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SPEED ADJUSTMENT

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

An ATC procedure used to request pilots to adjust aircraft speed to a specific value for the purpose of providing desired spacing. Pilots are expected to maintain a speed of plus or minus 10 knots or 0.02 Mach number of the specified speed. Examples of speed adjustments are:

  1. “Increase/reduce speed to Mach point (number).”
  2. “Increase/reduce speed to (speed in knots)” or “Increase/reduce speed (number of knots) knots.”

In the 7110.65

Used in 9 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 2-3-2En Route Data Entries
  2. 2-3-4Terminal Data Entries
  3. 3-8-1Sequence/Spacing Application
  4. 5-7-1Application
  5. 5-7-2Methods
  6. 5-7-3Speed Assignments
  7. 5-7-4Termination
  8. 7-6-1Application
  9. 14-2-4Specific Uplinks