Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZOA), (radio communications, "Oakland Center") is one of 22 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2010, April 28). Air route traffic control centers. Retrieved from https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/artcc/ Area Control Centers in the United States. It is located at 5125 Central Ave, Fremont, California, roughly 25 miles southeast of downtown Oakland in the East Bay.StuckMic.com. (2012). California Air Traffic Control Facilities. Retrieved from http://www.stuckmic.com/california-air-traffic-control-facilities.html
The primary responsibility of Oakland Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures, in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft filed under instrument flight rules (IFR), as well as provide flight following for visual flight rules (VFR) aircraft.
Oakland Center is the 17th busiest ARTCC in the United States. In 2024, Oakland Center handled 1,738,338 aircraft. Domestically, KZOA Center covers approximately 140,000 square miles of the Western United States, including parts of California, and Nevada, and KZAK Oceanic also covers 18.7 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 9.5% of the Earth's total surface area, making this the largest Area Control Center in the world by controlled surface area.
Oakland Center lies adjacent to 21 different domestic air facilities, including Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center, Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center, and Salt Lake City Air Route Traffic Control Center. ZOA overlies or abuts several approach control facilities (including Northern California TRACON).
There is a total of 23 sectors in Oakland Center.
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Oakland Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) (NWS/FAA)