Tasks Center

General

The Area Control Center (ACC) is responsible for managing aircraft operating within a Flight Information Region (FIR). ACC controllers handle traffic across all altitude levels, from lower to upper airspace. Typically, the center receives aircraft from approach or neighboring ACC sectors and later hands them over to an approach/arrival unit or another ACC.

Like TMA controllers, ACC controllers have a variety of tools at their disposal. They use Standard Arrival Routes (STARs), transitions, different flightlevels and radar vectors to ensure safe separation between aircraft. Speed control is commonly applied to maintain this separation, and pilots are required to comply with the assigned speeds.

The work of an ACC controller generally falls into two categories: operations in lower airspace and operations in upper airspace.

Lower airspace is usually characterized by frequent climbing and descending traffic associated with TMAs, and it often involves a significant amount of pre-sequencing tasks to organize arriving traffic efficiently before it enters the terminal area. Upper airspace, by contrast, mainly consists of overflights with comparatively fewer climb and descent movements.

FIRs and UIRs within Germany:

In germany following FIRs exist:

In germany following UIRs exist:

Futher information can be found here: https://knowledgebase.vatsim-germany.org/shelves/centersektoren