Boston Consolidated TRACON
Coordinates: 42°49′00″N 71°29′37″W / 42.8166°N 71.4935°W / 42.8166; -71.4935
The Boston Consolidated TRACON (A90) is located at 25 Robert Milligan Parkway in Merrimack, New Hampshire. BCT opened in 2004 after 8 years of development. The A90 function transferred to the new Boston Consolidated TRACON on February 22, 2004. The MHT function transferred over on March 7, 2004. Manchester TRACON used to be located at Manchester Airport right below the old ATCT. Boston TRACON used to be located at the Logan International Airport Control Tower before being consolidated. The new facility is 63,000 square feet (5,900 m2). A Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON, is responsible for descending airplanes from the ARTCC and lining them up for landing at their destination airport, as well as climbing departures before handing off to the ARTCC.
The primary responsibility of the Boston TRACON is the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of arrival, departure, and en-route traffic. A90 is responsible for one main airport, Boston Logan International Airport. Additionally, A90 is responsible for dozens of smaller but busy fields, including Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, Hanscom Field, Norwood Memorial Airport, Beverly Municipal Airport, Lawrence Municipal Airport, Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, and Nashua Municipal Airport.
The Boston TRACON is one of six "Large TRACONs" currently existing throughout the United States. The others include the Atlanta Large TRACON, the New York TRACON, the Potomac Consolidated TRACON, the Southern California Consolidated TRACON, and the Northern California Consolidated TRACON.
According to the FAA Air Traffic Activity Data System below are the traffic counts for BCT:
- In 2005 729,625 ops
- In 2006 710,765 ops
- In 2007 693,158 ops
- In 2008 639,782 ops
- In 2009 603,131 ops
BCT is part of the FAA New England District. The Boston Consolidated TRACON is considered the HUB facility for the following facilities:
- Bangor ATCT/TRACON
- Manchester ATCT
- Boston ATCT
- Boston TRACON
- Providence ATCT/TRACON
- Cape TRACON
- Bedford ATCT
- Nantucket ATCT
- Portland ATCT/TRACON
- Burlington ATCT/TRACON
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