How and where would planes land safely If air traffic control went down

Question

How and where would planes land safely If air traffic control went down

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Answer 1

Air traffic control is useful, but many pilots start their careers learning how to land at uncontrolled airports.

If there were massive and total failure of air traffic control, pilots in the air would would figure out a way to first fly based on visual avoidance of each other and then to communicate on common frequencies with each other to coordinate emergency landings at the nearest airports.