Air Traffic Organization
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| Formed | November 2003 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
| Employees | 35,000+ |
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| Parent agency | United States Department of Transportation |
| Website | Official website |
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The Air Traffic Organization (ATO) is America’s air navigation service provider, as the operations arm of the Federal Aviation Administration. Its customers are commercial and private aviation and the military, and it employs more than 35,000 controllers, technicians, engineers and support workers.
ATO manages aircraft over the U.S. and far into the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, through a network of traffic control centers, linking to control-towers at airports. It operates a number of service units whose functions range across safety monitoring, workforce training, information technology, operational performance metrics, weather observation and interface with the Department of Defense.
Air traffic controllers in En Route and Oceanic Services manage aircraft at the highest levels over the U.S. and far out into the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Controllers at 20 air route traffic control centers coordinate with Terminal, Technical Operations and Systems Operations services to provide seamless air traffic services.
En Route and Oceanic Services provide air traffic services to ATO customers operating in the national airspace system, as well as international airspace assigned to U.S. control.
En Route and Oceanic Services is nearly 9,000 people strong. In 2006 En Route and Oceanic Services supported 47 million operations in the national airspace system. We are responsible for controlling more than 5,600,000 square miles (15,000,000 km2) of airspace in the U.S. and more than 24,600,000 square miles (64,000,000 km2) of airspace over the oceans. This includes control of traffic in the South Pacific to the Northern Polar Routes, the North Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. We interface with more than 18 air navigation service providers.
Acquisition and Business Services covers a broad range of responsibilities. The unit is responsible for acquisition policy, contracting and quality assurance services. It also provides information technology services and human resource management services. In addition, it oversees flight services program operations, workforce development and controller training.
Communications Services uses all types of media to keep ATO employees, Congress and the aviation industry well-informed about developments in the organization.
Communications is responsible for:
Finance Services is in charge of financial metrics, comparative analysis productivity measures, business case evaluation and competitive sourcing. Their management has helped the ATO establish credibility with Congress and enabled the performance-based organization to deliver services to customers more efficiently.
NextGen and Operations Planning works to get the ATO ready for the air traffic of tomorrow and the strategies and solutions that achieve national and international goals by taking the lead on developing the Next Generation Air Transportation System.
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