Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center

Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, is located in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. The Boston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States.The primary responsibility of ZBW is the separation of overflights, and the expedited sequencing of arrivals and departures along STARs and SIDs for the Boston Metropolitan Area, the New York Metropolitan Area, and other areas in the northeast region of the United States.Boston Center is the 14th busiest air traffic control center in the United States. In 2010, Boston Center was responsible for handling 1,721,000 flights. The Boston ARTCC currently covers 165000sqmi of airspace that includes airports in Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, New York state and northeast Pennsylvania.SectorsZBW has a total of 30 sectors. These are broken down into Low Altitude, High Altitude, and Super High Altitude sectors, with 16 low sectors, 10 high sectors, and 1 super high sector. There are also three Low-High Altitude sectors which usually cover from the surface to unlimited and do not fit into any of the other sector categories. Within the center, there are five areas, which other ARTCCs often refer to as "Specialties".AreasIn ZBW, the areas are labeled A through E.