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New York Center, Tracon to share ‘Crystal Palace’

The New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) and the New York Tracon will be combined into one building under an FAA plan to integrate air traffic

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

May 5, 2008

The New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) and the New York Tracon will be combined into one building under an FAA plan to integrate air traffic services in the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.

Nicknamed “Crystal Palace,” the New York Integrated Control Complex (NYICC) would co-locate the New York Tracon in Westbury, Long Island, and the New York Center in Ronkonkoma, which is about 25 mi east. The center would be built on Long Island since most of the air traffic controller workforce from the two current facilities reside there.

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