Karachi Area Control Centre

Karachi Area Control Centre
IATA: KHI – ICAO: OPKR
Summary
Coordinates 24°53′56″N 67°09′04″E / 24.899°N 67.151°E / 24.899; 67.151Coordinates: 24°53′56″N 67°09′04″E / 24.899°N 67.151°E / 24.899; 67.151
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Location of Karachi Area Control Centre

Karachi Area Control Centre (Urdu: کراچی هوائی مرکز کنترل‎) is one of two Area Control Centers in Pakistan operated by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. The ACC is based in Terminal 1 at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.[1]

From this ACC, air traffic controllers provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Karachi Flight Information Region (FIR). The Karachi FIR airspace covers Pakistani airspace between the 30° North to 23° North. To the north is the Lahore FIR. To the east is the Delhi FIR. To the south is the Muscat FIR and to the west are the Tehran FIR and Kabul FIR. Karachi is within ATFM's Project BOBCAT, which helps to optimize traffic flow through Kabul FIR. Whereas the level allocation is made by AERTHAI ATFM unit, the primary responsibility for tactical management of level allocation rests with Karachi ACC.

Sectors

Karachi ACC if divided into 4 control sectors:[2]

Services

Karachi ACC is equipped with Indra's Aircon 2100 radar system.[3] and provides air traffic control 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.[4]

Airports

The Karachi ACC assumes control of the following airports:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Air Traffic Management - Air Navigation Services". Caapakistan.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
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  3. ↑ "Air Traffic Management - Air Navigation Services". Caapakistan.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
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