Hong Kong (Area Control Centre)
Hong Kong (Area Control Centre) (ICAO: VHHH) is one of 2 key Area Control Centres in the Pearl River Delta and is under the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department. HK ACC is based out of the control tower at Hong Kong International Airport.
From this ACC, air traffic controllers provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Hong Kong Flight Information Region (FIR). The Hong Kong FIR airspace covers the waters off Hong Kong to the south, southeast and southwest. This does not include the airspace and immediate waters off the mainland China and Macau (under Guangzhou FIR). HK ACC does handle flight in and out of Macau International Airport.
Aerodrome Classes
The HKG ACC assumes control of the following classes of airports
- VHHH – Chep Lap Kok
- VHSK – Sek Kong Airfield
- VHSS – Shun Tak Heliport
- VHHP – West Kowloon Heliport
- VHSS – Central Government Heliport
- VMMC - Macau International Airport
- Macau Heliport
See also
- Chinese airspace
Hong Kong is one of seven ACC that handles air traffic in Chinese airspace:
- Beijing Area Control Centre - traffic from countries border northwest and north of China (Mongolia, Russia)
- Guangzhou Area Control Centre - traffic from countries border China from the south and southeast (Taiwan and those in the South China Sea, but excluding Taiwan and Hong Kong)
- Kunming Area Control Centre - traffic from countries border China from the southwest
- Shanghai Area Control Centre - traffic from central east coast of China towards Japan
- Shenyang Area Control Centre - traffic from north east coast of China towards North Korea, South Korea and Russian Far East
- Wuhan Area Control Centre - traffic from within China along the southeast side
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Coordinates: 22°18′19.1″N 113°55′18.6″E / 22.305306°N 113.921833°E