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The United States has 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC). [1] They are operated by and are part of the Federal Aviation Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation . An ARTCC controls aircraft flying in a specified region of airspace, known as a flight information region (FIR), typically during the en route portion of flight.
On September 26, 2014, an arson at the Chicago Center (ZAU) facility caused operations across ZAU-controlled airspace to be suspended, including airport operations at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International Airports, resulting in canceled flights. [4]
A temporary flight restriction map showing the boundaries of the regions controlled by the area control centers within and adjoining the contiguous United States; Atlanta Center is labeled ZTL, its FAA location identifier.
Albuquerque ARTCC United States: KZAK FIR Oakland Oceanic ARTCC Oceanic United States: KZAU FIR Chicago ARTCC United States: KZBW FIR Boston ARTCC United States: KZDC FIR Washington ARTCC United States: KZDV FIR Denver ARTCC United States: KZFW FIR Ft Worth ARTCC United States: KZHU FIR Houston ARTCC United States: KZID FIR Indianapolis ARTCC
Pilots flying over an ocean can determine their own positions accurately using the Global Positioning System or other means, and can supply periodic updates to a center. A center's control service for an oceanic flight information region may be operationally distinct from its service for one over land, employing different communications ...
The Albuquerque ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. The primary responsibility is the separation of overflights, and the expedited sequencing of arrivals and departures along STARs ( Standard Terminal Arrival Routes ) and SIDs ( Standard Instrument Departures ) for the airspace over most of Arizona and New ...
The Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center (ICAO: KZLA, FAA LID: ZLA) is an air traffic control center located in Palmdale, California, United States.Located adjacent to United States Air Force Plant 42 and the Palmdale Regional Airport, it is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) operated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Kansas City Center is the 15th busiest ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017, Kansas City Center handled 1,801,888 aircraft operations. [ 4 ]