Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center (or Miami Center, ZMA) is one of 22 United States

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s (ARTCs), or area control centers, located at 7500 N.W. 58th st,

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postal address).

Center

The primary responsibility of Miami Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft filed under

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(IFR). Miami Center is the second busiest ARTCC in the United States. In 2024, Miami Center handled 2,643,111 aircraft operations. Miami Center covers approximately 22.5 million cubic miles of the

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, including parts of

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, the

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and the

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. Miami Center shares boundaries with

Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZHU) (radio communications: Houston Center) is located at George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 16600 JFK Boulevard, Houston, Texas, United States 77032. The Houston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic ...

Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZJX), (radio communications, Jacksonville Center) is one of 22 Area Control Centers in the United States. It is located at 37075 Aviation Ln, Hilliard, Florida. The primary responsibility of Jacksonvil ...

, New York Air Route Traffic Control Center,

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Combined En-route Radar Approach Control (CERAP), Turks & Caicos, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba Area Control Centers.Federal Aviation Administration Facility Orientation Guide for Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center
/ref> ZMA overlies or abuts several approach control facilities (including Miami, Palm Beach, Orlando, Fort Myers, and Tampa approaches).

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External links

Miami Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU)
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