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New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZNY)/New York ARTCC, or New York Center (via radio communications) is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers ( ARTCC) in the United States.[ citation needed]

New York Center was the world's first Air Route Traffic Control Center ( ARTCC), and manages the entire New York Metropolitan Area and Philadelphia areas[ citation needed], as well as 3,250,000 square miles (8,400,000 km2) of oceanic airspace. Due to multiple factors within the airspace, the ZNY ARTCC is often regarded as one of the most complex airspaces in the United States[ citation needed], and is also one of the busiest in the world with respect to volume of traffic versus volume of airspace.[ citation needed]

History

The center was initially established in Hangar 11 on the grounds of Idlewild International Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport). By the late 1950s the center's space increased as the CAA gave the ARTCCs responsibility over aircraft at 24,000 feet and above in 1957. [1] Joseph A. Martin, author of Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America, described the culture and atmosphere of these air traffic control centers, including New York, as being influenced by the military. [2] He described the rules as generally being strict, although after pushback from employees on late night shifts, the atmosphere in those shifts became more relaxed. [3] The New York center, like others, had its own modus operandi based on its air traffic control patterns. [4]

In the late 1950s/early 1960s the air traffic controllers were mostly military veterans in their 20s who had originated from families that historically engaged in the trades/manual labor and had learned their air traffic skills in their previous military terms. 95% of them were White. The majority were engaged or married and were expecting or already had children. A large number had taken some tertiary-level classes through the GI Bill but did not have education beyond that level. [1]

The FAA announced, in July 1960, that it would move ARTCCs away from highly urbanized areas to protect the air traffic control infrastructure from possible attacks from nuclear bombs, so NYARTCC was moved to an area next to Long Island MacArthur Airport in Bohemia, Town of Islip, Long Island. [5] Prospective employees wishing to live in suburbs favored the move, and Island Park and Suffolk County (including Lake Ronkonkoma) became residential areas for NYARTCC employees. [6]

Area of responsibility

Collectively, the Center is responsible for air traffic service in 3,270,000 square miles (8,500,000 km2) of controlled airspace. ZNY assumes route control over four Class B airports, representing most of the air traffic in and out of the New York Metropolitan Area.[ citation needed] Its primary responsibility is the separation of overflights, and the expedient sequencing of arrivals and departures along Standard Terminal Arrival Routes and Standard Instrument Departures for the entire New York Metropolitan Area and Philadelphia. Class Bravo ( Class B) airports within New York Center's jurisdiction include

New York Center manages 3,270,000 square miles (8,500,000 km2) of airspace. Of that, 17,000 square miles (44,000 km2) are mainland airspace, and the remaining 3,250,000 square miles (8,400,000 km2) is oceanic airspace.

The Center is located at 4205 Johnson Avenue in Ronkonkoma, a hamlet ( unincorporated community) in the Town of Islip, near New York City on Long Island. Among other controlled airspace, ZNY borders Washington ARTCC and Boston ARTCC.

References

  1. ^ a b McCartin, Joseph A. Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America. Oxford University Press, October 6, 2011. ISBN 019991205X, 9780199912056. CITED: Google Books PT24 (accessed July 5, 2019)
  2. ^ McCartin, Joseph A. Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America. Oxford University Press, October 6, 2011. ISBN 019991205X, 9780199912056. CITED: Google Books PT24- PT25 (accessed July 5, 2019)
  3. ^ McCartin, Joseph A. Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America. Oxford University Press, October 6, 2011. ISBN 019991205X, 9780199912056. CITED: Google Books PT28 (accessed July 5, 2019)
  4. ^ McCartin, Joseph A. Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America. Oxford University Press, October 6, 2011. ISBN 019991205X, 9780199912056. CITED: Google Books PT25 (accessed July 5, 2019)
  5. ^ McCartin, Joseph A. Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America. Oxford University Press, October 6, 2011. ISBN 019991205X, 9780199912056. CITED: Google Books PT26 (accessed July 5, 2019)
  6. ^ McCartin, Joseph A. Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America. Oxford University Press, October 6, 2011. ISBN 019991205X, 9780199912056. CITED: Google Books PT27 (accessed July 5, 2019)

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