terminal control area

noun

A volume of controlled airspace set up at the confluence of airways in the vicinity of one or more major airports to protect air traffic climbing out from and descending into the airports.

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Meanings

nounterminal control area (plural terminal control areas)

plural terminal control areas

  1. aeronauticsA volume of controlled airspace set up at the confluence of airways in the vicinity of one or more major airports to protect air traffic climbing out from and descending into the airports.
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