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This temporary flight restriction map from the Federal Aviation Administration shows the boundaries of the regions controlled by the area control centers within and adjoining the contiguous United States, as well as the FAA location identifier of each such center operated by the United States.

In air traffic control, an area control center (ACC), also known as a center or en-route center, is a facility responsible for controlling aircraft flying in the airspace of a given flight information region (FIR) at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures. In the US, such a center is referred to as an air route traffic control center (ARTCC).

A center typically accepts traffic from — and ultimately passes traffic to — the control of a terminal control center or another center. Most centers are operated by the national governments of the countries in which they are located. The general operations of centers worldwide, and the boundaries of the airspace each center controls, are governed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

In some cases, the function of an area control center and a terminal control center are combined in a single facility. For example, NATS combines the London Terminal Control Centre (LTCC) and London Area Control Centre (LACC) in Swanwick, Hampshire.

## FAA definition

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Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center, United States

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) defines an ARTCC as:

> [a] facility established to provide air traffic control service to aircraft operating on IFR flight plans within controlled airspace, principally during the en-route phase of flight. When equipment capabilities and controller workload permit, certain advisory/assistance services may be provided to VFR aircraft.[1]

An ARTCC is the U.S. equivalent of an area control center (ACC). There are 22 ARTCCs located in nineteen states.[2]

## Subdivision of airspace into sectors

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The flight information region controlled by a center may be further administratively subdivided into areas comprising two to nine sectors. Each area is staffed by a set of controllers trained on all the sectors in that area.

Sectors use distinct radio frequencies for communication with aircraft. Each sector also has secure landline communications with adjacent sectors, approach controls, areas, ARTCCs, flight service centers, and military aviation control facilities. These landline communications are shared among all sectors that need them and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Aircraft passing from one sector to another are handed off and requested to change frequencies to contact the next sector controller. Sector boundaries are specified by an aeronautical chart.

## Center operations

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Controllers at work at the Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center, United States

Air traffic controllers working within a center communicate via radio with pilots of instrument flight rules (IFR) aircraft passing through the center's airspace. A center's communication frequencies (typically in the very high frequency aviation bands, using amplitude modulation (AM) 118 MHz to 137 MHz, for overland control) are published in aeronautical charts and manuals, and are also announced to a pilot by the previous controller during a hand-off. Most VHF radio assignments also have a UHF (225 to 380 MHz) paired frequency used for military flights.

In addition to radios to communicate with aircraft, center controllers have access to communication links with other centers and TRACONs. In the United States, centers are electronically linked through the National Airspace System, which allows nationwide coordination of traffic flow to manage congestion. Centers in the United States also have electronic access to nationwide radar data.

Controllers use radar to monitor the progress of flights and instruct aircraft to perform course adjustments as needed to maintain separation from other aircraft. Aircraft with center contact can be readily distinguished by their transponders. Pilots may request altitude adjustments or course changes for reasons including avoidance of turbulence or adverse weather conditions.

Controllers can assign routing relative to location fixes derived from latitude and longitude, or from radionavigation beacons such as VORs.

Typically, centers have advance notice of a plane's arrival and intentions from its pre-filed flight plan.

## Oceanic air traffic control

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The FAA provides air traffic control services over U.S. territory and over international waters where it has been delegated such authority by the International Civil Aviation Organization. This map depicts overflight fee regions. The yellow regions are where the U.S. provides enroute ATC services (mostly over land territory). The blue regions are where the U.S. provides oceanic ATC services over international waters.

Some centers have ICAO-designated responsibility for airspace located over an ocean such as ZNY and ZOA, the majority of which is international airspace. Because substantial volumes of oceanic airspace lie beyond the range of ground-based radars, oceanic airspace controllers have to estimate the position of an airplane from pilot reports and computer models (procedural control), rather than observing the position directly (radar control, also known as positive control). Pilots flying over an ocean can determine their own positions accurately using the Global Positioning System or other means, and can supply periodic updates to a center.

