New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZNY)/New York ARTCC, or New York Center (via radio communications) is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) in the United States. New York Center was the world's first Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), and is the veil surrounding the entire New York Metropolitan Area and Philadelphia areas, as well as 3,250,000 square miles (8,400,000 km2) of oceanic airspace.
Collectively, the Center is responsible for air traffic service in 3,270,000 square miles (8,500,000 km2) of controlled airspace. As of 2012, New York Center has remained the busiest air traffic facility in the world with respect to number of aircraft per hour. ZNY assumes en route control over 4 extremely busy Class B airports; virtually all of the air traffic in and out of the New York Metropolitan Area.
Due to multiple factors, the ZNY ARTCC is often regarded as one of the most complex airspaces in the United States.
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