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The frequency you are
listening to is 121.35. The controllers call the sector LOGEN.
LOGEN is the final intersection along the Macey arrival (see below). The
LOGEN name comes from the town of Loganville GA which was probably the closest
town to this intersection at the time the arrival was first published many many
years ago.
This frequency you are listening to handles some of the heaviest air traffic in
North America every day. The majority of this traffic is approaching
Atlanta from the northeast headed southwest down the Atlanta 041 VOR radial.
The traffic comes down into Atlanta via the Macey Standard Terminal Arrival
(STAR). The FAA publishes Standard Terminal Arrival Procedures (STARs) for
busy traffic areas so that both pilots and controllers know what to expect
during the transition from out of high altitude enroute airspace to terminal
approach areas.
On the above MACEY STAR,
you can see that aircraft can "join" the arrival from a number of
transitions. The objective for the controller working this frequency is to
organize all of this transitioning traffic into a managed flow down the arrival
so that when the traffic crosses the WOMAC intersection when landing west,
turbojet traffic is at 13,000 feet and 250 knots as indicated on the arrival
plate above. When landing east, turbojet traffic crosses the LOGEN
intersection at 14,000 feet and there is usually no speed restriction.
Crossing altitudes for smaller turbo prop aircraft are also listed above on the
STAR.
The controller working this sector must contend with Macey arrivals, departures,
satellite traffic coming down the AWSON Arrival, overflights, military traffic,
weather, and overall heavy volume. All of these challenges and the sheer
volume that the sector experiences every day makes it one of the busiest air
corridors in the world.
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