Potomac TRACON

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Potomac TRACON is a Federal Aviation Administration terminal radar approach control facility that manages approach, departure, and radar services for the busy Washington, D.C. metropolitan airspace.

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Label Occurrences
Potomac TRACON canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air traffic control facility
terminal radar approach control facility
airportServed Andrews Air Force Base NERFINISHED
Joint Base Andrews
numerous satellite general aviation airports in the Washington, D.C. area
callsign POTOMAC NERFINISHED
controlsAirspaceType Class B airspace
Class C airspace
Class D airspace
terminal radar approach control airspace
coordinatesWith Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center
New York Air Route Traffic Control Center
Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center
country United States of America
surface form: United States
jurisdiction busy Washington, D.C. metropolitan airspace
locatedIn Virginia
locatedNear Washington, D.C.
operator Federal Aviation Administration
partOf National Airspace System
primaryAirportServed Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
regionServed Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Washington metropolitan area
surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

West Virginia
responsibility coordinating handoffs with adjacent air traffic control facilities
maintaining separation between IFR aircraft in its airspace
managing arrival flows into Washington, D.C. area airports
managing departure flows from Washington, D.C. area airports
serviceProvided air traffic sequencing
approach control
departure control
radar monitoring of instrument flight rules traffic
radar services
radar services to some visual flight rules aircraft
safety alerts
traffic separation
vectoring for instrument approaches
vectoring for visual approaches
shortName PCT
subordinateTo FAA
surface form: FAA Air Traffic Organization
usesTechnology automation systems for air traffic management
radar surveillance systems
radio communications with aircraft

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KADW hasApproachControl Potomac TRACON
DC SFRA hasCenter Potomac TRACON