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AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE

Pilot/Controller Glossary with JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

The continuous broadcast of recorded noncontrol information in selected terminal areas. Its purpose is to improve controller effectiveness and to relieve frequency congestion by automating the repetitive transmission of essential but routine information; e.g., “Los Angeles information Alfa. One three zero zero Coordinated Universal Time. Weather, measured ceiling two thousand overcast, visibility three, haze, smoke, temperature seven one, dew point five seven, wind two five zero at five, altimeter two niner niner six. I‐L‐S Runway Two Five Left approach in use, Runway Two Five Right closed, advise you have Alfa.”

See AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE ICAO.

Refer to AIM.

ICAO definition

The provision of current, routine information to arriving and departing aircraft by means of continuous and repetitive broadcasts throughout the day or a specified portion of the day.

In the 7110.65

Used in 29 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 1-2-6Abbreviations
  2. 2-4-1Radio Communications
  3. 2-9-1Application
  4. 2-9-2Operating Procedures
  5. 2-9-3Content
  6. 3-1-8Low Level Wind Shear/Microburst Advisories
  7. 3-3-1Landing Area Condition
  8. 3-3-5Braking Action Advisories
  9. 3-9-1Departure Information
  10. 3-10-1Landing Information
  11. 3-10-2Forwarding Approach Information by Nonapproach Control Facilities
  12. 4-6-3Delays
  13. 4-7-5Military Turbojet En Route Descent
  14. 4-7-10Approach Information
  15. 4-7-12Airport Conditions
  16. 5-1-2ATC Surveillance Source Use
  17. 5-9-6Simultaneous Dependent Approaches
  18. 5-9-7Simultaneous Independent Approaches- Dual & Triple
  19. 5-9-9Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches (SOIA)
  20. 5-9-10Simultaneous Independent Approaches to Widely-Spaced Parallel Runways Without Final Monitors
  21. 5-10-2Approach Information
  22. 7-1-3Approach Control Service for VFR Arriving Aircraft
  23. 7-4-4Approaches to Multiple Runways
  24. 9-7-4Other Control Airspace
  25. 10-2-13Manpads Alert
  26. 10-2-14Unauthorized Laser Illumination of Aircraft
  27. 14-1-1Pre‐Departure Clearance (PDC)
  28. 14-1-2Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) – Departure Clearance (DCL)
  29. 14-3-3Abnormal Conditions