Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center
Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAB) is located at 8000 Louisiana Boulevard, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The Albuquerque ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. The primary responsibility is the separation of overflights, and the expedited sequencing of arrivals and departures along STARs (Standard Terminal Arrival Routes) and SIDs (Standard Instrument Departures) for the airspace over most of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as parts of California, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. ZAB covers an area that includes one "class Bravo" airport. ZAB also includes  four "class Charlie" airports. Subdivision. ZAB's airspace is divided both geographically and altitudinally. ZAB's primary subdivisions are known as specialties. There are five different specialties known as the North, East, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest. Each specialty is broken down further into 7 or 8 sectors. By altitude, ZAB comprises 7 ultra-high sectors, 16 high-altitude sectors, 13 low-altitude sectors, and 3 low-high sectors. The vertical strata of these sectors vary greatly depending on the geographic location covered and the variety of traffic the controllers work.