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Southern California TRACON (SoCal TRACON or SCT) is a terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facility in San Diego, California, that serves the Southern California region. It is a unit of the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It is the busiest air traffic control facility in the world.
Area breakdown
SCT serves the following major Southern California airports (in order of volume, Class B & C), in addition to many surrounding satellite airports.
Los Angeles International Airport - LAX - Los Angeles
John Wayne Airport - SNA - Costa Mesa
Long Beach Airport - LGB - Long Beach
San Diego International Airport - SAN - San Diego
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar - NKX - San Diego
Hollywood Burbank Airport - BUR - Burbank
Ontario International Airport - ONT - Ontario
SCT is broken down into six areas and a Traffic Management Unit:
Burbank Area: Responsible for BUR, VNY, & WHP
Del Rey Area: Responsible for LAX, TOA & HHR departures
Los Angeles Area: Responsible for LAX & HHR arrivals
Coast Area: Responsible for SNA, LGB, FUL, TOA & SLI
San Diego Area: Responsible for SAN, NKX, NZY, NFG, MYF, SEE, SDM, RNM & CRQ
Empire Area: Responsible for ONT, AJO, PSP, RIV, SBD, RAL, CNO, EMT, & POC
Each area has five or six individual sectors that are worked by controllers. SoCal TRACON is responsible for the handling of aircraft departing and arriving these airports, generally below 16,000 feet (4,900 m). SCT is responsible for sequencing inbound, separating from crossing and VFR traffic, and departing traffic. Separation is achieved by vectoring traffic and assigning altitudes.
See also
Northern California TRACON
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Southern California TRACON
- Northern California TRACON
- New York TRACON
- San Diego International Airport
- Wake turbulence category
- SoCal (disambiguation)
- 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash
- Air Traffic Organization
- History of the Cross Border Xpress
- Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center
