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Terminal Control Area (TCA)
A designated zone around and above the busiest airports. A flight in TCAs carries stringent requirements for pilot experience, aircraft equipment and communications capability.

TCA (Terminal Control Area) (See CLASS B Airspace.)
TCAD A proprietary low cost anti-collision system detecting and alerting pilots to nearby transponders but not providing evasive instructions or coordination with other aircraft.

TCA (Terminal Control Area) — (See CLASS B Airspace.)
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Terminal Control Area
TCAS
Traffic Alert & Collision Avoidance System ...

TCA: Terminal Control Area - that area surrounding a big airport, which aircraft must not enter without permission. Has recently been renamed 'Class B Airspace' in accordance with international regulations.

Class B (formerly TCA - Terminal Control Area) Generally, that airspace from the surface to 10,000' MSL surrounding the nation's busiest airports in terms of airport operations or passenger enplanements.

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Threshold - Beginning position of a runway usable for landing
TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation
TCA - Terminal Control Area
TCAS - Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (jokingly referred to as the "fishfinder")
TCU - Terminal Control Unit ...

See also: Control area, Airport, Aviation, Flight, Navigation

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