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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 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.
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). [1] Note that the cited ICAO source gives the shapefile coordinates for each FIR, and also its page source gives a list of current ACCs in text form.
Boston Center is the 14th busiest air traffic control center in the United States. In 2010, Boston Center was responsible for handling 1,721,000 flights. [ 1 ] The Boston ARTCC currently covers 165,000 square miles (430,000 km 2 ) of airspace that includes airports in Connecticut , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Maine , New Hampshire ...
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 Houston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Houston Center is the 9th busiest ARTCC in the United States. [2] The center controls airspace in southern Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and areas in the Gulf of Mexico. [3]
Washington Center is the second busiest (after Atlanta) ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, Washington Center handled 2,554,410 aircraft operations. [ 1 ] The Washington ARTCC covers 165,000 square miles (430,000 km 2 ) of airspace that includes airports in Maryland , Pennsylvania , West Virginia ...
The primary responsibility of Atlanta Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft. Atlanta Center is the busiest air traffic control facility in the world. In 2019, Atlanta Center handled 3,022,513 aircraft operations.