A center's control service for an oceanic flight information region may be operationally distinct from its service for one over land, employing different communications frequencies, controllers, and a different ICAO code.

Pilots typically use high frequency radio instead of very high frequency radio to communicate with a center when flying over the ocean, because of HF's relatively greater propagation over long distances. Military aircraft, however, are typically equipped with ARC-231 SATCOMs that allow over-the-horizon communication.[3]

## List of area control centers

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Area control centers under Fukuoka Flight Information Region (FIR) of Japan

Area control centers (ACCs) control IFR air traffic in their flight information region (FIR).

The current list of FIRs and ACCs is maintained by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).[4] Note that the cited ICAO source gives the shapefile coordinates for each FIR, and also its page source gives a list of current ACCs in text form. The following is the alphabetic list of all ACCs and their FIRs as of October 2011[update]:

ICAO code  | Type  | FIR or ACC  | Oceanic or other subtype  | Country or territory

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AGGG  | FIR  | Honiara ACC  |  |  Solomon Islands
ANAU  | FIR  | Nauru ACC  |  |  Nauru
AYPM  | FIR  | Port Moresby ACC  |  |  Papua New Guinea
BGGL  | FIR  | Nuuk ACC  |  |  Greenland ( Denmark)
BIRD  | FIR  | Reykjavík ACC  |  |  Iceland
CZEG  | FIR  | Edmonton ACC |  |  Canada
CZQM  | FIR  | Moncton Southern ACC |  |  Canada
CZQX  | FIR  | Gander Domestic ACC |  |  Canada
CZUL  | FIR  | Montreal ACC |  |  Canada
CZVR  | FIR  | Vancouver ACC |  |  Canada
CZWG  | FIR  | Winnipeg ACC |  |  Canada
CZYZ  | FIR  | Toronto ACC |  |  Canada
DAAA  | FIR  | Alger ACC  |  |  Algeria
DGAC  | FIR  | Accra ACC  |  |  Ghana
DIII  | FIR  | Abidjan ACC  |  |  Ivory Coast
DNKK  | FIR  | Kano ACC  |  |  Nigeria
DRRR  | FIR  | Niamey ACC  |  |  Niger
DTTC  | FIR  | Tunis ACC  |  |  Tunisia
EZZZ  | FIR  | Eurocontrol | Eurocontrol  |  Belgium
EBBU  | FIR  | Brussels ACC  |  |  Belgium/ Luxembourg
EDGG  | FIR  | Langen ACC  |  |  Germany
EDMM  | FIR  | Munich ACC |  |  Germany
EDUU  | UIR  | Rhein ACC  |  |  Germany
EDVV  | UIR  | Hannover ACC  |  |  Germany
EDWW  | FIR  | Bremen ACC  |  |  Germany
EDYY  | UIR  | Maastricht ACC |  |  Belgium/ Germany/ Netherlands
EETT  | FIR  | Tallinn ACC |  |  Estonia
EFIN  | FIR  | Helsinki ACC  |  |  Finland
EGGX  | FIR  | Shanwick Oceanic OCA | Oceanic  |  United Kingdom
