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| + | "'''T'''erminal '''Ra'''dar '''Con'''trol Facility (TRACON). A terminal [[ATC]] facility that uses radar and nonradar capabilities to provide approach control services to aircraft arriving, departing, or transiting airspace controlled by the facility." -- ''[http://www.fly.faa.gov/FAQ/Acronyms/acronyms.html FAA Acronyms]'' | ||
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| + | *Also see: [http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?contentkey=4009 Fact Sheet – Co-Located TRACONS] | ||
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| + | ==List of TRACON Sites== | ||
| + | *The following list of sites comes directly from the FAA website. | ||
| + | **Link: [http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/tracon/ FAA:Terminal Radar Approach Control Facilities (TRACON)] | ||
| + | *Frequency information on the various TRACONs is needed; '''please''' submit this information to the database team, and link to the site here. | ||
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** This TRACON covers much of Maryland, DC and parts of Virginia | ** This TRACON covers much of Maryland, DC and parts of Virginia | ||
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| + | **[[Houston Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Harris County (TX)]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:55, 13 January 2018
Definition
"Terminal Radar Control Facility (TRACON). A terminal ATC facility that uses radar and nonradar capabilities to provide approach control services to aircraft arriving, departing, or transiting airspace controlled by the facility." -- FAA Acronyms
- Also see: Fact Sheet – Co-Located TRACONS
List of TRACON Sites
- The following list of sites comes directly from the FAA website.
- Frequency information on the various TRACONs is needed; please submit this information to the database team, and link to the site here.
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control
- This TRACON covers much of Maryland, DC and parts of Virginia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
Return to Wiki page: VHF/UHF Military Monitoring
(No matching DB page)