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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.