EGPX  | FIR  | Scottish ACC  |  |  United Kingdom
EGQQ  | FIR  | Scottish ACC (Mil) | Military  |  United Kingdom
EGTT  | FIR  | London ACC |  |  United Kingdom
EHAA  | FIR  | Amsterdam ACC |  |  Netherlands
EISN  | FIR  | Shannon ACC  |  |  Ireland
EKDK  | FIR  | Copenhagen ACC  |  |  Denmark
ENOB  | FIR  | Bodo Oceanic OCA | Oceanic  |  Norway
ENOR  | FIR  | Polaris ACC  |  |  Norway
EPWW  | FIR  | Warszawa ACC |  |  Poland
ESAA  | FIR  | Sweden ACC  |  |  Sweden
ESMM  | FIR  | Malmo ACC  |  |  Sweden
ESOS  | FIR  | Stockholm ACC  |  |  Sweden
EVRR  | FIR  | Riga ACC  |  |  Latvia
EYVL  | FIR  | Vilnius ACC  |  |  Lithuania
FABL  | FIR  | Bloemfontein ACC  |  |  South Africa
FACA  | FIR  | Cape Town ACC  |  |  South Africa
FACT  | FIR  | Cape Town ACC  |  |  South Africa
FADN  | FIR  | Durban ACC  |  |  South Africa
FAJO  | FIR  | Johannesburg Oceanic ACC  | Oceanic  |  South Africa
FAJX  | FIR  | Johannesburg ACC  |  |  South Africa
FAPX  | FIR  | Port Elizabeth ACC  |  |  South Africa
FBGR  | FIR  | Gaborone ACC  |  |  Botswana
FCCC  | FIR  | Brazzaville ACC  |  |  Congo, Republic of the
FIMM  | FIR  | Mauritius ACC  |  |  Mauritius
FKKK  | FIR  | Douala ACC  |  |  Cameroon
FLFI  | FIR  | Lusaka ACC  |  |  Zambia
FMCX  | FIR  | Comoros ACC  |  |  Comoros
FMMM  | FIR  | Antananarivo ACC  |  |  Madagascar
FNAN  | FIR  | Luanda ACC  |  |  Angola
FOOO  | FIR  | Libreville ACC  |  |  Gabon
FQBE  | FIR  | Beira ACC  |  |  Mozambique
FSSS  | FIR  | Seychelles ACC  |  |  Seychelles
FTTT  | FIR  | N'Djamena ACC  |  |  Chad
FVHF  | FIR  | Harare ACC  |  |  Zimbabwe
FWLL  | FIR  | Lilongwe ACC  |  |  Malawi
FYWF  | FIR  | Windhoek ACC  |  |  Namibia
FZZA  | FIR  | Kinshasa ACC  |  |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the
GCCC  | FIR  | Canarias ACC  |  |  Canary Islands ( Spain)
GLRB  | FIR  | Roberts ACC  |  |  Liberia
GMMM  | FIR  | Casablanca ACC  |  |  Morocco
GOOO  | FIR  | Dakar Oceanic ACC  | Oceanic  |  Senegal
GVSC  | FIR  | Sal Oceanic ACC  | Oceanic  |  Cape Verde
HAAA  | FIR  | Addis Ababa ACC  |  |  Ethiopia
HBBA  | FIR  | Bujumbura ACC  |  |  Burundi
HCSM  | FIR  | Mogadishu ACC  |  |  Somalia
HECC  | FIR  | Cairo ACC  |  |  Egypt
HHAA  | FIR  | Asmara ACC  |  |  Egypt
HKNA  | FIR  | Nairobi ACC  |  |  Kenya
HLLL  | FIR  | Tripoli ACC  |  |  Libya
HRYR  | FIR  | Kigali ACC  |  |  Rwanda
HSSX  | FIR  | Khartoum ACC  |  |  Sudan
HTDC  | FIR  | Dar es Salaam ACC  |  |  Tanzania
HUEC  | FIR  | Entebbe ACC  |  |  Uganda
KZAB  | FIR  | Albuquerque ARTCC |  |  United States
KZAK  | FIR  | Oakland Oceanic ARTCC | Oceanic  |  United States
