Karachi Area Control Centre ( ur, ) is one of two

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s in

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operated by the

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and is based in Terminal 1 at

Jinnah International Airport Jinnah International Airport ( ur, جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017 ...

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

. Karachi ACC

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s provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Karachi

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. The

FIR

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covers Pakistani airspace between the 30° North to 23° North. To the north is the Lahore FIR. To the east is the

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FIR. To the south is the

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FIR and to the west are the

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FIR and

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FIRs.

Sectors

Karachi ACC if divided into 4 control sectors: * Karachi Sector North * Karachi Sector West * Karachi Sector East * Karachi Sector South (only active between 1830 and 0230 UTC)

Services

Karachi ACC is equipped with Indra's Aircon 2100 radar system. and provides

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services to all air traffic and its airspace. It also expedites sequencing of arrivals and departures along STARs (Standard Terminal Arrival Routes) and SIDs (Standard Instrument Departures). Certain exceptions include military airspace and lower-level airspace controlled by local airport towers and TRACONs. Karachi ACC is also part of the Bobcat Air Traffic Flow Management program, which helps to optimize traffic flow through Kabul FIR. Due to lower navigation and surveillance capabilities, and limited ATS provision capabilities, Kabul FIR often becomes very congested airspace with limited number of operating routes and flight levels. Whereas the level allocation is made by AeroThai, the primary responsibility for tactical management of level allocation rests with Karachi ACC.

Airports

The Karachi ACC assumes control of the following airports: *Controlled,

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/IFR, IFR/ VFR and VFR/VFR separation, VFR: Mode C and ATC clearance required ** Karachi Jinnah International Airport **

Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport or D. G. Khan Airport ( Balochi: ڈیرہ غازی خان بالی پٹ, ur, ) is from the city centre of Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. It caters mainly to the population of Dera Ghazi Khan. Now Der ...

Quetta International Airport Quetta International Airport (Urdu کوئٹہ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ) ( Balochi: کوئٹہ بالی پَٹ) ; is located at Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan. The airport is the fourth highest airport ...

Gwadar International Airport Gwadar International Airport ( Balochi: بالی پٹ گوادر, ur, ) is an international airport situated 14 km (9 miles) north of the city centre of Gwadar, in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. History In 1958, the town of Gwa ...

Turbat International Airport Turbat International Airport (Balochi language, Balochi: تُربت بالی پٹ ) is located at Turbat, Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan, Pakistan. It has the largest land area within the province of Balochistan. It is the second largest ...

*Controlled, only IFR/IFR spacing **

Hyderabad Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace ...

Jacobabad Airport Jacobabad ( ur, and sd, جيڪب آباد; formerly Khanger or Khangarh) is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, serving as both the capital city of Jacobabad District and the administrative center of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision ...

Moenjodaro Airport Moenjo Daro Airport is a domestic airport located at Mohenjo-daro, Sindh under the administration of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. It is 28 km away from the city of Larkana. Formerly, it was the third busiest airport in Sindh. Histo ...

Nawabshah Airport Nawabshah Airport is an airport located about southwest of Nawabshah, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. It has one runway, which has a length of . Built by the British Raj, Nawabshah Airport does not handle any scheduled passenger flig ...

Panjgur Airport Panjgur Airport is a domestic and partially International airport, located at Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan. See also * List of airports in Pakistan * Airlines of Pakistan * Transport in Pakistan * Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Pak ...

** Sukkur Begum Nusrat Bhutto Airport * Uncontrolled, clearances are required to enter or leave airspace. **

Dalbandin Airport Dalbandin Airport ( Balochi: دالبندین بالی پٹ) is a small domestic airport located at Dalbandin, in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. History Currently the United States Marine Corps uses Dalbandin as a base for operations in ...

Jiwani Airport Jiwani Airport is situated 10 km away from the city centre of Jiwani in Balochistan. It is not a major airport of Pakistan. At this time, there is no scheduled service to or from the airport. Jiwani or Jwani is a town and commercial port ...

** Kadanwari Airport ** Khuzdar Airport **

Ormara Airport Ormara Airport is a domestic airport, located at Ormara, Balochistan, Pakistan. See also * List of airports in Pakistan This article lists the civil airports, some joint with military airbases and small airports in Pakistan. There are an e ...

Pasni Airport Pasni Airport is a domestic airport, located at Pasni City, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is reported that the United States Department of Defense may have had some presence at the site. See also * List of airports in Pakistan This article lis ...

Sawan Airport This article lists the civil airports, some joint with military airbases and small airports in Pakistan. There are an estimated 151 airfields in Pakistan. Major international airports are situated in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. Other internati ...

** Sehwan Sharif Airport **

Shamsi Airfield Shamsi Airfield, also known as Bhandari Airstrip, is an airfield situated about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Quetta and about 248 miles (400 km) northwest of Gwadar in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The airfield is located in ...

** Sibi Airport ** Sindhri Airport ** Sui Airport

References

External links

Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan - Official site

Karachi Air Traffic Control , LiveATC.net
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