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Glossary/FSS (Flight Service Station)
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FSS (Flight Service Station)

An FAA facility that provides preflight weather briefings, files and activates flight plans, issues NOTAMs, and relays ATC clearances to pilots. Pilots can contact Flight Service by radio (122.2 MHz) or phone (1-800-WX-BRIEF). Leidos currently operates the automated Flight Service system in the United States.

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