Terminal Vs. En route

meatasaurusx Trusted Member Chi-town

for all you tracon guys and gals, how do you like being in a tracon environment?

aviator Junior Member

Not all centers are located in the the same city as the center name. For example. Boston center is located in Nashua, NH and Atlanta center is located south of Atlanta in Hampton, GA.
From the centers I have visited, all controllers are in the same building.

Roddy_Piper Resident Knucklehead Vegas baby

* Albuquerque Center (ZAB), 8000 Louisiana Boulevard N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87109
* Atlanta Center (ZTL), 299 Woolsey Road, Hampton, Georgia 30228
* Boston Center (ZBW), 35 Northeastern Boulevard, Nashua, New Hampshire 03060
* Chicago Center (ZAU), 619 Indian Trail Road, Aurora, Illinois 60506
* Cleveland Center (ZOB), 326 East Lorain Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074
* Denver Center (ZDV), 2211 17th Avenue, Longmont, Colorado 80501
* Fort Worth Center (ZFW), 13800 FAA Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76155
* Houston Center (ZHU), 16600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032
* Indianapolis Center (ZID), 1850 South Sigsbee Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46241
* Jacksonville Center (ZJX), 811 East Second Street, Hilliard, Florida 32046
* Kansas City Center (ZKC), 250 South Rogers Road, Olathe, Kansas 66062
* Los Angeles Center (ZLA), 2555 East Avenue "P", Palmdale, California 93550
* Memphis Center (ZME), 3229 Democrat Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38118
* Miami Center (ZMA), 7500 N.W. 58th Street, uninc. Miami-Dade County, Florida 33166
* Minneapolis Center (ZMP), 512 Division Street, Farmington, Minnesota 55024
* New York Center (ZNY), 4205 Johnson Ave, Ronkonkoma, New York 11779
* Oakland Center (ZOA), 5125 Central Avenue, Fremont, California 94536
* Salt Lake City Center (ZLC), 2150 West 700 North, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
* Seattle Center (ZSE), 3101 Auburn Way South, Auburn, Washington 98092
* Washington Center (ZDC), 825 East Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176
* Anchorage Center (PAZA/ZAN), 5400 Davis Highway, Anchorage, Alaska 99506
* Honolulu Combined Center/RAPCON (CERAP) (PHZH/HCF), 760 Worchester Blvd, Honolulu, Hawaii
* San Juan CERAP (TJZS/ZSU), 5000 Carr. 190, Carolina, Puerto Rico
* Guam Center (PGZU/ZUA), 1775 Admiral Sherman Boulevard, Barrigada, Guam 96913

Walt Rookie NW Georgia

Great info. I heard that terminal might offer a bit better schedule, i.e. more desirable days off (Fri & Sat; Sun & Mon) as opposed to en route. Maybe b/c there is so many more people at a center and it takes longer to get seniority?

As a new hire, can one expect to get any weekends off? Or is that out of the question?

luna75 I am THE Pocket Ninja farmingdale ny

what about n90 in ny? i kinda want to go there but people have been telling me they are a bunch of badasses and you really got to have some balls to even want to work there...expecially if you are a chick like me....any info guys???

freddykins919 Rookie Saint Louis

anybody know anything about indy center or terminal? i'd like to stay here if possible but otherwise i want to go out west....

natcababe Rookie

Walt, 17 years in a tower and I still can't get Fri/Sat. My choices were wed/thur or tues/wed

natcababe Rookie

Oh as a new hire you will have days off with your instructor so if your instructor has weekends off

Singingastro Trusted Member Houston, TX

that would be nice!!!! in a center, are you typically paired up with one particular trainer? or would there be a number of different ones due to the amount of people in training?

mbalunda Epic Member

You'll generally be paired with one person. My friend trains at a center, and it seems that when he gets a new trainee he has them for quite awhile. Although it may just be through certain stages of checking out, then you move on to someone elses area.

Trainers can(and will) request new trainees. I've heard more than one story about a trainee being passed around because no one wants to deal with that particular person. So if you get a good trainer be on your best behavior!