The Boston Consolidated TRACON (A90) is located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. A90 opened in 2004 after 8 years of development. The A90 function transferred to the new Boston Consolidated TRACON on February 22, 2004. The MHT function transferred over on March 7, 2004. Manchester TRACON used to be located at Manchester Airport below the old ATCT. Boston TRACON used to be located at the Logan International Airport Control Tower before being consolidated. The new facility is 63,000 square feet (5,900 m2). A Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON, is responsible for descending airplanes from the ARTCC and lining them up for landing at their destination airport, as well as climbing departures before handing off to the ARTCC. The primary responsibility of the Boston TRACON is the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of arrival, departure, and en-route traffic. A90 is responsible for one main airport, Boston Logan International Airport. Additionally, A90 is responsible for dozens of smaller but busy fields, including Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, Hanscom Field, Norwood Memorial Airport, Beverly Municipal Airport, Lawrence Municipal Airport, Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, and Nashua Airport. The Boston TRACON is one of six "Medium TRACONs" currently existing throughout the United States. The others include the , the , the , the , and the . According to the FAA Air Traffic Activity Data System below are the traffic counts for A90: * 2005 729,625 ops * 2006 710,765 ops * 2007 693,158 ops * 2008 639,782 ops * 2009 603,131 ops * 2010 634,151 ops * 2011 626,137 ops * 2012 595,823 ops * 2013 603,974 ops * 2014 604,516 ops * 2015 615,078 ops * 2016 639,759 ops * 2017 658,524 ops * 2018 805,780 ops * 2019 824,230 ops A90 is part of the FAA New England District. The Boston Consolidated TRACON is considered the HUB facility for the following facilities: * Bangor ATCT/TRACON * Manchester ATCT * Boston ATCT * Providence ATCT/TRACON * Cape TRACON - Which was consolidated to A90 in February 2018 as part of the FAA's efforts to reduce its infrastructure footprint. * Bedford ATCT * Nantucket ATCT * Portland ATCT/TRACON * Burlington ATCT/TRACON (en)
The Boston Consolidated TRACON (A90) is located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. A90 opened in 2004 after 8 years of development. The A90 function transferred to the new Boston Consolidated TRACON on February 22, 2004. The MHT function transferred over on March 7, 2004. Manchester TRACON used to be located at Manchester Airport below the old ATCT. Boston TRACON used to be located at the Logan International Airport Control Tower before being consolidated. The new facility is 63,000 square feet (5,900 m2). A Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON, is responsible for descending airplanes from the ARTCC and lining them up for landing at their destination airport, as well as climbing departures before handing off to the ARTCC. (en)