stack

air-traffic control
Also known as: holding stack

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air−traffic control

  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
    In traffic control: Traffic elements

    Traditional approach control using stacks (see below) placed a heavy burden on the airport traffic controllers to monitor many planes in the air. After the 1981 air traffic controller strike in the United States and the subsequent dismissal of approximately 10,000 controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration instituted a policy…

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