Albuquerque ARTCC

Albuquerque ARTCC (1963-Active) - One of 22 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) in the United States. Established in 1963 near Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Assigned a FAA ID of ZAB. Active FAA Air Traffic Control Center. Also known as Albuquerque Center. Albuquerque ARTCC Complex. History The Albuquerque ARTCC (ZAB) was first established in the old terminal building at Albuquerque's Kirtland Field Airport with a staff of six controllers and two supervisors on 1 Mar 1942. The Albuquerque ARTCC is currently located at 8000 Louisiana Boulevard in north Albuquerque, New Mexico. Construction on the present location began on 26 Apr 1961 and it was commissioned on 20 Apr 1963. The Albuquerque Center covers a part of the FAA's Central service area. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system of 24 FAA Area Control Centers, 20 in the lower 48 United States, one in Alaska, one in Hawaii, one in Puerto Rica and one in Guam. The system operates with radar data provided by FAA radar sites, DoD radar sites, and other federal agency radar sites. These centers provide en route and oceanic services to private, commercial, and military aircraft overflying their respective control areas. As aircraft enter or exit from one control area to the next, responsibility for the aircraft is transferred to the gaining ARTCC. Voice communication between aircraft and the ARTCCs is supported by a network of ground-air radio sites often co-located with the radar sites. The gathering of radar, beacon and other sensor data are now largely automated and continuous, but the actions necessary to control the airspace are conversational and require some 14,000 FAA air traffic controllers talking directly to pilots in the air and on the ground at terminals. This number does not include military air traffic controllers. Albuquerque ARTCC Radar Sites (edit list) FAA JSS NORAD Site St_ Equip_ Status Origin GPS ARTCC Notes ZPHX J-29 Z-247 Humboldt Mtn (Phoenix) AZ CARSR ATCBI-6 Active 33.98139, -111.79806 ZAB √ QQO J-29A Ajo AZ ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Active Ajo AFS 32.43111, -112.94500 ZAB √Last ARSR-4 installed QSA Z-094 West Mesa (Albuquerque) NM CARSR ATCBI-6 Active West Mesa AFS 35.0717, -106.86972 ZAB *√ QWC Z-234 Mesa Rica NM CARSR Mode S Active 35.23750, -104.20444 ZAB √ SVC J-28 Z-245 Silver City NM CARSR ATCBI-6 Active 32.98917, -108.96056 ZAB √ DMN J-28A Deming NM ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Active 32.49167, -107.16639 ZAB √ AMA Z-088 Amarillo TX CARSR Mode S Active Amarillo AFB 35.24611, -101.65694 ZAB *√ QNW J-27A Eagle Peak TX ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Active 30.92028, -105.08583 ZAB √ QOM J-26A King Mountain TX ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Active 31.28500, -102.27333 ZAB √ ELP J-27 Z-244 El Paso TX ARSR-1E Unk Closed-1997 31.68083, -106.19722 ZAB √Gone Note: This list includes only long-range FAA Radar Sites listed with this ARTCC as the Overlying Enroute Center. Adjacent ARTCC sector sites are not shown and short-range terminal radar sites are not shown. Current Status Active ARTCC facility in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Location: 8000 Louisiana Boulevard, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Maps & Images Lat: 35.17341 Long: -106.56742 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 5,342' GPS Locations: 35.17341, -106.56742 Albuquerque ARTCC 35.171817, -106.568625 Entrance See Also: FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers JSS and FAA Radar Sites Sources: Welcome Guide - Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) Administrator's Fact Book, Federal Aviation Administration, May 2019, archived 4 Jun 2019, Pdf 2017-2026 Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan, Federal Aviation Administration, 2017, archived 5 Jun 2019, Pdf Air Traffic by the Numbers, Federal Aviation Administration, 2018, archived 5 Jun 2019, Pdf Computer system to Improve air safety unveiled in LA, The Napa Valley Register (Napa, California), 11 Mar 1988, page 20, archived 7 Jul 2019. Links: Wikipedia - Albuquerque ARTCC Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: 24 Aug 2019