Control Area
Control area may refer to: * Control area (aviation) In aviation, a control area (CTA) is the volume of controlled airspace that exists in the vicinity of an airport. It has a specified lower level and a specified upper level. It usually is situated on top of a control zone and provides protection ..., a volume of controlled airspace that exists in the vicinity of an airport. * Control area, a balancing area within an electrical grid. {{disambiguation ...
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Control Area (aviation)
In aviation, a control area (CTA) is the volume of controlled airspace that exists in the vicinity of an airport. It has a specified lower level and a specified upper level. It usually is situated on top of a control zone and provides protection to aircraft climbing out from the airport by joining the low-level control zone to the nearest airways. In the UK they are generally class A, D or E. Control areas are particularly useful where there are busy airports located close together. In this case a single CTA will sit over all of the individual airports' CTRs. In larger-scale cases, this is known as a terminal manoeuvring area In aviation, a terminal control area (TMA, or TCA in the U.S. and Canada), is a designated area of controlled airspace surrounding a major airport where there is a high volume of traffic. TMA airspace is normally designed in a circular configurati ... (TMA). See also * Airway (aviation) * Flight information region Air traffic control {{Commercial ...
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