Busiest Facility - Air Traffic Control - ATC

Ramstar13 · Posted: 04-25-2009, 01:12 PM

what is the busiest military faclity in the Air Force? Marine Corps? Navy?

Roddy_Piper · Posted: 04-25-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramstar13

what is the busiest military faclity in the Air Force? Marine Corps? Navy?

i've never seen an official number count for military bases. i doubt you'd find an official number count anywhere, unless you call every base and ask what their count was for the year.

post it up if you find it anywhere.

ColtsATC · Posted: 04-26-2009, 05:17 PM

Balad AB, Iraq. 2nd busiest airport in the world now behind Heathrow. Lots of controllers never get fully checked out or make past anything besides assist.

Roddy_Piper · Posted: 04-26-2009, 05:22 PM

i thought ATL claims to be busier than Heathrow? i've never found an official count to include either military or foreign airports. i guess you could use wikipedia numbers, but you gotta take some wiki facts with a grain of salt.

Posted: 04-26-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramstar13

what is the busiest military faclity in the Air Force? Marine Corps? Navy?

Nellis is the largest and most active US AFB, from what I've read and heard.

atcbrownie · Posted: 04-26-2009, 07:50 PM

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Nellis is the largest and most active US AFB, from what I've read and heard.

stateside yes... but not busier or as complex as balad Iraq. I have seen at least 2 people from nellis not get checked out at balad and numerous from luke not get get fully checked out either. When I was at balad the cerap did over 90k ops per month.

Posted: 04-26-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by atcbrownie

stateside yes... but not busier or as complex as balad Iraq. I have seen at least 2 people from nellis not get checked out at balad and numerous from luke not get get fully checked out either. When I was at balad the cerap did over 90k ops per month.

I meant within the US. I can imagine Balad being an insane place to get checked out at.

Centerpuke · Posted: 04-26-2009, 08:09 PM

Atlanta is the busiest airport, by far. ATL beat out Heathrow by 23 million passengers and Chicago by about 13 million. Check out the Airports Council International for the actual numbers. I have heard Balad is very busy though!

Centerpuke · Posted: 04-26-2009, 08:10 PM

good website:

Airports Council International

atcbrownie · Posted: 04-26-2009, 08:47 PM

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Atlanta is the busiest airport, by far. ATL beat out Heathrow by 23 million operations and Chicago by about 13 million. Check out the Airports Council International for the actual numbers. I am certain there are no military facilities that remotely come close to 90 million ops per year. I have heard Balad is very busy though!

That is passenger ops not aircraft ops. Of course a military base would not compete with passenger ops (I am not saying that balad is busier than ATL). An airplane with 200 pax and a C17 with 20 pax require the same amount of controlling.

The most difficult thing about balad is the mixture of civilian aircraft and military aircraft and the constant changing of the tactical airspace.