Sentence examples for under air traffic from inspiring English sources

Unlike fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters do not come under air traffic control.

The pilot had flown to Trenton-Mercer Airport under air traffic control guidance, then had chosen to fly under visual flight rules, Ms. Salac said.

The collision, on Aug. 8, involved a single-engine plane and a tour helicopter and occurred in the corridor between Governors Island and the George Washington Bridge, 1,100 feet and below, that is not under air traffic control.

But they are not welcome in "controlled" airspace, where manned aircraft fly under air-traffic control.

If the system is put into effect, the warning will be short -- tens of seconds at most -- but it may give workers and students time to duck under desks, air traffic controllers the chance to wave off landing planes and officers a few seconds to lower barriers to keep cars off bridges and overpasses.

Air traffic traversing the corridor under the jurisdiction of air traffic controllers will fly above 1,300 feet.

Under the current arrangement, air traffic control services are paid for by taxes on airline tickets, cargo and fuel.

Requiring all private planes to file under the direction of air traffic controllers would be one way to address that problem.

Instrument flight rules require that a flight plan has to be filed at least an hour before takeoff and that the plane operates under the scrutiny of air traffic controllers at all times.

Now, with the Federal Aviation Administration considering a sweeping redesign of the most congested airspace in the country, residents in southern and central New Jersey complain that the one proposal under discussion -- rerouting air traffic over the ocean -- would merely push the problem in their direction.

Above 1300 feet, aircraft would be allowed to traverse the corridor under the handling of air traffic control.