KZAU  | FIR  | Chicago ARTCC |  |  United States
KZBW  | FIR  | Boston ARTCC |  |  United States
KZDC  | FIR  | Washington ARTCC |  |  United States
KZDV  | FIR  | Denver ARTCC |  |  United States
KZFW  | FIR  | Ft Worth ARTCC |  |  United States
KZHU  | FIR  | Houston ARTCC |  |  United States
KZID  | FIR  | Indianapolis ARTCC |  |  United States
KZJX  | FIR  | Jacksonville ARTCC |  |  United States
KZKC  | FIR  | Kansas City ARTCC |  |  United States
KZLA  | FIR  | Los Angeles ARTCC |  |  United States
KZLC  | FIR  | Salt Lake ARTCC |  |  United States
KZMA  | FIR  | Miami ARTCC |  |  United States
KZME  | FIR  | Memphis ARTCC |  |  United States
KZMP  | FIR  | Minneapolis ARTCC |  |  United States
KZNY  | FIR  | New York ARTCC |  |  United States
KZOA  | FIR  | Oakland ARTCC |  |  United States
KZOB  | FIR  | Cleveland ARTCC |  |  United States
KZSE  | FIR  | Seattle ARTCC |  |  United States
KZTL  | FIR  | Atlanta ARTCC |  |  United States
KZWY  | FIR  | New York Oceanic ARTCC | Oceanic  |  United States
LAAA  | FIR  | Tirana ACC  |  |  Albania
LBSR  | FIR  | Sofia ACC  |  |  Bulgaria
LBWR  | FIR  | Varna ACC  |  |  Bulgaria
LCCC  | FIR  | Nicosia ACC  |  |  Cyprus
LDZO  | FIR  | Zagreb ACC  |  |  Croatia
LECB  | FIR  | Barcelona ACC  |  |  Spain
LECM  | FIR  | Madrid ACC  |  |  Spain
LECS  | FIR  | Sevilla ACC  |  |  Spain
LFBB  | FIR  | Bordeaux ACC  |  |  France
LFEE  | FIR  | Reims ACC  |  |  France
LFFF  | FIR  | Paris ACC  |  |  France
LFMM  | FIR  | Marseille ACC  |  |  France
LFRR  | FIR  | Brest ACC  |  |  France
LGGG  | FIR  | Athens ACC  |  |  Greece
LHCC  | FIR  | Budapest ACC  |  |  Hungary
LIBB  | FIR  | Brindisi ACC  |  |  Italy
LIMM  | FIR  | Milano ACC  |  |  Italy
LIRR  | FIR  | Roma ACC  |  |  Italy
LJLA  | FIR  | Ljubljana ACC  |  |  Slovenia
LKAA  | FIR  | Praha ACC  |  |  Czech Republic
LLLL  | FIR  | Tel-Aviv ACC  |  |  Israel
LMMM  | FIR  | Malta ACC  |  |  Malta
LOVV  | FIR  | Wien ACC  |  |  Austria
LPPC  | FIR  | Lisboa ACC  |  |  Portugal
LPPO  | FIR  | Santa Maria Oceanic ACC  | Oceanic  |  Azores ( Portugal)
LQSB  | FIR  | Sarajevo ACC  |  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
LRBB  | FIR  | Bucuresti ACC  |  |  Romania
LSAG  | FIR  | Geneve ACC  |  |  Switzerland
LSAS  | FIR  | Switzerland ACC  |  |  Switzerland
LSAZ  | FIR  | Zurich ACC  |  |  Switzerland
LTAA  | FIR  | Ankara ACC  |  |  Turkey
LTBB  | FIR  | Istanbul ACC  |  |  Turkey
LUUU  | FIR  | Chisinau ACC  |  |  Moldova
LWSS  | FIR  | Skopje ACC  |  |  North Macedonia
LYBA  | FIR  | Beograd ACC  |  |  Serbia
LZBB  | FIR  | Bratislava ACC  |  |  Slovakia
