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The Boston Consolidated TRACON (A90) is located in Merrimack, New Hampshire.[1][2] A90 opened in 2004 after 8 years of development. The A90 function transferred to the new Boston Consolidated TRACON on February 22, 2004.[3] 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 Salt Lake TRACON, the Bradley TRACON, the Indianapolis TRACON, the Pensacola TRACON, and the Des Moines TRACON.
In February 2018 the Boston Consolidated TRACON absorbed the functions of the Cape TRACON located down at OTIS Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod.[4][5]
Yearly traffic counts for A90 from the FAA Air Traffic Activity Data System website.[6]
2004 - 692,627 2005 - 729,625 2006 - 710,765 2007 - 693,158 2008 - 639,782 2009 - 603,131 2010 - 634,151 2011 - 626,137 2012 - 595,823 2013 - 603,974 2014 - 604,516 2015 - 615,078 2016 - 639,759 2017 - 658,524 2018 - 805,780 2019 - 824,230 2020 - 529,574 2021 - 672,401 2022 - 775,698
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- ^ https://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/airport.asp