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    Ocean. The Shanwick Oceanic Control Area (OCA) abuts Reykjavík OCA to the north, Gander OCA to the west and Santa Maria OCA to the south. Shanwick also has...
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  • Traffic Services (NATS). The GAATS technology is now used by NATS’ Shanwick Oceanic Control with Nav Canada and the UK ANS provider collaborating on flight...
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  • NATS Holdings (category Air traffic control in the United Kingdom)
    traffic control services to flights within the UK flight information regions and the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area. It also provides air traffic control services...
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    of Shanwick Oceanic Control is located close to the airport, which controls all air traffic on the north eastern quadrant of the North Atlantic Ocean, including...
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    North Atlantic Tracks (category Air traffic control)
    traffic controllers responsible for the Shanwick flight information region (FIR) are based at the Shanwick Oceanic Control Centre at Prestwick Centre in Ayrshire...
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    remains the home of Gander Control, one of the two air traffic control centres (the other being Shanwick Oceanic Control in western Scotland) which direct...
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  • traffic passes through UK airspace. The Shanwick OCA (Shanwick Oceanic Control) was formed in 1966, and controlled from Prestwick, with two communication...
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  • Aircraft emergency frequency (category Air traffic control)
    Diversion cells (known as "D&D") at the London Terminal Control Centre and the Shanwick Oceanic Control, from a nationwide network of antennas. Depending on...
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    (Shanwick Oceanic Control - responsible for air traffic over the eastern half of the North Atlantic) located at the NATS owned 'Scottish and Oceanic Area...
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  • Controller–pilot data link communications (category Air traffic control)
    bands for long-distance communication (such as that provided by Shanwick Oceanic Control). One of the major problems with voice radio communications used...
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    radars, oceanic airspace controllers have to estimate the position of an airplane from pilot reports and computer models (procedural control), rather...
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  • the meridian forms the boundary between the Gander and Shanwick Oceanic air traffic control areas, and for this reason is also known as the "Molson-Guinness...
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  • Area control centers (ACCs) control IFR air traffic in their flight information region (FIR). The current list of FIRs and ACCs is maintained by the International...
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    Flight information region (category Air traffic control)
    airspace of several countries. Oceanic airspace is divided into oceanic information regions and delegated to a controlling authority bordering that region...
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    the Irish coast. From here they are handed over to Shanwick for their journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Dublin – There are approximately 79 air traffic...
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  • United States, or Shanwick Radio, which does the same for Europe. HF frequencies are still often used for trans-oceanic air traffic control. News agencies...
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    Strategic lateral offset procedure (category Air traffic control)
    Operations Manual. Navigation paradox NAT-OTS RLSM "EGGX Shanwick FIR 2017 Operational Changes – Oceanic – International Ops 2017". flightservicebureau.org...
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  • Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (category History of air traffic control)
    defined area to monitor. The centers coordinate with adjacent VAAC, flight control centers within and adjacent to their area as well as meteorological offices...
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    18:58, the aircraft established two-way radio contact with Shanwick Oceanic Area Control in Prestwick on 123.95 MHz. Clipper Maid of the Seas approached...
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