MDCS  | FIR  | Santo Domingo ACC  |  |  Dominican Republic
MHTG  | FIR  | Central American ACC  |  |  Honduras
MKJK  | FIR  | Kingston ACC  |  |  Jamaica
MMFO  | FIR  | Mazatlan Oceanic ACC  | Oceanic  |  Mexico
MMFR  | FIR  | Mexico ACC  |  |  Mexico
MPZL  | FIR  | Panama ACC  |  |  Panama
MTEG  | FIR  | Port-au-Prince ACC  |  |  Haiti
MUFH  | FIR  | Habana ACC  |  |  Cuba
MYNA  | FIR  | Nassau ACC  |  |  Bahamas
NFFF  | FIR  | Nadi ACC  |  |  Fiji
NTTT  | FIR  | Tahiti ACC  |  |  French Polynesia ( France)
NWWX  | FIR  | Nouméa ACC  |  |  New Caledonia ( France)
NZZC  | FIR  | New Zealand ACC  |  |  New Zealand
NZZO  | FIR  | Auckland Oceanic ACC  | Oceanic  |  New Zealand
OAKX  | FIR  | Kabul ACC  |  |  Afghanistan
OBBB  | FIR  | Bahrain ACC  |  |  Bahrain
OEJD  | FIR  | Jeddah ACC  |  |  Saudi Arabia
OIIX  | FIR  | Tehran ACC  |  |  Iran
OJAC  | FIR  | Amman ACC  |  |  Jordan
OKAC  | FIR  | Kuwait ACC  |  |  Kuwait
OLBB  | FIR  | Beirut ACC  |  |  Lebanon
OMAE  | FIR  | Emirates ACC  |  |  United Arab Emirates
OOMM  | FIR  | Muscat ACC  |  |  Oman
OPKR  | FIR  | Karachi ACC  |  |  Pakistan
OPLR  | FIR  | Lahore ACC  |  |  Pakistan
ORBB  | FIR  | Baghdad ACC  |  |  Iraq
ORMM  | FIR  | ORMM FIR  |  |  Iraq
OSTT  | FIR  | Damascus ACC  |  |  Syria
OYSC  | FIR  | Sanaa ACC  |  |  Yemen
PAZA  | FIR  | Anchorage ACC  |  |  United States
PAZN  | FIR  | Anchorage Oceanic ACC  | Oceanic  |  United States
PHZH  | FIR  | Honolulu ACC  |  |  United States
RCAA  | FIR  | Taipei ACC  |  |  Taiwan
RJJJ  | FIR  | Fukuoka ACC  |  |  Japan
RKRR  | FIR  | Incheon ACC  |  |  South Korea
RPHI  | FIR  | Manila ACC  |  |  Philippines
SACF  | FIR  | Cordoba ACC  |  |  Argentina
SACU  | UIR  | Cordoba UIR  |  |  Argentina
SAEF  | FIR  | Ezeiza ACC  |  |  Argentina
SAEU  | UIR  | Ezeiza UIR  |  |  Argentina
SAMF  | FIR  | Mendoza ACC  |  |  Argentina
SAMV  | UIR  | Mendoza UIR  |  |  Argentina
SARR  | FIR  | Resistencia ACC  |  |  Argentina
SAVF  | FIR  | Comodoro Rivadavia ACC  |  |  Argentina
SAVU  | UIR  | Comodoro Rivadavia UIR  |  |  Argentina
SBAO  | FIR  | Atlantico ACC  |  |  Brazil
SBAZ  | FIR  | Amazonica ACC  |  |  Brazil
SBBS  | FIR  | Brasilia ACC  |  |  Brazil
SBCW  | FIR  | Curitiba ACC  |  |  Brazil
SBRE  | FIR  | Recife ACC  |  |  Brazil
SCCZ  | FIR  | Punta Arenas ACC  |  |  Chile
SCEZ  | FIR  | Santiago ACC  |  |  Chile
SCFZ  | FIR  | Antofagasta ACC  |  |  Chile
SCIZ  | FIR  | Easter Island ACC |  |  Easter Island ( Chile)
SCTZ  | FIR  | Puerto Montt ACC  |  |  Chile
SEFG  | FIR  | Guayaquil ACC  |  |  Ecuador
SGFA  | FIR  | Asuncion ACC  |  |  Paraguay
