Atlanta ARTCC

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Atlanta ARTCC (1960-Active) - One of 22 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC)s in the United States. Established in 1960 near Hampton, Henry County, Georgia. Assigned a FAA ID of ZTL. Active FAA Air Traffic Control Center. Also known as Atlanta Center.

History

Atlanta Center (ZTL) was completed in 1960 and is currently located at 299 Woolsey Rd, Hampton, Georgia. The Atlanta Center covers a part of the FAA's Eastern service area.

Initially, the 20 ARTCCs in the lower 48 States were equipped with IBM 9020 computers to automate some of the ARTCC functions. In 1988 the IBM 3083 computer system known as "Host" replaced the old IBM 9020s in these ARTCCs. On 14 Jun 2012, the FAA decommissioned the 4-decades-old En Route Host computer system at the Seattle and Salt Lake City ARTCCs and replaced the system with the new En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system. As of 27 Mar 2015, all 20 of the lower 48 United States ARTCCs had converted to the ERAM system as had the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

ERAM technology is the heart of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and the pulse of the National Airspace System (NAS), helping to advance the transition from a ground-based system of air traffic control to a satellite-based system of traffic management. ERAM can process data from 64 radars versus the 24 radar processing with the legacy HOST system.

Operation

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.

Atlanta ARTCC (ZTL)
Total Operations (aircraft handled) 3,047,184 FY2016
Total Operations (aircraft handled) 3,101,809 FY2017
Operations Rank 1/24 FY2017
En-Route Air Traffic Controllers 339 a/o 17 Sep 2016
Airspace Area (sq miles) 122,000


Atlanta ARTCC Controlled Radar Sites (edit list)
FAA JSS NORAD Site St_ Equip_ Status Origin GPS ARTCC Notes
ZMGM Montgomery AL CARSR
ATCBI-6
Active 32.21167,
-86.16833
ZTL *
ZQRM Maiden
(Charlotte)
NC CARSR
ATCBI-6
Active 35.61083,
-81.23833
ZTL
ZQNK Lincolnton GA CARSR
ATCBI-6
Active 33.75972,
-82.46695
ZTL *
ZATL Z-111 Marietta
(Atlanta)
GA CARSR
ATCBI-6
Active Marietta AFS 33.89411,
-84.49876
ZTL *

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 FAA facility in Hampton, Henry County, Georgia.


Location: 299 Woolsey Rd, Hampton, Georgia.

Maps & Images

Lat: 33.37965 Long: -84.29679

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  • Elevation: 909'


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See Also:

Sources:

  • Atlanta ARTCC - Facility Orientation Guide
  • 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:

Fortification ID:

  • GA0016 - Atlanta ARTCC

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