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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
A center's communication frequencies (typically in the very high frequency aviation bands, using amplitude modulation (AM) 118 MHz to 137 MHz, for overland control) are published in aeronautical charts and manuals, and are also announced to a pilot by the previous controller during a hand-off. Most VHF radio assignments also have a UHF (225 to ...
A map showing the borders of the United States' flight information regions as well as that of Canada and other neighboring nations. Old Federal Aviation Administration airspace map of ARTCCs in the United States overlaid with what states they cover Flight Information Regions (FIR) of France FIR and jurisdictional airspace in Japan FIR and jurisdictional airspace in South Korea
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.
Countries Allocated use 0000 Europe: Non-discrete mode A code; shall not be used. [1] UK: Mode C or other SSR failure [2] US: Should never be assigned. [3] Military intercept code. [4] Internal ARTCC subsets assigned by Enroute Safety and Operations Support.
Also created by Ross Carlson, the client aims to replicate the real-world STARS system used in many US TRACON facilities. On February 27, 2016, the vERAM ATC client was approved for use on the VATSIM network. [44] Also created by Ross Carlson, the client aims to replicate the real-world ERAM system used in many US ARTCC facilities.
Oakland Center is the 16th busiest ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, Oakland Center handled 1,752,411 aircraft. [3] Domestically, Oakland Center KZOA [4] covers approximately 140,000 square miles of the Western United States, including parts of California, and Nevada.
Chicago Center is the fifth-busiest ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012, Chicago Center handled 2,343,281 aircraft operations. [ 3 ]