Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control
Why we picked it
This authoritative textbook covers the full air traffic control system, from history to radar procedures, offering the serious foundational study middle- and high-schoolers committed to the field need.
Our review
This is the book future controllers and pilots actually study. Authoritative and thorough, it walks readers through the logic behind the air traffic control system, from its development history to navigational systems, radar procedures, and tower operations. For a motivated middle- or high-schooler serious about aviation, it's the real thing: a textbook professionals train with.
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About this book
From the product listing
FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL 5E is an authoritative book that provides readers with a good working knowledge of how and why the air traffic control system works. This book is appropriate for future air traffic controllers, as well as for pilots who need a better understanding of the air traffic control system. FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL 5E discusses the history of air traffic control, emphasizing the logic that has guided its development. It also provides current, in-depth information on navigational systems, the air traffic control system structure, control tower procedures, radar separation, national airspace system operation and the FAAs restructured hiring procedures. This is the only college level book that gives readers a genuine understanding of the air traffic control system and does not simply require them to memorize lists of rules and regulations.
Resource details
- Resource type
- Book
- Age ranges
- Middle School, High School
- Careers
- Air Traffic Controller
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