About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, Area Control Center, ASECNA, Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center, Bodo Air Traffic Control Center, Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center, Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center, Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center, Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center, Hong Kong (Area Control Centre), Honolulu Control Facility, Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center, Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center, Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center, Karachi Area Control Center, Lahore Area Control Center, List of Area Control Centers, London Area Control Centre, London Terminal Control Centre, Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center, Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center, Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center, Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center, Montreal Area Control Centre, New York Air Route Traffic Control Center, Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center, Salt Lake City Air Route Traffic Control Center, Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center, Shannon FIR, Shanwick Oceanic Control, Tokyo Area Control Center, Toronto Area Control Centre, Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center, Yankee Terminal Radar Approach Control. Excerpt: Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZBW), (radio communications, "Boston Center") is located in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. The Boston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. The primary responsibility of ZBW 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 Boston Metropolitan Area, the New York Metropolitan Area, and many other areas. 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. The Boston ARTCC currently covers 165,000 square miles (430,000 km) of airspace that includes airports in Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, New York state and northeast Pennsylvania. ZBW has a total of 30 sectors. These are broken down into Low Altitude, High Altitude, and Super High Altitude sectors, with 16 low sectors, 10 high sectors, and 1 super high sector. There are also 3 Low-High Altitude sectors which usually cover from the surface to unlimited and do not fit into any of the other sector categories. Within the Center, there are 5 Areas, which other ARTCCs often refer to as Specialties. In ZBW, the Areas are labeled A through E. Area A covers the majority of northeast New York State. Area A handles a large quantity of traffic that has departed Boston Logan International Airport or other nearby airports, as well as descending arrivals destined to New York metropolitan airports and other airports in ZBW airspace. Area B covers most of Vermont and New Hampshire. Area B is primarily responsible for descending Boston Logan and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport arrivals, as well as climbing departures from these airports. Area B also descends and climbs traffic to and from airports such as Albany International Airport, Burlington International Airport, and
