Pilot/Controller Glossary
AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE
This reproduces published FAA reference text for study. It does not replace the current official FAA publication or regulation.
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.”
Retrieved from ecfr.gov on July 18, 2026.