Airports
Teterboro first GA field with datalink clearance
Pilots flying out of New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport no longer have to suffer long waits to get their clearances.

Pilots flying out of New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport no longer have to suffer long waits to get their clearances. Teterboro is the first general aviation airport in the country to have a TDLS (tower datalink services) system, which speeds up clearance delivery and increases airport capacity.

Among other things, the TDLS provides pre-departure clearance and digitized ATIS information. A pilot can obtain clearance on a screen in the cockpit before calling ground control to get taxi instructions for takeoff. If the aircraft has a printer, that information can be printed for future reference, meaning no more copying clearances and no more readbacks.