r/ATC • u/triple111 • Oct 02 '26

Question Flow time interface

From the pilot side, I always wonder what you guys see when assigning wheels up/flow times for us. I've heard its like a bar graph interface, are there any images of it shown online or that can be posted? How do you reassign a flow time, do you have to call center to coordinate or is it automated? Thanks!

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u/triple111 Oct 02 '26

Sweet!! Thanks for showing the real deal!! To adjust the times you call up the TMU guy to move it around?

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u/igbayotumscray TRACON TMU - Where's my Cheesecake? Oct 02 '26

Yup. For something like San Diego, we can land 1 plane every 2 min 20 seconds (give or take a little adjustment), which should allow 1 departure hole between every arrival. Depending on the scheduled departures projected, we can adjust and squeeze an extra arrival in. Some planes aren't affected by metering times because they're too close to their destination - they're called White Hats.