SKEC  | FIR  | Barranquilla ACC  |  |  Colombia
SKED  | FIR  | Bogota ACC  |  |  Colombia
SLLF  | FIR  | La Paz ACC  |  |  Bolivia
SMPM  | FIR  | Paramaribo ACC  |  |  Suriname
SOOO  | FIR  | Rochambeau ACC  |  |  French Guiana ( France)
SPIM  | FIR  | Lima ACC  |  |  Peru
SUEO  | FIR  | Montevideo ACC  |  |  Uruguay
SVZM  | FIR  | Maiquetia ACC  |  |  Venezuela
SYGC  | FIR  | Georgetown ACC  |  |  Guyana
TJZS  | FIR  | San Juan ACC  |  |  Puerto Rico ( United States)
TNCF  | FIR  | Curaçao ACC  |  |  Curaçao ( Netherlands)
TTZP  | FIR  | Piarco ACC  |  |  Trinidad and Tobago
UAAX  | FIR  | Almaty ACC  |  |  Kazakhstan
UACX  | FIR  | Astana ACC  |  |  Kazakhstan
UAFX  | FIR  | Bishkek ACC  |  |  Kyrgyzstan
UASS  | FIR  | Semipalatinsk ACC  |  |  Kazakhstan
UDDD  | FIR  | Yerevan ACC  |  |  Armenia
UEMH  | FIR  | Tyoply Klyuch ACC  |  |  Russia
UENN  | FIR  | Nyurba ACC  |  |  Russia
UESS  | FIR  | Chersky ACC  |  |  Russia
UESU  | FIR  | Zyryanka ACC  |  |  Russia
UEVV  | FIR  | Gigansk ACC  |  |  Russia
UGEE  | FIR  | Yerevan/Zvartnots ACC  |  |  Russia
UGGG  | FIR  | Tbilisi ACC  |  |  Georgia
UHBI  | FIR  | Magdagachi ACC  |  |  Russia
UHBI  | FIR  | Magdagachi ACC  |  |  Russia
UHHH  | FIR  | Khabarovsk/Novy  |  |  Russia
UHMI  | FIR  | Mys Shmidta ACC  |  |  Russia
UHMM  | FIR  | Magadan Oceanic  | Oceanic  |  Russia
UHMP  | FIR  | Pevek ACC  |  |  Russia
UHNN  | FIR  | Nikolayevsk-na-Amure ACC  |  |  Russia
UHPT  | FIR  | Tilichiki ACC  |  |  Russia
UHPU  | FIR  | Ust-Khairyozovo ACC  |  |  Russia
UHSH  | FIR  | Okha ACC  |  |  Russia
UIKB  | FIR  | Bodaybo ACC  |  |  Russia
UIKK  | FIR  | Kirensk ACC  |  |  Russia
UKBV  | FIR  | Kyiv ACC  |  |  Ukraine
UKCV  | FIR  | Donetsk ACC  |  |  Ukraine
UKDV  | FIR  | Dnepropetrovsk ACC  |  |  Ukraine
UKFV  | FIR  | Simferopol ACC  |  |  Ukraine
UKHV  | FIR  | Kharkiv ACC  |  |  Ukraine
UKLV  | FIR  | Lviv ACC  |  |  Ukraine
UKOV  | FIR  | Odesa ACC  |  |  Ukraine
ULLL  | FIR  | Sankt Peterburg ACC  |  |  Russia
ULOL  | FIR  | Velikiye Luki ACC  |  |  Russia
UMKD  | FIR  | Kazan ACC  |  |  Russia
UMMV  | FIR  | Minsk ACC  |  |  Belarus
UNLL  | FIR  | Kolpashevo ACC  |  |  Russia
UOTT  | FIR  | Turukhansk ACC  |  |  Russia
URRV  | FIR  | Rostov-Na-Donu ACC  |  |  Russia
USDK  | FIR  | Mys Kamenny ACC  |  |  Russia
USHB  | FIR  | Beryozovo ACC  |  |  Russia
USHH  | FIR  | Khanty-Mansiysk ACC  |  |  Russia
UTAK  | FIR  | Turkmenbashi ACC  |  |  Turkmenistan
UTNR  | FIR  | Nukus ACC  |  |  Uzbekistan
UTSD  | FIR  | Samarkand ACC  |  |  Uzbekistan
UTTR  | FIR  | Tashkent ACC  |  |  Uzbekistan
UUWV  | FIR  | Moscow ACC  |  |  Russia
