Washington DC ARTCC

Washington DC ARTCC (1963-Active) - One of 22 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC)s in the United States. Established in 1963 in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Assigned a FAA ID of ZDC. Active FAA Air Traffic Control Center. Also known as Washington DC Center.

History

The Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) was originally established on 1 Apr 1937, at Washington Hoover Airport. The facility later moved to Hanger 6 at Washington National Airport. The current Washington DC ARTCC opened on 28 Apr 1963 in Leesburg, Virginia.

The Washington DC Center covers a part of the FAA's Eastern 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.

Washington DC ARTCC (ZDC)

Total Operations (aircraft handled)	2,464,286	FY2016
Total Operations (aircraft handled)	2,527,500	FY2017
Operations Rank	3/24	FY2017
En-Route Air Traffic Controllers	321	a/o 17 Sep 2016
Airspace Area (sq miles)	165,000 Washington DC ARTCC Radar Sites (edit list) FAA JSS NORAD Site St_ Equip_ Status Origin GPS ARTCC Notes ZQRL Benson (Raleigh) NC CARSR ATCBI-6 Active 35.51111, -78.54889 ZDC ZQGV J-02 Z-115 Fort Fisher NC ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Active Fort Fisher AFS 33.97722, -77.91556 ZDC ZQBN Binns Hall VA CARSR ATCBI-6 Active 37.38278, -76.99861 ZDC ZQVR J-01 Z-321 Oceana NAS VA ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Active 36.82722, -76.01361 ZDC *FAA/USAF/Navy ZQPL J-50 Z-318 The Plains VA CARSR ATCBI-6 Active 38.88250, -77.70278 ZDC ZQBE Z-121 Bedford VA CARSR ATCBI-6 Active Bedford AFS 37.51722, -79.51028 ZDC * 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 Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Context Location: 825 E Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176. Lat: 39.102° Long: -77.543° Elevation: 309' Bing, Google, OldMapsOnline, USGS, OHM Loading map... }} --> See Also: FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers JSS and FAA Radar Sites Sources: 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: DC/ Washington DC Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZOA) Wikipedia - Washington DC ARTCC Related: Bedford Air Force Station, Benson FAA Radar Site, Binns Hall FAA Radar Site, Fort Fisher Air Force Station, JSS System, Oceana NAS Radar Site, The Plains FAA Radar Site, FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers,