Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center
Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZJX), (radio communications, Jacksonville Center) is one of 22 [1] Area Control Centers in the United States. It is located at 37075 Aviation Ln, Hilliard, Florida.[2]
The primary responsibility of Jacksonville Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft filed under instrument flight rules (IFR).
Jacksonville Center is the sixth busiest ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1 and December 31, 2012, Jacksonville Center handled 2,195,787 aircraft.[3]
Jacksonville Center covers approximately 210,000 sq mi (540,000 km2) of the Southern United States, including parts of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina. ZJX also covers portions of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Jacksonville Center lies adjacent to 5 different Air Route Traffic Control Centers, including Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center, New York Air Route Traffic Control Center, Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center, Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center, and Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center. ZJX overlies or abuts several approach control facilities (including Jacksonville, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Tampa, Casper, Savannah, Charlotte, and Shaw AFB).
References
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2010, April 28). Air route traffic control centers. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/artcc/
- ↑ StuckMic.com. (2012). Florida Air Traffic Control Facilities. Retrieved from http://www.stuckmic.com/florida-air-traffic-control-facilities.html
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration. (2013). Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS. Retrieved from http://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Center.asp