Airspace System

The most significant component to operate 24/7 of the U.S. National Airspace System is the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs). Air traffic control (ATC) entities are comprised of system divisions, such as Anchorage oceanic and Tokyo Oceanic, both located in the North Pacific; however, Anchorage is national, and Tokyo is international. The most local airport in Alaska is the Ted Stevens Anchorage International airport. Anchorage employs several hundred personnel as specialists for coordinating and supervising air traffic. The responsibility of an ARTCC is lucid, and they are primarily responsible for the safe and efficient operation of aircraft soaring at high altitudes within controlled airspace, particularly en routes such as 10,000 feet and higher. The FAA's most northern and western en-route center is The Anchorage ARTCC. The most local airport in Tokyo is Komatsu Airport. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization, the efficient flight path is a unique flight path for each aircraft instead of following the traditional approach of flying on predetermined routes made by the ATC organization (International Civil Aviation Organization, 2012). The Civil Aviation Burau of Japan (JCAB) implement a user-preferred route (UPR) associated with fixed routes and flexible paths for planes between japan and Oceanina. Both ATC systems prevent a collision between aircraft flying in specific airspace and provide a means of organization to expedite the flow of all air traffic. 


Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center Fact Sheet (n.d.) Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved February 4, 2020, from https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/artcc/anchorage/media/ZAN_Fact_Sheet.pdf

TWELFTH AIR NAVIGATION CONFERENCE (November 30, 2012). International Civil Aviation Organization. https://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/IPs/ANConf.12.IP.52.5.2.en.pdf#search=japan%20oceanic

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