TRACONs control the aircraft immediately prior to and after landings and takeoffs, or during the climb and descent phases of flight. There are 236 TRACONs, less than the number of towers because some TRACONs handle more than one airport.
TRACONs generally control aircraft in a 30-50 mile radius from the airport from the surface up to 11,000 feet and may control more than one airport. There are currently 168 combined ATCT/TRACONs.
TRACON Display
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TRACON
Terminal Radar Control Facility. A terminal ATC facility that uses radar and nonradar capabilities to provide approach control services to aircraft arriving, departing, or transiting airspace controlled by the facility.
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Inside the Potomac TRACON
Main article: Terminal Control Center
Many airports have a radar control facility that is associated with the airport. In most countries, this is referred to as Approach or Terminal Control; in the U.S.
Approach and Departure Control is a traffic separation service that is provided through Terminal Radar Approach Control (FAA TRACON) in the resident Air Traffic Control facility of the airport.
Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) - A Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control Facility which uses radar and two-way communication to provide separation of air traffic within a specified geographic area in the vicinity of ...
Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) − An FAA Air Traffic Control Facility which uses radar and two-way communication to provide separation of air traffic within a specified geographic area in the vicinity of one or more airports.
Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility (TRACON)
Controls aircraft immediately after and prior to landings and takeoffs, or during the climb and approach phases of flight.
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Approach Control Facility: A terminal air traffic control facility (TRACON, CST, RAPCON, RATCF, Tower, etc.) providing approach control service.
Approach Fix: The fix from or over which final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed.
4. Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) (FAA).
5. Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) (FAA). (Only those towers delegated approach control authority.).
Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON)
Terminal radar service areas (TRSA)
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They sometimes also provide for the separation of instrument flight rules (IFR) aircraft in terminal areas through co-located terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facilities.
Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) (Air Force/FAA)
Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) (FAA)
Tower/Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) (FAA only towers delegated approach control authority) ...
 See also: Airport, Aircraft, Flight, Aviation, Radar
  
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