UUYW  | FIR  | Vorkuta ACC  |  |  Russia
UUYY  | FIR  | Syktyvkar ACC  |  |  Russia
UWOO  | FIR  | Orenburg/Tsentralny ACC  |  |  Russia
VABF  | FIR  | Mumbai ACC  |  |  India
VCCC  | FIR  | Colombo ACC  |  |  Sri Lanka
VDPF  | FIR  | Phnom Penh ACC  |  |  Cambodia
VECF  | FIR  | Kolkata ACC  |  |  India
VGFR  | FIR  | Dhaka ACC  |  |  Bangladesh
VHHK  | FIR  | Hong Kong ACC |  |  Hong Kong
VIDF  | FIR  | Delhi ACC  |  |  India
VLIV  | FIR  | Vientiane ACC  |  |  Laos
VLVT  | FIR  | Vientiane ACC  |  |  Laos
VNSM  | FIR  | Kathmandu ACC  |  |  Nepal
VOMF  | FIR  | Chennai ACC  |  |  India
VRMF  | FIR  | Male ACC  |  |  Maldives
VTBB  | FIR  | Bangkok ACC  |  |  Thailand
VVHM  | FIR  | Ho Chi Minh ACC  |  |  Vietnam
VVHN  | FIR  | Hanoi ACC  |  |  Vietnam
VYMD  | FIR  |  |  |  Myanmar
VYYF  | FIR  | Yangon ACC  |  |  Myanmar
WAAF  | FIR  | Ujung Pandang  |  |  Indonesia
WAAZ  | FIR  | Ujung Pandang ACC  |  |  Indonesia
WABZ  | FIR  | Biak Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WADZ  | FIR  | Bali Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WAJZ  | FIR  |  |  |  Indonesia
WAKZ  | FIR  | Merauke Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WALZ  | FIR  | Balikpapan Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WAMZ  | FIR  | Manado Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WAOZ  | FIR  | Banjarmasin Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WAPZ  | FIR  | Ambon Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WATZ  | FIR  | Kupang Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WBFC  | FIR  | Kota Kinabalu ACC  |  |  Brunei/ Malaysia
WIIF  | FIR  | Jakarta  |  |  Indonesia
WIIZ  | FIR  | Jakarta ACC  |  |  Indonesia
WIMZ  | FIR  | Medan Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WIOZ  | FIR  | Pontianak Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WIPZ  | FIR  | Palembang Sector  | Sector  |  Indonesia
WMFC  | FIR  | Kuala Lumpur ACC  |  |  Malaysia
WSJC  | FIR  | Singapore ACC  |  |  Singapore
YBBB  | FIR  | Brisbane ACC  |  |  Australia
YMMM  | FIR  | Melbourne ACC  |  |  Australia
ZBPE  | FIR  | Beijing ACC  |  |  China
ZGJD  | FIR  | Zhuhai ACC  |  |  China
ZGZU  | FIR  | Guangzhou ACC  |  |  China
ZHWH  | FIR  | Wuhan ACC  |  |  China
ZJSA  | FIR  | Sanya ACC  |  |  China
ZKKP  | FIR  | Pyongyang ACC  |  |  North Korea
ZLHW  | FIR  | Lanzhou ACC  |  |  China
ZMUB  | FIR  | Ulan Bator ACC  |  |  Mongolia
ZPKM  | FIR  | Kunming ACC  |  |  China
ZSHA  | FIR  | Shanghai ACC  |  |  China
ZWUQ  | FIR  | Ürümqi ACC  |  |  China
ZYSH  | FIR  | Shenyang ACC  |  |  China

