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Kuwait International Airport (Arabic: مطار الكويت الدولي, IATA: KWI, ICAO: OKKK) is an international airport located in the Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait, 15.5 kilometers (9.6 mi) south of the centre of Kuwait City, spread over an area of 37.7 square kilometres (14.6 sq mi).
Area control centers (ACCs) control IFR air traffic in their flight information region (FIR). The current list of FIRs and ACCs is maintained by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The following is the alphabetic list of all ACCs and their FIRs as of October 2011 [update] :
Kuwait Airways: KUWAITI Kuwait GO KZU Kuzu Airlines Cargo: KUZU CARGO Turkey QVR Kvadro Aero: PEGASO Kyrgyzstan KWN Kwena Air: KWENA South Africa N5 KGZ Kyrgyz Airlines: BERMET Kyrgyzstan KTC Kyrgyz Trans Avia: DINARA Kyrgyzstan QH LYN Kyrgyzstan: ALTYN AVIA Kyrgyzstan Name changed to Air Kyrgyzstan: R8 KGA Kyrgyzstan Airlines: KYRGYZ ...
Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait: Closed 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron: Al Udeid AB, Qatar "Pyramid" Inactivaed 1 November 2014 71st Air Control Squadron: Moody Air Force Base, Georgia "Alley Cats" Inactivated March 2000 73d Expeditionary Air Control Squadron: Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan: Eyes of the Sword/"Double Dagger" Closed
In air traffic control, an area control center (ACC), also known as a center or en-route center, is a facility responsible for controlling aircraft flying in the airspace of a given flight information region (FIR) at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures.
The system is designed to accommodate air traffic growth and the introduction of new automation functions which will improve the safety and efficiency of the US National Airspace System (NAS). [ 5 ] Airport Surveillance Radar is beginning to be supplemented by ADS-B Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast in the US and other parts of the world.
The squadron provides aerial surveillance, air traffic control, ground-controlled intercept, and aviation data-link connectivity for the I Marine Expeditionary Force. It was the first air warning squadron commissioned as part of the Marine Corps' new air warning program and is the second oldest aviation command and control unit in the Marine Corps.
ATC: 12 Mar 1951: 1 Jan 1959: Redesignated Amarillo Technical Training Center. [118] 3330th Technical Training Wing: Chanute AFB, IL: ATC: 1 Apr 1977: 1 Jan 1978: Discontinued. [113] 3330th Technical Training Wing: Chanute AFB, IL: ATC: 1 Nov 1979: c. 30 Sep 1993: Base closed. [114] [119] 3345th Technical Training Wing: Chanute AFB, IL: ATC: 26 ...