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beretta01 · January 18th, 2008, 10:03

Hi everyone, I'm new here..I was wondering how does ATC keep track of where a plane under IFR is going i.e. fixes, airways, etc. if all the plane is is a dot with speed and altitude on it. I can't see how the controller knows how to keep track of an airplane he has given vectors to if there are 40-50 others in his sector at the same time. When does he know when do start a planes descent. Is there some way of organizing all of this info and having alerts or messages to the controller when to start all of this?? I imagine there is some way of having a plot for an airplanes course on the controllers screen if he needs it. Thanks!

January 18th, 2008, 10:03	#1
beretta01 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tampa Posts: 12	How does ATC know?? Hi everyone, I'm new here..I was wondering how does ATC keep track of where a plane under IFR is going i.e. fixes, airways, etc. if all the plane is is a dot with speed and altitude on it. I can't see how the controller knows how to keep track of an airplane he has given vectors to if there are 40-50 others in his sector at the same time. When does he know when do start a planes descent. Is there some way of organizing all of this info and having alerts or messages to the controller when to start all of this?? I imagine there is some way of having a plot for an airplanes course on the controllers screen if he needs it. Thanks!