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F13A Facility Rated Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility (FACSFAC) Controller

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Overview

A facility rated Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility controller provides air traffic control services within the facility's area of jurisdiction. The controller manages aircraft operating in or transiting to and from Special Activity Airspace.

Core Skills

  • Air traffic services for special activity airspace

Civilian Career Paths

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Air Traffic Controllers

F13A experience providing air traffic control services to aircraft operating in or transiting to and from Special Activity Airspace directly overlaps civilian aircraft traffic control.

How to prepare: Assemble facility-rating records and dated records of post-certification aircraft separation work to assess the FAA experienced-controller route. That route requires 52 consecutive weeks of full-time active air traffic separation after certification or facility rating within five years of application at a qualifying facility; pre-certification training time does not count, education cannot substitute, and the F13A designation alone does not establish eligibility.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems.
  • Transfer control of departing flights to traffic control centers and accept control of arriving flights.

Notes & Sources

  • FAA entry-level applicants must be U.S. citizens under 31, speak English clearly over communications equipment, pass medical and security screening and pre-employment tests including ATSA, and have one year of progressively responsible work experience, a bachelor's degree, or combined post-secondary education and work experience totaling one year.
  • The FAA experienced-controller notice sets a maximum original-appointment age of 35, with applicants age 35 or below by closing; previously appointed FAA or DOD civilian 2152 controllers must document their original appointment before the maximum entry age. This notice requires U.S. citizenship, a pre-employment physical, drug testing, Secret clearance and willingness to work at any FAA facility. It is a resume repository, not a guaranteed opening, and these conditions are not universal non-FAA employer requirements.
  • FAA entry-level controllers complete Academy training followed by 2-3 years of classroom and on-the-job training before professional certification. Experienced hires enter the appropriate field-training phase and may also need Academy courses. FAA controllers must requalify through an annual medical examination.
Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC F13A

    [1] NEC entry "F13A - Facility Rated Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility (FACSFAC) Controller"; cached text line 5181; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Air traffic services for special activity airspace, Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  2. O*NET: Air Traffic Controllers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  3. FAA: Air Traffic Controller Qualifications

    [3] Minimum qualifications and training requirements; official page updated 2025-02-27, checked 2026-09-24. Current entry-level threshold is one year, not the older three-year wording.

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  4. FAA 2026 experienced Air Traffic Control Specialist direct-hire notice

    [4] FAA-FAA-26-PUB NOT-96466: Duties, Conditions of employment, Qualifications, Education. Checked 2026-09-24; a resume repository, not a guarantee of an opening or appointment.

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Air Traffic Controllers

    [5] How to Become an Air Traffic Controller; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for F13A

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