How do they match: Air Traffic Controllers

  • Direct ground traffic, including taxiing aircraft, maintenance or baggage vehicles, or airport workers.
  • Direct pilots to runways when space is available or direct them to maintain a traffic pattern until there is space for them to land.
  • Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems.
  • Monitor or direct the movement of aircraft within an assigned air space or on the ground at airports to minimize delays and maximize safety.
  • Provide flight path changes or directions to emergency landing fields for pilots traveling in bad weather or in emergency situations.

  • Direct emergency management activities.
  • Direct vehicle traffic.