NATS Swanwick

NATS London Area Control Centre, Swanwick

NATS Swanwick is a combined area control centre and terminal control centre operated by National Air Traffic Services (NATS) at Swanwick in Hampshire, England.

It started operations on 27 January 2002, and handles aircraft in the London flight information region (FIR), which covers most of England and Wales. The centre consists of three facilities:

The Swanwick facility replaces that of the former site at West Drayton.

References

  1. 1 2 "About Swanwick" (PDF). NATS. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Kelly, Brendan (27 April 2017). "The hidden secrets of UK airspace: Two Centres for three FIRs". NATS Blog. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "En Route Services | NATS". www.nats.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 Corp, Rob (26 September 2008). "Why Swanwick hit the headlines". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Swanwick (78 Squadron)". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 8 October 2025.

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