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Operations

# COMMON POINT

TERM · Operations

At a glance

## Meaning of COMMON POINT

A significant point over which two or more aircraft will report passing or have reported passing before proceeding on the same or diverging tracks.

### More about COMMON POINT

A significant point over which two or more aircraft will report passing or have reported passing before proceeding on the same or diverging tracks. To establish/maintain longitudinal separation, a controller may determine a common point not originally in the aircraft's flight plan and then clear the aircraft to fly over the point.

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