Which action is ATC responsible for regarding arriving aircraft?

Which action is ATC responsible for regarding arriving aircraft?

• A. Granting landing clearance
• B. Arranging in-flight meals
• C. Maintaining the aircraft’s cabin pressure
• D. Providing weather forecasts to passengers

Answer: (A)

Granting landing clearance is ATC’s responsibility for arriving aircraft. As a plane on approach nears the airport, air traffic control sequences it with other traffic, assigns the appropriate runway, ensures there’s a safe landing path and that the runway is clear, and then issues the clearance to land. This keeps arrivals safely separated and coordinated with ground operations and other aircraft. The other tasks aren’t handled by ATC for arriving planes: arranging meals is airline service, maintaining cabin pressure is managed by the aircraft’s systems and crew, and providing weather forecasts to passengers is the realm of meteorological services and airline communications.

Granting landing clearance is ATC’s responsibility for arriving aircraft. As a plane on approach nears the airport, air traffic control sequences it with other traffic, assigns the appropriate runway, ensures there’s a safe landing path and that the runway is clear, and then issues the clearance to land. This keeps arrivals safely separated and coordinated with ground operations and other aircraft. The other tasks aren’t handled by ATC for arriving planes: arranging meals is airline service, maintaining cabin pressure is managed by the aircraft’s systems and crew, and providing weather forecasts to passengers is the realm of meteorological services and airline communications.