With the intention of bridging the gap between the original borders of Miami ARTCC and those of several VATCAR sectors, Miami ARTCC has expanded the the limits of our airspace to include the airspace known as “Miami Oceanic”. This action has increased the size of Miami ARTCC to cover the same airspace served by the real Miami ARTCC. The expansion has moved the boundary to the Southeast approximately 600 miles. Miami ARTCC airspace now looks like this:
The white border depicts the ARTCC boundary. The area to the North and West of the blue line is the area controlled by Miami Center, while the area to the South and East of the blue line is the area controlled by Miami Oceanic with the exception of the area belonging to Nassau Center. Nassau Center airspace exists to the East of the blue line and West of the red line from the Surface to FL180. Miami Oceanic airspace overlies Nassau Center airspace from FL180 to FL600.
The airspace within Miami Oceanic is classified as Class E airspace from 700' MSL to FL180 and Class A above FL180.
IMPORTANT: Only those members of Miami ARTCC who possess a C-1 rating or higher and have passed a ZMA exam demonstrating they have knowledge of the airspace and the surrounding facilities of San Juan Oceanic, Port Au Prince FIR, Santo Domingo FIR, Havana FIR and New York Oceanic, and have received approval from the Facility Chief or Chief Instructor may staff Miami Oceanic airspace. A controller staffing Miami Oceanic does not provide ATC service for Miami Center, and a controller staffing Miami Center does not provide service for Miami Oceanic.
The callsign that is approved by VATUSA is ZMA_O_CTR. This position will operate on the radio frequency 134.2 and use the voice room ZMA_O_CTR.