## See also

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* Air corridor
* Air defense identification zone
* Air traffic control
* Airspace
* Airway (aviation)
* Control area (aviation)
* Control zone
* National Track Analysis Program
* Terminal control area

## References

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1. ^ "Glossary of Terms". US Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
2. ^ "Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC)". US Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
3. ^ "Home | Raytheon Intelligence & Space".
4. ^ List of current FIRs from the ICAO. Note that the map gives the shapefile coordinates for each FIR, and the page source gives a list of current ACCs in text form Archived March 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.

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Trade groups|

* International
* ACO
* ATAG
* IATA
* IATAN
* IFALPA
* ISTAT
* United States
* A4A
* RAA
* Europe
* A4E
* ASD
* ECA
* EBAA
* ERA
* ETWF
* Other regions
* AACO
* AAPA
* AFRAA
* RAAA

Aircrew|

* Pilot in command (Captain)
* First officer
* Second officer
* Third officer
* Relief crew
* Flight attendant
* Flight engineer
* Loadmaster
* Aircraft pilot
* Purser
* Dead mileage

Airliner|

* Travel class
* First class
* Business class
* Premium economy class
* Economy class
* Basic economy class
* Aircraft cabin
* Aircraft lavatory
* Aircraft seat map
* Airline meal
* Airline seat
* Buy on board
* Crew rest compartment
* In-flight entertainment
* Inflight smoking
* Galley
* Sickness bag

Airport|

* Aerodrome
* Airline hub
* Airport check-in
* Airport lounge
* Airport rail link
* Airport terminal
* Airside pass
* Airstair
* Boarding
* Domestic airport
* Gate
* International airport
* Jet bridge
* Low-cost carrier terminal
* Runway
* Transit hotel

Customs / Immigration|

* Arrival card
* Border control (internal)
* Departure card
* Passport
* Timatic
* Travel document
* Travel visa (Electronic)

Environmental effects|

* Hypermobility
* Environmental effects of aviation

Law|

* Air transport agreement
* Air route authority between the United States and China
* Bermuda Agreement (UK–US, 1946–1978)
* Bermuda II Agreement (UK–US, 1978–2008)
* Cross-strait charter
* Beijing Convention
* Cape Town Treaty
* Chicago Convention
* Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives
* European Common Aviation Area
* Flight permit
* Freedoms of the air
* EU–US Open Skies Agreement
* Hague Hijacking Convention
* Hague Protocol
* Montreal Convention
* Paris Convention of 1919
* Rome Convention
* Sabotage Convention
* Tokyo Convention
* Warsaw Convention

Intergovernmental organizations|

* ICAO
* ECAC
* Eurocontrol
* EASA
* ENCASIA

Baggage|

* Bag tag
* Baggage allowance
* Baggage carousel
* Baggage cart
* Baggage reclaim
* Baggage handler
* Baggage handling system
* Baggage sizer
* Checked baggage
* Hand luggage
* Lost luggage (WorldTracer)
* Luggage lock

Aviation safety|

* Air rage
* Air traffic control
* Air traffic service
* Aircraft safety card
* Airport authority
* Airport crash tender
* Airport police
* Airport security
* Airspace class
* Area control center
* Brace position
* Civil aviation authority
* Control area
* Control zone
* Controlled airspace
* Evacuation slide
* Flight information region
* Flight information service
* Flight recorder
* Instrument flight rules
* Overwing exits
* Pre-flight safety demonstration
* Sky marshal
* Special use airspace
* Special visual flight rules
* Terminal control area
* Terminal control center
* Uncontrolled airspace
* Upper information region
* Visual flight rules

Airline tickets|

* Airline booking ploys
* Airline reservations system
* Airline ticket
* Airline timetable
* Bereavement flight
* Boarding pass
* Codeshare agreement
* Continent pass
* Electronic ticket
* Fare basis code
* Flight cancellation and delay
* Frequent-flyer program
* Government contract flight
* One-way travel
* Open-jaw ticket
* Overbooking (Overselling)
* Passenger name record
* Red-eye flight
* Round-the-world ticket
* Standby
* Tracking
* Travel agency
* Travel website

Ground crew|

* Aircraft maintenance technician
* Aircraft ground handling
* Baggage handler
* Flight dispatcher

Miscellaneous|

* Air cargo
* Air travel
* Aviation taxation and subsidies
* Mile high club

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