Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZJX), (radio communications, Jacksonville Center) is one of 22Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2010, April 28). Air route traffic control centers. Retrieved from https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/artcc/ Area Control Centers in the United States. It is located at 37075 Aviation Ln, Hilliard, Florida.StuckMic.com. (2012). Florida Air Traffic Control Facilities. Retrieved from
The primary responsibility of Jacksonville Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft filed under instrument flight rules (IFR).
Jacksonville Center is the third busiest ARTCC in the United States. In 2024, Jacksonville Center handled 2,612,869 aircraft.Federal Aviation Administration. (2025). Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS. Retrieved from https://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Center.asp
Jacksonville Center covers approximately of the Southern United States, including parts of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina. ZJX also covers portions of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Jacksonville Center lies adjacent to 5 different Air Route Traffic Control Centers, including Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center, New York Air Route Traffic Control Center, Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center, Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center, and Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center. ZJX overlies or abuts several approach control facilities (Jacksonville, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Tampa, Valdosta, Tallahassee, Tyndall, Eglin, Pensacola, Mobile, Cairns, Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach, Shaw, Florence, Wilmington, Fayetteville, Charlotte).
References
External links Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) (FAA) Jacksonville Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) (NWS/FAA)