Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZFW) is an en route air traffic control facility covering portions of 5 states with boundaries stretching from Monroe, Louisiana, to Hobbs, New Mexico, and from Tulsa Oklahoma, to Temple, Texas. The Center provides services to 85 airports with instrument approach procedures and 20 radar approach control facilities including the Dallas/Fort Worth terminal area.

Fort Worth Center began operations on March 1, 1939 in the Majestic Theater in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The facility later moved north a few miles to the Southwest Regional Headquarters near Meacham Field. On March 31, 1962, Fort Worth Center moved to the present location just south of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and for the first time had a facility that was specifically designed for en route operations.

Today Fort Worth Center covers approximately 160,000 square miles of airspace. There are 14 military bases operating a wide variety of aircraft. The Center is the controlling agency for 23 military operations areas (MOA’s), 8 aerial refueling tracks, and a number of other military activities.