Area Control Center

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An Area Control Center is a facility responsible for providing air traffic control services to aircraft flying within a large region of controlled airspace, typically between departure and arrival terminal areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air navigation service unit
air traffic control facility
aviation infrastructure
appliesStandard ICAO air traffic management procedures
separation minima rules
controls aircraft flying between terminal areas
aircraft in controlled airspace
en‑route air traffic
coordinatesWith Terminal Radar Approach Control
surface form: Approach Control Unit

Flight Information Centers
Tower Control
adjacent Area Control Centers
employs air traffic controllers
supervisory personnel
technical support staff
hasAlternativeName Area Control
Center
Area Control Center
surface form: En‑route Control Center
hasObjective ensuring orderly flow of air traffic
maintaining safe separation between aircraft
maximizing efficiency of airspace use
hasPhysicalFeature communication equipment
controller workstations
operations room
radar display consoles
hasRole providing air traffic control services
isAbbreviatedAs ACC
isDefinedBy International Civil Aviation Organization
isManagedBy air navigation service provider
civil aviation authority
isPartOf air navigation services
air traffic management system
issues clearances to aircraft
level change instructions
route change instructions
speed control instructions
monitors aircraft positions
airspace capacity
operatesIn controlled airspace
en‑route phase of flight
upper airspace
providesService air traffic control service
alerting service
flight information service
uses communication systems
flight data processing systems
navigation aids information
radar surveillance systems

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Air Route Traffic Control Centers alsoKnownAs Area Control Center
subject surface form: Air Route Traffic Control Center
NATO air traffic control structures hasComponent Area Control Center
this entity surface form: Control and Reporting Centres
Area Control Center hasAlternativeName Area Control Center
this entity surface form: En‑route Control Center