Oakland ARTCC

 (1960-Active) - One of 22 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) in the United States. Established in 1960 near Fremont, Alameda County, California. Assigned a FAA ID of ZOA. Active FAA Air Traffic Control Center. Also known as Oakland Center.

History
The Oakland ARTCC (ZOA) was first Commissioned on 15 May 1937 and is currently located at 5125 Central Ave. in Fremont, California The present location was commissioned on 9 Oct 1960. The Oakland Center covers a part of the FAA's Western service area including vast areas of Pacific Ocean airspace.

The Oakland Center manages the largest airspace in the world, 9.7% of the world’s surface. This airspace has 140,000 square miles domestically, and 18.7 billion square miles over the Pacific Ocean.

The Oakland Center domestic controllers interface and dialog with many domestic centers, approach controls, and towers on a routine basis in three areas, Area North, Area East, and Area south.

The Oakland Center oceanic controllers interface with 21 different foreign and domestic facilities. Oceanic controllers provide air traffic control service to aircraft principally during the en route phase of flight. Space is divided into Area Pacific North, Area Pacific South. The Pacific South Area contains four non-radar sectors extending over the ocean from the west coast to the Philippines. Traffic consists of daily north/south flows of flights between Australia/New Zealand and Japan/Korea and flights in and out of the Guam area airports, and the Eastern portion between Hawaii and Japan. Additional traffic along the southern portion of the Central East and Pacific (CEP) route system between the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.



Current Status
Active FAA facility in Fremont, Alameda County, California.

See Also:
 * FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers
 * JSS and FAA Radar Sites

Sources:
 * Oakland ARTCC Facility Orientation Guide.

Links:
 * Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZOA)
 * Wikipedia - Oakland ARTCC