Washington Center is the second busiest (after Atlanta) ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, Washington Center handled 2,554,410 aircraft operations.[1] The Washington ARTCC covers 165,000 square miles (430,000 km2) of airspace that includes airports in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Basic breakdown of sectorsedit
ZDC is divided into 8 areas, numbered 1 through 8, that make up 46 sectors. They are mainly broken down into low altitude, intermediate, high altitude and Super High Altitude sectors. There are 18 low sectors, 14 high sectors, 5 super high sectors and 4 various other type sectors, including 1 high/low altitude sector and 3 intermediate altitude sectors.
During periods of traffic saturation in the Shenandoah Sector, ZDC will split the Shenandoah sector into two sectors, making Wahoo a second Super High Sector over the Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia areas. Shenandoah normally overlaps the Tech High and Gordonsville High Sectors above FL330. When traffic demand is high, Wahoo is activated to overlap the Gordonsville High Sector above FL330 covering J37 and J75 from GVE VOR south while Shenandoah will overlap Tech High Sector above FL 330 and cover traffic on J48 from CSN VOR south, J22 from MOL VOR south and J53 south of ASBUR intersection near LWB VOR.
High sectorsedit
32 Gordonsville GVE 133.725/351.900
52 Tech TEC 133.575/270.350
Intermediate sectorsedit
60 Montebello MOL 121.675/284.700
Low sectorsedit
31 Azalea AZA 135.400/263.100
AREA 2edit
High sectorsedit
36 Raleigh RDU 118.925/322.450
Low sectorsedit
26 Sampson SAM 135.300/285.500
27 Liberty LIB 135.200/348.650
28 Rocky Mount RMT 118.475/279.650
AREA 3edit
High sectorsedit
37 Marlinton MAR 133.025/323.025
Low sectorsedit
02 Casanova CSN 133.200/282.200
05 Linden LDN 133.550/322.550
22 South Boston SBV 124.050/352.000
29 NEW Valley VAL (formerly Hot Springs HSP)134.400/353.900
Sector 30 OLD Valley VAL has been changed to NEW 72 Shenandoah SHD Super Hi Sector in Area 1 above. Old Valley Sector merged into Sector 29 Hot Springs.
AREA 4edit
Super-high sectorsedit
42 Bryce BRY 118.025/226.675
High sectorsedit
03 Moorefield MOR 133.275/371.900
04 Pinion PIN 133.975/307.025
Low sectorsedit
01 Elkins EKN 128.600/387.100
06 Hagerstown HGR 134.150/227.125
15 Blue Ridge BLR 133.650/285.600
AREA 5edit
Super-high sectorsedit
39 Snow Hill SWL 121.375/236.825
50 Yorktown YKT 120.75/317.725
High sectorsedit
34 Norfolk ORF 133.825/327.800
54 Salisbury SBY 120.975/257.700
Low sectorsedit
23 Cape Charles CCV 132.550/256.80
51 Casino CAS 127.700/285.400
53 Kenton ENO 132.050/354.150
AREA 6edit
Super-high sectorsedit
09 Dixon DIW 118.825/360.650
High sectorsedit
35 Wilmington ILM 124.025/269.150
38 Tar River TYI 132.225/354.100
Low sectorsedit
24 Cofield CVI 123.850/323.000
25 New Bern EWN 135.500/281.425
33 Franklin FKN 132.025/290.425
AREA 7edit
High-altitude sectorsedit
10 Bay BAY 132.275/379.300
12 Brooke BRV 126.875/327.000
16 Hopewell HPW 121.875/323.225
Intermediate sectorsedit
11 Calvert CAL 133.900/281.400
20 Blackstone BKT 127.750/235.625
Low sectorsedit
14 Irons IRS 132.950/351.800
21 Dominion DOM 118.750/377.100
AREA 8edit
High sectorsedit
58 Coyle CYN 121.025/254.300
59 Sea Isle SIE 133.125/281.450
High-low sectorsedit
19 Woodstown OOD 125.450/363.000
18 DuPont DQO 132.525/287.900
Low sectorsedit
17 Swann SWN 134.500/360.700
Referencesedit
^Federal Aviation Administration. (2018). Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS). Retrieved from http://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Center.asp
External linksedit
Washington ARTCC on IVAO
Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center
Washington Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) (NWS/FAA)