Los Angeles ARTCC

Los Angeles ARTCC (1963-Active) - One of 22 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) in the United States. Established in 1963 near Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California. Assigned an FAA ID of ZLA. Active FAA Air Traffic Control Center. Also known as Los Angeles Center. Los Angeles ARTCC at Palmdale. History Los Angeles Center was commissioned 15 Mar 1937 in Burbank, California. Operations were moved to 7th and Flower St. in Downtown Los Angeles in 1943 and then in 1946 to a building on Manchester Blvd south of the Los Angeles Airport. Moved to the present location at 2555 E Ave P, Palmdale in March 1963. The Los Angeles Center covers a part of the FAA's Western 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. Los Angeles ARTCC (ZLA) Total Operations (aircraft handled) 2,229,653 FY2016 Total Operations (aircraft handled) 2,240,289 FY2017 Operations Rank 10/24 FY2017 En-Route Air Traffic Controllers 269 a/o 17 Sep 2016 Airspace Area (sq miles) 179,000 Los Angeles ARTCC Radar Sites (edit list) FAA JSS NORAD Site St_ Equip_ Status Origin GPS ARTCC Notes ZQXP Seligman AZ CARSR ATCBI-6 Active 35.35278, -112.94972 ZLA ZQSR Z-059 Boron CA CARSR ATCBI-6 Active Boron AFS 35.08226, -117.58246 ZLA * ZPRB J-32 Z-236 Paso Robles CA ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Active 35.39472, -120.35417 ZLA ZQLA J-31 Z-039 San Pedro CA CARSR ATCBI-6 Active San Pedro AFS 33.74611, -118.33611 ZLA * ZNSD J-36A San Clemente Island CA ARSR-4 Unk Active 32.88417, -118.45083 ZLA Navy JSS Site ZQRW J-30 Z-076 Mount Laguna CA ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Active Mount Laguna AFS 32.87611, -116.41500 ZLA * XVBG J-35 Vandenberg AFB CA ARSR-4 Unk Active 34.58694, -120.59472 ZLA USAF only ZQAS Z-163 Angel Peak NV CARSR Mode S Active Las Vegas AFS 36.318611, -115.57528 ZLA * Current Status Active FAA facility in Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California. Location: 2555 E Ave P, Palmdale, CA 93550. Maps & Images Lat: 34.60331 Long: -118.08379 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 2,568' GPS Locations: 34.60331, -118.08379 Los Angeles ARTCC See Also: FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers JSS and FAA Radar Sites Sources: Facility Orientation Guide - Air Route Traffic Control Centers 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: Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZOA) Wikipedia - Los Angeles ARTCC] Visited: No