ARTCC = Air Route Traffic Control Center Canadian Equivilant: ACC
In the United States, an ARTCC is the equivalent of what we call an FIRin Canada and other regions in the world. On VATSIM, It is an ATC region responsible for providing IFR separation and traffic management in the high-level and low-level enroute environment, as well as Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) and local airports
On VATSIM in the U.S., these are the familiar identifiers like:
ZBW – Boston ARTCC
ZNY – New York ARTCC
ZJX – Jacksonville ARTCC
ZLA – Los Angeles ARTCC
These roughly correspond to Canadian FIRs like CZQM, CZUL, CZYZ, etc.
