"Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZDV), (radio communications, "Denver Center") is one of 22 US
Area Control Centers. It is located at 2211 17th Ave,
Longmont, Colorado
The City of Longmont is a home rule municipality located in Boulder and Weld counties, Colorado, United States. Longmont is located northeast of the county seat of Boulder and north-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
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The primary responsibility of Denver Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft filed under instrument flight rules (
IFR).
Denver Center is the 14th busiest ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, Denver Center handled 1,828,575 aircraft. Denver Center covers approximately 285,000 square miles of the
Western United States, including all or parts of
Colorado,
Arizona,
New Mexico,
Utah,
Kansas,
Nebraska,
South Dakota,
Wyoming, and
Montana.
Denver Center lies adjacent to 5 different Air Route Traffic Control Centers, including
Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center
Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZMP), (radio communications, "Minneapolis Center") is one of 22 Area Control Centers. It is located at 512 Division Street in Farmington, Minnesota, United States.
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Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center
Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center (, Kansas City Center in radio communications), is one of 22 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Area Control Centers. It is located at 250 S. Rogers Rd. Olathe, Kansas, United States.
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Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAB) is located at 8000 Louisiana Boulevard, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The Albuquerque ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States.
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Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center
Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center is an air traffic control center located in Palmdale, California, United States. It is located at the northeast corner of 25th Street East and Avenue P adjacent to USAF Plant 42 and the LA/Palmdale R ...
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Salt Lake City Air Route Traffic Control Center
Salt Lake City Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZLC) (radio communications "Salt Lake Center") is one of 22 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2013, June 5). Air route traffic control centers (ARTCC). Retrieved from https://www.faa.gov/about/ ...
. ZDV overlies or abuts several approach control facilities (including Denver, Aspen, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Grand Junction, Casper, Cheyenne, and Ellsworth AFB in Rapid City).
References
External links
Denver Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU)(
NWS/
FAA)
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Air traffic control centers
Air traffic control in the United States
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