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Reserved for special use by Potomac TRACON. [3] 5100, 5200, 5300, 5500 US: Internal ARTCC subsets assigned by Enroute Safety and Operations Support. (Blocks of discrete codes except that xx00 is used as a non-discrete code after all discrete codes are assigned.) [3] 5100–5300 US
Potomac Consolidated TRACON. Potomac TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach CONtrol), abbreviated PCT, is the FAA air traffic control facility in charge of the Washington, D.C. airspace and Washington Special Flight Rules Area, assigning squawk codes. [1] It is based in Warrenton, Virginia, United States.
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.
Some smaller regions have also received consolidated TRACON facilities, such as Great Lakes TRACON at Kalamazoo Airport in Central and Western Michigan. Combined Center Radar Approach Control (CERAPs) The FAA has 3 CERAPS, essentially a cross between a Center and a TRACON. These are HCF in Honolulu, ZSU in San Juan and ZUA in Guam.
Potomac Consolidated TRACON in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. Many airports have a radar control facility that is associated with that specific airport. In most countries, this is referred to as terminal control and abbreviated to TMC; in the U.S., it is referred to as a 'terminal radar approach control' or TRACON. While every airport ...
The departures are handed off by N90 (JFK and ISP areas), and the arrivals are handed off to New York TRACON (ISP area) or New York TRACON Rober arrivals. JFK arrivals overhead CCC are potentially in conflict with VFR parachute operations at Skydive Long Island which operate over the CCC VOR. The SARDI sector, which became CLIPPER, was working ...
The need for NextGen became apparent during the summer of 2000 when air travel was impeded by severe congestion and costly delays. Two years later, the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommended that a multiagency task force develop an integrated plan to transform the U.S. air transportation system.
ATOP achieved full operating capability (FOC) at the New York, Oakland, and Anchorage ARTCCs in March 2005, October 2005, and April 2007, respectively. The program provided the FAA the automation, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C), [ 4 ] and conflict resolution capability required to reduce aircraft separation from 100 nautical ...