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| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Much of the New York metropolitan area |
| Headquarters | 1515 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590 East Garden City, New York 40°44′17″N73°35′12″W / 40.73806°N 73.58667°W |
| Parent agency | Federal Aviation Administration |
New York TRACON (NYT or N90, radio communications New York Approach or New York Departure) is a terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facility located in East Garden City, New York.
 | This section needs to be updated.(August 2024) |
The primary responsibility of the New York TRACON is the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of arrival, departure, and en-route traffic. N90 is responsible for two major airports, all located within the same New York Class B airspace: John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. Additionally, N90 is responsible for dozens of smaller but busy fields, including Long Island MacArthur Airport, Teterboro Airport, Tweed New Haven Regional Airport, and Westchester County Airport. N90 also controls the large number of VFR aircraft that fly through the New York Class B airspace every day. [1] New York TRACON previously handled arrival and departure for Newark Liberty International Airport, however due to staffing shortages at New York TRACON, in June 2024 Philadelphia TRACON was assigned the Newark area responsibility under the new callsign Newark Approach and Newark Departure. New York TRACON is the second largest TRACON facility in the United States. In 2024, New York TRACON handled 1,770,862 aircraft operations, handling more aircraft than 5 of the 22 Area control centers in the United States.
The New York TRACON is a Level 12 facility and one of seven "Large TRACONs" currently existing throughout the United States. The others include the Atlanta Large TRACON (A80), the Boston Consolidated TRACON (A90), the Potomac Consolidated TRACON (PCT), the Southern California TRACON (SCT), the Lone Star TRACON (D10), and the Northern California TRACON (NCT). Unlike smaller TRACONs which only utilize one radar, the New York TRACON uses many different airport surveillance radar (ASR) sites, including: [1]
The New York TRACON is divided into five areas. Sectors, along with their frequencies and radio sites, are given below. [2] [1]
The LaGuardia area of the TRACON controls LaGuardia Airport and several busy satellite airports and heliports: JRA (West 30th Street Heliport) JRB (Wall Street Heliport), 6N5 (East 34th Street Heliport). To the North is HPN (Westchester County Airport) and DXR (Danbury Municipal Airport). [1]
257.65000 at White Plains
263.0000 at LaGuardia
The Kennedy area controls John F. Kennedy International Airport and its only major satellite, Republic Airport. [1] This area controls many international flights from Europe because Kennedy is known in the aviation community as the "Gateway to America". [3]
269.0000 at JFK
The Islip area controls all low altitude flights along Long Island including Long Island MacArthur Airport (formerly known as Islip Airport), East Hampton Airport, Brookhaven Airport, Francis S. Gabreski Airport, Sikorsky Memorial Airport, Tweed New Haven Airport, Montauk Airport, Waterbury–Oxford Airport, and Chester Airport. [1]
343.6500 at HT
343.7500 at ISP
The Newark area of the TRACON covers Newark Liberty International Airport along with the majority of the TRACON's satellite airports including Teterboro Airport, Morristown Municipal Airport, and Essex County Airport. [4] [5]
In June 2024, the control over the Newark Area was transferred to Philadelphia TRACON. [4] [5]
379.9000 AT EWR
TMU - SC [1]
ARR - DIR [1]
AMIC [1]
DEP - DIR [1]
New York TRACON was the setting for the 1999 comedy-drama film Pushing Tin . [6]