Denver ARTCC

Denver ARTCC (1962-Active) - One of 22 FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Established in 1962 near Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado. Assigned a FAA ID of ZVD. Active FAA Air Traffic Control Center. History Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZDV) is one of 25 FAA Area Control Centers, 22 in the United States. It is located in Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado. It was opened in 1962. The Denver Center (ZDV) covers a part of the Western service area. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system of 25 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC)s 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. The gathering of radar and other sensor data is 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. The original Denver ARTCC was commissioned on 1 Mar 1942 and was located at the Denver Municipal Airport with a small staff of 12 Air Traffic Control Specialists. The current facility was completed in 1962 and in 1998 added a new DSR control room. On 23 Dec 2011 the En Route Automation Modernization program (ERAM) replaced the original HOST computer for all flight plan processing and automated coordination between facilities. The Denver ARTCC encompasses 254,000 square miles of airspace over portions of nine states including; Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. In addition to numerous regional airports, there are TRACON/Approach Controls at Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Grand Junction, Casper, Cheyenne, and Ellsworth AFB at Rapid City. Adjacent En Route Centers include Minneapolis ARTCC, Kansas City ARTCC, Albuquerque ARTCC, Los Angeles ARTCC, and Salt Lake City ARTCC. In 2013 Denver Center handled 1,656,782 aircraft. Currently, Denver Center has six areas of specialization. Five out of the six areas have low and high altitude sectors, but uniquely, Denver Center has one area that specializes in low altitude mountainous terrain. This area was designed to work aircraft in and out of the airports that service ski resorts. Denver ARTCC Radar Sites (edit list) FAA JSS NORAD Site St_ Equip_ Status Origin GPS ARTCC Notes ZQPK Z-212 Denver (Parker) CO CARSR Mode S Active 39.59417, -104.69306 ZDV *√ ZGJT Z-215 Grand Junction CO CARSR Mode S Active 39.63861, -108.76250 ZDV √ ZTAD Z-222 Trinidad CO CARSR Mode S Active 37.54694, -104.01389 ZDV √ ZGUP Z-221 Gallup NM CARSR Mode S Active 36.07583, -108.86028 ZDV √ ZLBF Z-217 North Platte NE CARSR Mode S Active 40.83278, -100.74806 ZDV √ ZLSK Z-219 Lusk WY CARSR Mode S Active 42.59389, -104.58833 ZDV √ Current Status Active facility in Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: 2211 17th Ave, Longmont, Colorado 80501. Maps & Images Lat: 40.18731 Long: -105.12707 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 5,073' GPS Locations: 40.18731, -105.12707 Denver ARTCC See Also: FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers Sources: Denver ARTCC Welcome Guide Links: Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: No