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Many people believe that communications, navigation, surveillance, and automation technologies are the complete ATC system when, in fact, they are simply the enabling technologies that allow the air traffic control function to perform efficiently and safely. In reality, air traffic control is the process by which many thousands of airplanes are provided separation services as they climb, descend, and cross paths and altitudes as they travel from any one of thousands of departure airports to any one of thousands of destination airports daily.
Air traffic controllers in various ATC facilities are responsible for specific airspace volumes and may be providing those ATC separation services to up to 20 - 25 airplanes at any moment in time. Core ATC concepts, procedures, and techniques have evolved to enable human air traffic controllers to safely manage that level of air traffic density and volume.
This particular webinar topic presents the fundamental ATC terms, concepts, and procedures of the ATC operational process and is NOT a discussion of ATC enabling technologies. Some of these ATC operational concepts concern airspace structure, control sectorization, and separation assurance techniques. These terms, concepts, and procedures are presented in what is clearly an illustrative style to underscore that they are universal and that they underlie the ATC operations of any and all Towers, TRACONs, Enroute ATC facilities, and Traffic Flow Management. These specific facilities that will be addressed in far more detail in subsequent webinar topics.