Overview
Sector 39 (PARKE)
- Traffic flows mainly in a southwesterly direction via NEWEL J60 and via ZIMMZ SPOTZ Q480/Q42. Departure traffic is climbed to FL280 or requested altitude if lower, unless otherwise coordinated. IAD jet arrivals received from Sectors 42 and 55 must be sequenced with all IAD jet arrivals departing the New York Metro area and handed off to Sector 26 at or below FL200.
Sector 42 (East Texas)
- Traffic flows mainly in a southwesterly direction. This is a high altitude enroute sector whose airspace lies directly above Sectors 35, 36, 39 and 55. The R-42 controller must ensure proper sequencing of traffic received from ZBW destined for IAD to Sector 39 and traffic destined for DCA and BWI to Sector 55. The sector receives numerous point outs, especially from the sectors that it overlies in order to allow departure aircraft from the New York Metro area to continue transition to requested altitude.
Sector 55 (Yardley)
- Traffic flows mainly in a southwesterly and westerly direction via LANNA J48, BIGGY J75 and RBV J230. Departures are climbed to FL280 or requested altitude if lower, unless otherwise coordinated. BWI and DCA jet arrivals received from Sectors 42/56 must be sequenced with BWI and DCA jet arrivals departing the New York Metro area and handed off to Sector 25 at or below FL220 depending on destination.
Sector 56 (Kennedy)
- Traffic flows mainly in a northeasterly direction, usually converging on JFK. Traffic landing BOS must be sequenced and handed off to ZBW at FL270 or below. Traffic landing ALB must be sequenced and handed off to ZBW at FL240. Other Northeast bound arrival traffic over flying DPK descends to FL230 or lower depending on destination.
- Traffic also flows eastbound, southeast bound, northwest bound and southwest bound, usually at requested altitude. This sector consists of many crossing routes and "traps" that the controller must be aware of.
Sector 68 (DIXIE)
- Traffic flows mainly in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction. This sector controls New York Metro traffic departing EWR, LGA and their respective satellites. N90 climbs the jet departures to 17,000 or requested altitude if lower and the prop departures to 11,000 or requested altitude if lower. The R-68 controller climbs the departures to FL240 or requested altitude if lower. These aircraft must be separated from traffic departing PHL and from HPN arrivals received from Washington Center’s Woodstown Sector.
- Sector 68 controls the JFK jet arrivals, which must be sequenced to cross CAMRN at 11,000 at 250 knots and handed off to N90, as well as eastbound traffic via CYN.
- Additionally, this sector controls aircraft departing PHL destined for airports in the northeastern United States, eastern Canada and Europe. PHL Approach climbs the jet departures to 12,000 and the prop departures to 9,000. The R-68 controller climbs PHL departures routed via J225 to FL240 or requested altitude if lower. PHL departures routed over CYN are climbed to FL230 or requested altitude if lower.