London AC

London Area Control Centre

Description

London Area Control, abbreviated to AC, provides an area service in the London FIR. The airspace is divided into 5 sectors, and the low-level airspace around the London and Manchester TMAs are delegated to London TC and Manchester ACC respectively.

London AC has a variety of sectors, some high level only and some starting at the base of controlled airspace. The primary function of the ACC is to provide a service for aircraft en-route.

Designated sectors

ID	NAME	IVAC IDENT	FREQUENCY	FRA	REMARKS
S10	Sector 10	EGTT_10_CTR	128.125	C2
S20	Sector 20	EGTT_20_CTR	129.425	C2
S26	Sector 26	EGTT_26_CTR	132.605	C2	Normally bandboxed with S20
S28	Sector 28	EGTT_28_CTR	127.105	C2	Normally bandboxed with S10
S35	Sector 35	EGTT_35_CTR	135.255	C2

Bandboxing

Designated sectors should be opened in the following order: S10 then S20 then S35. S26 and S28 may only be opened with permission from the London Chief.

ONLINE	S10 COVERS	S20 COVERS	S35 COVERS
S10	All sectors	--	--
S10 + S20	S10 / S28 / S35	S20 / S26	--
S10 + 20 + 35	S10 / S28	S20 / S26	S35

Delegation may be altered by mutual agreement between controllers.

When the low-level ACCs are not staffed London AC shall provide full service to all aircraft within the airspace of both units as follows:

S10 assumes Manchester ACC airspace.

S20 assumes London TC airspace.

Aerodromes

London AC is responsible for providing an appropriate approach and aerodrome service at the aerodromes listed below:

S10:	EGSH
S20:	EGJJ, EGJA, EGJB, EGMH, EGHI
S35:	EGHQ, EGHD, EGGD, EGFF, EGTE, EGTG