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Title: Tower Approach and Departure
Post by: chris1767 on March 15, 2009, 08:06:59 PM

Can someone explain the difference between "tower" "approach" and "departure"? Sometimes when I listen to "tower", I hear them clearing aircraft to land.  I also hear them giving clearance to take off.  Thanks in advance for any explanation. 

Title: Re: Tower Approach and Departure
Post by: KSYR-pjr on March 15, 2009, 08:13:18 PM

Someone at Wiki did a pretty good job of breaking down all the positions of a controller and the responsibilities of those positions.  In addition to tower, approach, and departure, you will also read about ground, clearance, and center.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Airport_control (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Airport_control)

If you have any questions after reading this entry, post them here.