Lahore Area Control Centre is one of two

Area Control Center In air traffic control, an area control center (ACC), also known as a center or en-route center, is a facility responsible for controlling aircraft flying in the airspace of a given flight information region (FIR) at high altitudes between ai ...

s in

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operated by the

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) ( ur, ) is a state-owned autonomous body under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation, which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in Paki ...

and based at

Allama Iqbal International Airport Allama Iqbal International Airport ( ur, , ) is the third largest civilian airport by traffic in Pakistan, after Jinnah International Airport, Karachi and Islamabad International Airport. It serves Lahore, capital of Punjab and second-larges ...

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest ...

. Lahore ACC

air traffic controller Air traffic control specialists, abbreviated ATCS, are personnel responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. Usually stationed in air traffic control centers and control ...

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

Flight Information Region In aviation, a flight information region (FIR) is a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service (ALRS) are provided. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) delegates which country is r ...

(FIR). The

FIR

airspace Airspace is the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, including its territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere. It is not the same as aerospace, which is the ...

covers Pakistani airspace between the 30° North to 37° North. To the south is the Karachi FIR. To the north is the Urumqi

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. To the east is the

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. To the west is the

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Ac ...

Sectors

Lahore ACC is divided into three control sectors: * Lahore Sector East * Lahore Sector West Upper * Lahore Sector West Lower (active between 1700 and 0100 UTC)

Services

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

air traffic control Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airsp ...

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, such as Cherat Approach. Lahore 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 Lahore ACC.

Airports

The Lahore ACC assumes control of the following airports: *Controlled, IFR/IFR, IFR/ VFR and VFR/VFR separation, VFR: Mode C and ATC clearance required ** Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport ** Peshawar Bacha Khan International Airport **

Islamabad International Airport Islamabad International Airport () is the international airport serving Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. It is located south-west of the city, and is accessed via Srinagar Highway. The airport commenced full operations in 6 May 201 ...

Faisalabad International Airport Faisalabad International Airport is an international airport and standby Pakistan Air Force military base situated on Jhang Road, southwest of the city centre of Faisalabad, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The airport is home to two flyin ...

Multan International Airport Multan International Airport is an international airport located 4 km west of Multan, Pakistan. The airport is South Punjab's largest and busiest airport. Multan International Airport offers flights throughout Pakistan, as well as direc ...

Sialkot International Airport Sialkot International Airport is situated 14 km (8.7 mi) west of Sialkot in the Sialkot District of Pakistan. It has the distinction of being the first privately owned airport in Pakistan. It was built by the business community of S ...

*Controlled, only IFR/IFR spacing **

Bahawalpur Airport Bahawalpur Airport is situated 2 nm (3.7 km) from the city centre of Bahawalpur, in lower Punjab, Pakistan. The airport mainly caters to the city of Bahawalpur, however, the national carrier decided to launch international flights to the M ...

** Chitral Airport **

Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport or D. G. Khan Airport ( Balochi: ڈیرہ غازی خان بالی پٹ, ur, ) is from the city centre of Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. It caters mainly to the population of Dera Ghazi Khan. Now Der ...

Dera Ismail Khan Airport Dera Ismail Khan Airport or D. I. Khan Airport is situated 10 km away from the city centre of Dera Ismail Khan, a city in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This is the only airport besides Bannu Airport that connects the southern dis ...

Gilgit Airport Gilgit Airport is a small domestic airport situated 1.25 nm (2.3 km) east of Gilgit,AIP PakistanOPGT – Gilgit a city in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The city of Gilgit is one of the two major hubs for mountaineering expeditio ...

** Rahim Yar Khan Shaikh Zayed International Airport **

Skardu Airport Skardu International Airport is an international civil airport in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It also serves as a forward operating base of the Pakistan Air Force. On 2 December 2021, Skardu Airport was designated and re-inaugurated a ...

* Uncontrolled, clearances are required to enter or leave airspace. ** Chashma Airport ** Chilas Airport ** Lahore Walton Airport ** Mangla Airport **

Muzaffarabad Airport Muzaffarabad Airport is a domestic airport, located at Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Airlines and destinations There are no scheduled flights to this airport. The last time it saw a reasonable amount of traffic was during the rescue ope ...

Parachinar Airport Parachinar Airport is an airport located in Parachinar, FATA, Pakistan. Located at about a 25-minute drive from the center of Parachinar, it is the only airport in FATA that is served by any passenger airline, namely Pakistan International ...

Rawalakot Airport Rawalakot Airport is located at Rawalakot in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. The airport is surrounded by a forest. History Pakistan International Airlines previously operated flights between Rawalakot and Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the ...

Saidu Sharif Airport Saidu Sharif Airport is an airport in Pakistan. It is situated near the Swat River and between the villages of Dherai and Kanju in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The airport was built in 1978, and two flights took place daily to Peshawar. and Islamabad ...

** Tarbela Dam Airport **

Zhob Airport Zhob (; ) or Zhobak (), formerly known as Appozai or Fort Sandeman, is a city and district capital of Zhob District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Zhob is located on the banks of Zhob River 337 km from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan ...

References

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External links

Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan - Official site

Lahore Air Traffic Control , LiveATC.net
Air traffic control centers Air traffic control in Pakistan Allama Iqbal International Airport Aviation in Lahore Lahore

Sectors

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Airports

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