expect departure clearance

An expression used in radio communications to indicate the time an operator can expect a gate release. This is used in the fuel advisory departure program.

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ATC issues you, "N44939, expect departure clearance at 1830Z.

Proficiency in pieces 2.5: the final cornerstone of this proficiency-maintaining program is working with the right instructor, under the right techniques and maintaining the right mind set

For instance, do any of the aircraft in line have a call for release (CFR) time or an expect departure clearance time (EDCT)?

Who's on first: ATC's departure sequencing isn't just about who got to the hold-short line first. Controllers need to look well beyond the runway's departure end

To alleviate congestion, they implement two different flow programs for those facilities: Expect Departure Clearance Time (EDCT) and Call for Release (CFR).

No tower, no problem: what keeps IFR planes flowing in and out of nontowered airports? Good teamwork, specialized phraseology, and reasonable expectations

Those flights will be issued an Expect Departure Clearance Time, or EDCT (pronounced "edict"), which is automatically assigned by the ATCSCC's Traffic Management System computer.

Caught up in the flow: there's not much you can do when Tower won't let you go. Here's what's happening in ATC's brain when "hold for release" gets replaced with "I have an expected wheels-up time for you ..."