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AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ARTCC)

Pilot/Controller Glossary with JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

A facility established to provide air traffic control service to aircraft operating on IFR flight plans within controlled airspace and principally during the en route phase of flight. When equipment capabilities and controller workload permit, certain advisory/assistance services may be provided to VFR aircraft.

See EN ROUTE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES.

Refer to AIM.

Also called ARTCC.

In the 7110.65

Used in 40 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 1-2-6Abbreviations
  2. 2-1-9Reporting Essential Flight Information
  3. 2-1-10Navaid Malfunctions
  4. 2-1-17Radio Communications
  5. 2-2-6IFR Flight Progress Data
  6. 2-2-10Transmit Proposed Flight Plan
  7. 2-2-13Forwarding Flight Plan Data Between U.s. ARTCCs and Canadian ACCs
  8. 2-2-14Teletype Flight Data Format- U.s. ARTCCs - Canadian ACCs
  9. 2-4-19Facility Identification
  10. 2-5-2Navaid Terms
  11. 2-6-2PIREP Solicitation and Dissemination
  12. 2-6-3Reporting Weather Conditions
  13. 2-7-3Altimeter Settings Greater Than 31.00 Inches Mercury
  14. 4-2-2Clearance Prefix
  15. 4-3-9VFR Release of IFR Departure
  16. 4-4-6Direct Clearances
  17. 5-1-3Electronic Attack (EA) Activity
  18. 5-2-1Assignment Criteria
  19. 5-2-8Beacon Codes for Pressure Suit Flights and Flights Above Fl 600
  20. 5-2-9Air Defense Exercise Beacon Code Assignment
  21. 5-9-5Approach Separation Responsibility
  22. 5-13-2En Route Minimum Safe Altitude Warning (e‐Msaw)
  23. 5-13-5Selected Altitude Limits
  24. 7-4-3Clearance for Visual Approach
  25. 8-2-1General
  26. 9-2-2Celestial Navigation Training
  27. 9-2-14Military Operations Above Fl 600
  28. 9-2-15Military Special Use Frequencies
  29. 10-1-4Responsibility
  30. 10-2-5Emergency Situations
  31. 10-2-10Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) Signals
  32. 10-3-1Overdue Aircraft/Other Situations
  33. 10-3-2Information to Be Forwarded to ARTCC
  34. 10-3-3Information to Be Forwarded to Rcc
  35. 10-3-6Last Known Position Determination
  36. 10-7-1Information Relay
  37. 11-1-2Duties and Responsibilities
  38. 11-1-3Time Based Flow Management (TBFM)
  39. 13-1-10Currency of Trajectory Information
  40. 14-2-2Abnormal Situations