Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center

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Temporary flight restriction map showing boundaries of ARTCC regions, with FAA location identifiers

Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAU) (radio communications: "Chicago Center") is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) operated by the Federal Aviation Administration,[1] and is located at 619 W. New Indian Trail Rd., Aurora, Illinois, United States.[2]

The primary responsibility of Chicago Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft.

Chicago Center covers approximately 91,000 square miles (240,000 km2) of the Midwestern United States, including parts of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

Chicago Center lies adjacent to Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center, Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center, Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center, and Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center. ZAU overlies or abuts many approach control facilities (including, but not limited to, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, the Quad Cities, Peoria, Springfield, Indianapolis, and Grand Rapids approaches).

Chicago Center is the 5th-busiest ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012, Chicago Center handled 2,343,281 aircraft operations.[3]

2014 fire

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Main article: 2014 air traffic control facility fire

On September 26, 2014, an arson at the Chicago Center (ZAU) facility caused operations across ZAU-controlled airspace to be suspended, including airport operations at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International Airports, resulting in canceled flights.[4] One employee at the facility was treated for smoke inhalation, while remaining employees were evacuated.[5]

Brian Howard, who had been working for the Federal Aviation Administration as a contract employee of Harris Corporation,[6][7] was charged with one count of "destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities" following the incident.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2010, April 28). Air route traffic control centers. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/artcc/
  2. ↑ StuckMic.com. (2012). Illinois Center/EnRoute Facility Locations - Contact Information. http://www.stuckmic.com/atc-facility-directory/illinois-centerenroute-facilities-90
  3. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration. (2013). Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS). Retrieved from http://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Center.asp
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