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approach control

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A control station in an air operations control center, helicopter direction center, or carrier air traffic control center, that is responsible for controlling air traffic from marshal until hand-off to final control. See also helicopter direction center; marshal.

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federal terminal radar approach control facilities to common digital systems, including new radar, processor, and display and communications equipment.
They hand off direction of aircraft to their counterparts elsewhere - as at the Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control Center in San Diego County.
Contact Travis Air Force Base Radar Approach Control and request restricted air space over MOTCO.
 
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