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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 manages the entire New York Metropolitan Area and Philadelphia areas, as well as 325,0000 sqmi of oceanic airspace. Due to multiple factors within the airspace, the ZNY ARTCC is often regarded as one of the most complex airspaces in the United States, and is also one of the busiest in the world with respect to volume of traffic versus volume of airspace.

History
The center was initially established in Hangar 11 on the grounds of Idlewild International Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport). By the late 1950s the center's space increased as the CAA gave the ARTCCs responsibility over aircraft at 24,000 feet and above in 1957. Joseph A. Martin, author of Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America, described the culture and atmosphere of these air traffic control centers, including New York, as being influenced by the military. He described the rules as generally being strict, although after pushback from employees on late night shifts, the atmosphere in those shifts became more relaxed. The New York center, like others, had its own modus operandi based on its air traffic control patterns.

In the late 1950s/early 1960s the air traffic controllers were mostly military veterans in their 20s who had originated from families that historically engaged in the trades/manual labor and had learned their air traffic skills in their previous military terms. 95% of them were White. The majority were engaged or married and were expecting or already had children. A large number had taken some tertiary-level classes through the GI Bill but did not have education beyond that level.

The FAA announced, in July 1960, that it would move ARTCCs away from highly urbanized areas to protect the air traffic control infrastructure from possible attacks from nuclear bombs, so NYARTCC was moved to an area next to Long Island MacArthur Airport in Bohemia, Town of Islip, Long Island. Prospective employees wishing to live in suburbs favored the move, and Island Park and Suffolk County (including Lake Ronkonkoma) became residential areas for NYARTCC employees.

Area of responsibility
Collectively, the Center is responsible for air traffic service in 327,0000 sqmi of controlled airspace. ZNY assumes route control over four Class B airports, representing most of the air traffic in and out of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its primary responsibility is the separation of overflights, and the expedient sequencing of arrivals and departures along Standard Terminal Arrival Routes and Standard Instrument Departures for the entire New York Metropolitan Area and Philadelphia. Class Bravo (Class B) airports within New York Center's jurisdiction include New York Center manages 327,0000 sqmi of airspace. Of that, 17000 sqmi are mainland airspace, and the remaining 325,0000 sqmi is oceanic airspace.
 * Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark/Elizabeth, New Jersey
 * LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York City, New York
 * John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City, New York
 * Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in Philadelphia/Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania

The Center is located at 4205 Johnson Avenue in Ronkonkoma, a hamlet (unincorporated community) in the Town of Islip, near New York City on Long Island. Among other controlled airspace, ZNY borders Washington ARTCC and Boston ARTCC.


 * San Juan FIR - TJZS/ZSU (Puerto Rico)
 * Piarco FIR (Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago)
 * Santa Maria FIR (Azores, Portugal)
 * Moncton FIR - CZQM (Moncton, New Brunswick)
 * Gander FIR - CZQX (Gander, Newfoundland)