Images: Inside the FAA’s Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora
Controller Brad Wilcko of Oswego works on simulations in the training room of the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora.
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Meteorologist Ben Deubelbeiss works in the weather center of the facility.
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Traffic Management Unit manager Jon Hubbard discusses what his units does at the FAAs Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora.
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The entrance sign to the U.S. Department of Transportations FAA Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora.
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The Federal Aviation Administration emblem in the entryway of the Aurora Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center.
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Brad Wilcko works on simulated flights in the training room in the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora.
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The U.S. Department of Transportations FAA Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora.
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A computer monitor in the Traffic Management Unit at the facility shows every controlled flight over the United States.
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A computer monitor shows the controlled flights over the middle and northeastern United States.
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This unassuming building in Aurora houses the U.S. Department of Transportations FAA Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center.
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