Inside the busiest TRACON in the world. We went down to MCAS Miramar near San Diego and took a tour along with fellow AOPA pilots. SOCAL TRACON handles one of the most congested airspace in the world including Arrivals and Departures for LAX, Ontario, San Diego, Santa Ana, Long Beach, Burbank, and everything in-between. After the Power Point presentation, you get broken up into your home airports sectors, plug in a headset' and sit beside a controller and watch them work. You can even go to the training room, and "pretend" to be a controller in their simulators, and get a real feel of what it's like. It's truly amazing what they do. They are very calm, professional, and do an awesome job.
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| Training consoles in the simulator room |
