AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM COMMAND CENTER (ATCSCC) - An Air Traffic Tactical Operations facility responsible for monitoring and managing the flow of air traffic throughout the NAS, producing a safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of traffic while minimizing delays. The following functions are located at the ATCSCC:
a. Central Altitude Reservation Function (CARF). Responsible for coordinating, planning, and approving special user requirements under the Altitude Reservation (ALTRV) concept.
(See ALTITUDE RESERVATION.)
b. Airport Reservation Office (ARO). Responsible for approving IFR flights at designated high density traffic airports (John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Ronald Reagan Washington National) during specified hours.
(Refer to 14 CFR Part 93.)
(Refer to AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY.)

c. U.S. Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Office. Responsible for collecting, maintaining, and distrib-uting NOTAMs for the U.S. civilian and military, as well as international aviation communities.
(See NOTICE TO AIRMEN.)
d..Weather Unit. Monitor all aspects of weather for the U.S. that might affect aviation including cloud cover, visibility, winds, precipitation, thunderstorms, icing, turbulence, and more. Provide forecasts based on observations and on discussions with meteorolo-gists from various National Weather Service offices, FAA facilities, airlines, and private weather services.
AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE- A generic term meaning:
a..
Flight Information Service.

b..
Alerting Service.

c..
Air Traffic Advisory Service.

d..
Air Traffic Control Service:

1..
Area Control Service,

2..
Approach Control Service, or

3..
Airport Control Service.

AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE (ATS) ROUTES -The term “ATS Route” is a generic term that includes “VOR Federal airways,” “colored Federal airways,” “jet routes,” and “RNAV routes.” The term “ATS route” does not replace these more familiar route names, but serves only as an overall title when listing the types of routes that comprise the United States route structure.