Karachi Area Control Centre () is one of two

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s in

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operated by the

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and is based in Terminal 1 at

Jinnah International Airport Jinnah International Airport () , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi International Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017–2018. Located in Karachi, the largest city a ...

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

. Karachi ACC

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s provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Karachi

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. The

FIR

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covers Pakistani airspace between the 30° North to 23° North. To the north is the Lahore FIR. To the east is the

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. To the south is the

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and to the west are the

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and

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Sectors

Karachi ACC if divided into 4 control sectors: * Karachi Sector North * Karachi Sector West * Karachi Sector East * Karachi Sector South (only active between 1830 and 0230 UTC)

Services

Karachi ACC is equipped with Indra's Aircon 2100 radar system. and provides

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services to all air traffic and its airspace. It also expedites sequencing of arrivals and departures along STARs (Standard Terminal Arrival Routes) and SIDs (Standard Instrument Departures). Certain exceptions include military airspace and lower-level airspace controlled by local airport towers and TRACONs. Karachi ACC is also part of the Bobcat Air Traffic Flow Management program, which helps to optimize traffic flow through Kabul FIR. Due to lower navigation and surveillance capabilities, and limited ATS provision capabilities, Kabul FIR often becomes very congested airspace with limited number of operating routes and flight levels. Whereas the level allocation is made by AeroThai, the primary responsibility for tactical management of level allocation rests with Karachi ACC.

Airports

The Karachi ACC assumes control of the following airports: *Controlled,

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/IFR, IFR/ VFR and VFR/VFR separation, VFR: Mode C and ATC clearance required ** Karachi Jinnah International Airport **

Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport Dera Ghazi Khan Airport or D. G. Khan Airport ( Balochi: ڈیرہ غازی خان بالی پٹ, ) is from the city centre of Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. See also * List of airports in Pakistan Pakistan has a total of 69 airports ...

Quetta International Airport Quetta International Airport (Urdu کوئٹہ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) ( Balochi: کویٹه میان‌استمانی بالی پٹّ); is an international airport located at Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, ...

Gwadar International Airport The Gwadar International Airport (GIA) is an airport in Gwadar, Pakistan. It is the largest airport in Pakistan by area, occupying 4,300 acres (17 km2) of land, and the second greenfield airport of Pakistan after Islamabad International ...

Turbat International Airport Turbat International Airport (Balochi language, Balochi: تُربت میان اُستمانی بالی پٹ ) is located at Turbat, Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan, Pakistan. It has the largest land area within the province of Balochista ...

*Controlled, only IFR/IFR spacing ** Hyderabad Airport **

Jacobabad Airport Jacobabad, also known as Khanger, is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, serving as both the capital city of Jacobabad District and the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city itself is subdivi ...

Moenjodaro Airport Moenjo Daro Airport is a domestic airport located in Mohenjo-daro, Sindh under the administration of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. It is 28 km away from the city of Larkana. It used to be the third-busiest airport in Sindh. Histo ...

** Nawabshah Airport **

Panjgur Airport Panjgur Airport is a domestic and partially international airport, located at Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan. See also * List of airports in Pakistan * Airlines of Pakistan This is a list of airlines currently operating in Pakistan. Schedu ...

** Sukkur Begum Nusrat Bhutto Airport * Uncontrolled, clearances are required to enter or leave airspace. ** Dalbandin Airport ** Jiwani Airport **

Kadanwari Airport Pakistan has a total of 69 airports, including three major hubs in Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore. Six additional medium-sized airports are located in Peshawar, Multan, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Quetta, and Sukkur, while the remaining are classified ...

** Khuzdar Airport ** Ormara Airport ** Pasni Airport ** Sawan Airport ** Sehwan Sharif Airport **

Shamsi Airfield Shamsi Airfield, also known as Bhandari Airstrip, is an airfield situated about southwest of Quetta and about northwest of Gwadar in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The airfield is located in Washuk District and nestled in a barren desert ...

** Sibi Airport ** Sindhri Airport **

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References

External links

Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan - Official site

Karachi Air Traffic Control , LiveATC.net
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