National Air Traffic Services (NATS) provides air traffic control services to aircraft flying in UK airspace, and over the eastern part of the North Atlantic. Safety is NATS’ first and foremost priority but it also aims to provide its service in an efficient and expeditious way.
NATS provides ‘en route’ air traffic control or air traffic management from the following centres:
* London Area Control Centre at Swanwick, Hampshire
* London Terminal Control Centre at West Drayton, Middlesex
* Scottish Area Control Centre and Oceanic Area Control Centre at Prestwick, Ayrshire
* Manchester Area Control Centre located at Manchester Airport
In the future, NATS will handle en route traffic from two new centres – the Swanwick Centre in Hampshire and the New Prestwick Centre in Scotland.
NATS also provides air traffic control services at 14 of the nation’s major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.
NATS also:
* operates and maintains a nationwide communications, surveillance and navigation network
* provides engineering support at all operational units
* carries out advanced research and development
* develops software for current and new systems
* trains air traffic controllers and engineers.
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