànsit aeri
  • control del trànsit aerisystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Chinese Cantonese 空中交通管制
  • 空中交通管制 (hung¹ zung¹ gaau¹ tung¹ gun² zai³)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
Chinese Mandarin 空中交通管制
  • 空中交通管制 (kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhì)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
Czech řízení letového provozu
  • řízení letového provozusystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Danish flyveledelse, flyvekontroltjeneste
  • flyveledelsesystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
  • flyvekontroltjenestesystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Dutch luchtverkeersleiding
  • luchtverkeersleidingsystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Esperanto aviada regantaro
  • aviada regantarosystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Estonian lennuliikluse juhtimine
  • lennuliikluse juhtiminesystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Finnish lennonjohto
  • lennonjohtosystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
French contrôle du trafic aérien, contrôle de la circulation aérienne
  • contrôle du trafic aériensystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
  • contrôle de la circulation aériennesystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
German Flugverkehrskontrolle
  • Flugverkehrskontrollesystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Greek έλεγχος εναέριας κυκλοφορίας
  • έλεγχος εναέριας κυκλοφορίας (élenchos enaérias kykloforías)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
Icelandic flugumferðarstjórn
  • flugumferðarstjórnsystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Indonesian pemandu lalu lintas udara
  • pemandu lalu lintas udarasystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Italian controllo del traffico aereo
  • controllo del traffico aereosystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Japanese 航空交通管制, 航空管制
  • 航空交通管制 (kōkūkōtsūkansei)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
  • 航空管制 (kōkū kansei)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
  • 航空管理 (kōkū kanri)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
Korean 항공교통관제
  • 항공교통관제 (hanggonggyotonggwanje)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
Malay kawalan lalu lintas udara
  • kawalan lalu lintas udarasystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Norwegian Bokmål flygeledelse
  • flygeledelsesystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Polish kontrola ruchu lotniczego
  • kontrola ruchu lotniczegosystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Portuguese controle de tráfego aéreo
  • controle de tráfego aéreosystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Romanian control de trafic aerian
  • control de trafic aeriansystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Russian управление воздушным движением
  • управление воздушным движением (upravlenije vozdušnym dviženijem)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
Slovak riadenie letovej prevádzky
  • riadenie letovej prevádzkysystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Spanish control de tráfico aéreo
  • control de tráfico aéreosystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Swedish flygtrafikledning, flygledning
  • flygtrafikledningsystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
  • flygledningsystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Turkish hava trafik kontrol
  • hava trafik kontrolsystem designed to give assistance to aircraft
Ukrainian управлі́ння пові́тряним ру́хом
  • управлі́ння пові́тряним ру́хом (upravlínnja povítrjanym rúxom)system designed to give assistance to aircraft
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