Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center
The primary responsibility of Memphis 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).
Memphis Center is the 8th busiest ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023, Memphis Center handled 2,186,232 aircraft operations. Memphis Center covers approximately 120,000 square miles of the Midwestern United States and Southern United States, including parts or all of Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Memphis Center lies adjacent to five Air Route Traffic Control Centers: Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center, Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center, Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center, and Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center. ZME overlies or abuts many approach control facilities (including Memphis, Fayetteville, Nashville, Huntsville, Jackson, Little Rock, Chattanooga, and Columbus AFB).
Breakdown of airspace
Memphis Center is broken down into 37 sectors divided into six and areas and Traffic Management Unit (TMU).
References
- ^ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2013, June 5). Air route traffic control centers (ARTCC). Retrieved from https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/artcc/
- ^ FAA. Department of Transportation. Facility orientation guide; Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center. Retrieved from StuckMic.com FAA - Air Traffic Control Facility Orientation Guides. http://www.cdn.stuckmic.com/images/data/525/memphis.pdf
- ^ Federal Aviation Administration. (2023). Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS). Retrieved from http://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Center.asp
- ^ FAA. Department of Transportation Facility orientation guide; Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center. Retrieved from StuckMic.com FAA - Air Traffic Control Facility Orientation Guides. http://www.cdn.stuckmic.com/images/data/525/memphis.pdf