Title: Describe the air traffic control (ATC) system.
Course: Aerospace Technology II (21055-II) > Section: Examining Aviation Flight Safety

Description should include

- surveillance technology
- communication technology
- flight plan processing, and coordination of flight data from one ATC facility to the next
- the concept of dividing airspace into chunks and initiating/accepting handoffs for each aircraft
- the use of a national flow-control facility
- the use of airport capacity rates and how they can change due to wind and weather
- the use of weather reroutes to avoid areas of severe high-altitude weather (e.g., thunderstorms).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How effective is ADS-B compared to ground-based radar?
- What are some advantages to ADS-B over radar?
- What are some reasons a flight can be placed into an airborne hold?
- How can high wind affect airport capacity?
- How can en route aircraft capacity be reduced due to weather?
- Why is it important that controllers approve flights prior to their entering the receiving controllers' airspace? How is this process automated?