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ETA

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

/ˌiː tiː ˈeɪ/abbreviationCommon term

In travel & airport english, ETA means: Short for estimated time of arrival: the time a plane, train, taxi or person is expected to arrive.

In Turkish: tahmini varış saati

How it is used

Seen on flight tracking apps, arrivals boards and taxi apps, and used informally too: "What's your ETA?" ETD means estimated time of departure. In UK border rules ETA also stands for Electronic Travel Authorisation, an online permit that some visa-free visitors need.

Example sentences

  1. The ETA for our flight is now 22:45, half an hour late.

  2. The taxi app says the driver's ETA is four minutes.

Common collocations

  • what's your ETA
  • new ETA
  • ETA and ETD
  • estimated time of arrival
  • delayA situation in which a flight, train or other service leaves or arrives later than planned; as a verb it means to make something late.
  • arrivalsThe part of an airport or station where passengers come out after their journey and where people wait to meet them.
  • landOf a plane or its passengers: to arrive on the ground at the end of a flight.
  • flightA journey by plane; also a particular plane service that leaves at a fixed time and has its own flight number.

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