Seattle ARTCC

Seattle ARTCC (1962-Active) - One of 22 FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Established in 1962 in Auburn, King County, Washington. Assigned an FAA ID of ZSE. Active FAA Air Traffic Control Center. Seattle ARTCC Complex in Auburn, Washington. History Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZSE) is one of 25 FAA Area Control Centers, 22 in the United States. It is located in Auburn, King County, Washington and was opened at this location in 1962. The Seattle Center (ZSE) covers part of the western service area. The original Seattle ARTCC was located at the Boeing Field Administration Building in 1940 and control instructions were relayed to pilots via company phone lines. In 1950, Seattle ARTCC moved to the Seattle Tacoma Airport (SeaTac) Administration Building, where the first radio was commissioned in the facility allowing direct controller to pilot. In 1962 the ARTCC moved from SeaTac to its current location in Auburn, Washington. 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 Seattle ARTCC airspace encompasses approximately 300,000 square miles including all of Washington, most of Oregon and portions of Montana, Idaho, Nevada, and California. The center boundaries extend from the Canadian border to Northern California and from western Montana to 150 miles off the Pacific Coast. There are nine approach controls in Seattle Center’s airspace. ZSE works with Vancouver and Edmonton Control Centers to the north, Salt Lake City center to the east, and Oakland Center to the south and west. Current Status Active FAA ARTCC facility in Auburn, King County, Washington. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: 3101 Auburn Way South, Auburn Washington. Maps & Images Lat: 47.28693 Long: -122.18819 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 289' GPS Locations: 47.28693, -122.18819 Seattle ARTCC See Also: FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers Sources: Facility Orientation Guide - Seattle ARTCC, Federal Aviation Administration, June 2014. Links: Wikipedia - Seattle ARTCC Visited: No