ZAB Center General Callsigns Practice Test

In the U.S. airspace system, en-route control facilities manage aircraft as they cruise between airports, handling large-scale separation and handing off traffic from one sector to the next. ZAB, the Albuquerque Center, fits this role: it is an en-route ATC facility responsible for coordinating traffic across multiple sectors within its region and maintaining separation at cruise altitudes as aircraft travel long distances. It’s not responsible for ground movements at a single airport (that’s the airport’s ground/tower control), nor for managing arrivals and departures near airports (that’s approach control/TRACON). It isn’t a weather-data hub either; weather information is provided separately for operations. So, the Albuquerque Center serves as the en-route center coordinating aircraft across sectors in its region.