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A plane whispered overhead.
Brooklyn looked up and said, “It’s like it’s on a sky-road!”
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Brooklyn was at Miami airport with her family.
She loved gymnastics, so she pointed and said, “Planes line up better than a balance beam!”
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They watched planes land and take off from far away.
Brooklyn noticed they didn’t wiggle all over the sky.
“They really do follow a path,” she said.
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A worker showed them the big control tower.
“That’s where air traffic control works,” the worker said.
Brooklyn asked, “Do they tell every plane where to go?”
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“Yes,” said the worker.
“Air traffic controllers talk to pilots on radios.”
“They help planes come in and out safely.”
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The worker pointed to the sky.
“Planes don’t use streets,” he said, “but they use set routes, like invisible highways.”
Brooklyn squinted. “So the sky has rules.”
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“Far from the airport, planes follow those sky routes,” the worker explained.
“As they get closer to Miami, controllers guide them toward the runway.”
Brooklyn said, “Like lining up for a slide!”
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The worker showed a screen with tiny moving dots.
“Each dot is a plane,” he said.
“The controller keeps space between them, like leaving room in a line.”
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“When a plane is ready to land,” the worker said, “it follows a careful path down.”
“It’s called an approach.”
Brooklyn nodded. “Like a smooth landing in gymnastics… but with wings.”
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“And when a plane leaves,” the worker said, “it gets a takeoff time and a direction.”
“It climbs up, then joins the sky routes again.”
Brooklyn said, “So planes exit the airport like cars leaving a parking lot.”
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Brooklyn crossed her arms. “I could do that job.”
The worker laughed. “It takes lots of focus.”
Brooklyn said, “I focus when I’m trying to beat adults.”
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A plane rolled on the ground near the runway.
“On the ground, controllers also help planes taxi,” the worker said.
“That’s like driving on airport roads to the gate.”
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Brooklyn watched a plane stop and another go.
“No bumping,” she said.
“Right,” said the worker. “Controllers prevent traffic jams in the sky and on the ground.”
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Brooklyn looked up at the neat line of planes.
“They look like they’re following a street in the air,” she said.
The worker smiled. “That’s air traffic control doing its job.”
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Brooklyn grinned and pointed at the sky-road.
“Okay,” she said, “but if planes have sky streets… do they get sky speeding tickets?”
The worker said, “Only if you’re the officer, Brooklyn.”
The end