Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center


Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center 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.
The primary responsibility is the separation of overflights, and the expedited sequencing of arrivals and departures along STARs and SIDs for the airspace over most of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as parts of California, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.
ZAB covers an area that includes one class Bravo airport.
ZAB also includes four class Charlie airports.

Subdivision

ZAB's airspace is divided both geographically and altitudinally.
ZAB's primary subdivisions are known as specialties. There are five different specialties known as the North, East, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest. Each specialty is broken down further into 7 or 8 sectors.
By altitude, ZAB comprises 7 ultra-high sectors, 16 high-altitude sectors, 13 low-altitude sectors, and 3 low-high sectors. The vertical strata of these sectors vary greatly depending on the geographic location covered and the variety of traffic the controllers work.

North specialty

Ultra High Altitude Sectors

Ultra High Altitude Sectors

Ultra High Altitude Sectors

Ultra High Altitude Sectors

High Altitude Sectors