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Air traffic control radio frequencies12/8/2023 ![]() It controls the Portland departures to the southeast and sequences all Seattle area arrivals from most California and Nevada airports into one stream. Of the high altitude sectors, Sector 42 is the furthest west and controls traffic from Seattle and Portland to San Francisco Bay area destinations, as well as sequencing the Portland arrivals from California into one stream. The B area high altitude sectors are split along north/south lines. Sector 34 works traffic arriving and departing Portland to the east. Sector 5 works Portland departures to the southeast and supplies approach control services to the Bend-Redmond-Sun River recreational hub. Sector 6 is the busiest low altitude sector in the B area. Both sectors provide approach control services to many small airports. ![]() Sector 6 controls a wide array of traffic departing from Portland as well as all commercial traffic arriving Portland from the south. There are four low altitude sectors (Sectors 4, 5, 6 and 34) controlling the surface up to 24,000 ft and three high altitude sectors (42, 46 and 16) working traffic at and above 24,000 ft. Sector 4 works a shelf along the I-5 corridor from Portland, OR to Olympia WA, below 9000 feet. The B area controls aircraft in most of Northern Oregon, from approximately 150 miles off the western coastline east, roughly to Idaho, between Portland and Eugene, Oregon.
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