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TRACON (plural TRACONs)

  1. (aviation) Acronym of terminal radar approach control.
    • 2010, Susan Fleming, National Airspace System: Setting On-Time Performance Targets at Congested Airports Could Help Focus FAA's Actions, page 42:

      Since 16 location identifiers are used for a combination of airports and TRACONs, resulting in combined data, we worked with FAA to determine how to identify the number of departures and departure delays to attribute to each individual airport and TRACON in our universe.