It's that time of the year when Cross The Pond is upon us once more! Saturday 27 March 2010 is the date to look forward to for this year's Westbound leg, and there are a host of exciting (and some new!) participating fields for you to choose from.

The fields being featured are as follows:

Departing
- London Heathrow, England, EGLL
- Dublin, Ireland, EIDW
- Amsterdam Schiphol, Netherlands, EHAM
- Cologne-Bonn, Germany, EDDK

Arriving
- John F. Kennedy International, New York, KJFK
- Detroit Metropolitan, Michigan, KDTW
- Washington Dulles International, Washington, DC, KIAD

Right now, preliminary planning for departures is a 5 hour departure window starting at 11Z. As such, Boston ARTCC will be staffed by 15Z / 11am and run officially for 7 hours to 22Z / 6pm (the extra tail accounts for time required to move through the ZBW airspace as well as all the non-official-event traffic that will depart at the end of the official event).

Nof flying in the actual event? The Boston ARTCC will have several fields open for your enjoyment. Come fly with us! We look forward to seeing you there!

20 Mar 2010, 3-7pm (19-23Z): Delta VA Saturday Scramble
United VA is hosting all participating VAs in a flyin to KBOS to celebrate St. Patty's Day!

26 Mar 2010, 7-11pm (23-03Z): vZDC (Washington) Friday Night Ops
Our neighbors to the Southwest have their FNO.
You have to fly to and from somewhere, right? How about making it one of the airports in Boston Center's Airspace!

27 Mar 2010, 11am-6pm (15-22Z): Cross The Pond 2010 Westbound
Boston ARTCC will be on in force, shepherding anywhere between 500-800 aircraft through our skies safely to their destinations.

29 Mar 2010, 6-10pm (22-02Z): Radar Contact Regional: Bradley Bash
Join the Boston ARTCC for an evening showcasing the frequently overlooked, but essential, satellite fields and minor facilities that permeate our airspace. This time around, the focus is on the Y90 Bradley TRACON area, including KORH, KHFD, KCEF, and, of course, KBDL. We'll be staffing up the facility from 1800 to 2200 local (2200 - 0200Z). All types of traffic are welcome across the area and the entire ARTCC, be it your local flying club doing some VFR, your VA operating scheduled flights, or just a fun little jaunt in your Cessna from point A to point B, we'll be turning up the heat for our controllers and shooting for a busy Monday night.

11 Jun 2010, 7-11pm (23-03Z): vZBW (Boston) Friday Night Ops
Time to Escape to the Cape and get ready for the Summer!

10 Jul 2010, 12-7pm (16-23Z): The 11th Annual Boston Tea Party
Live from the Daniel Webster College Campus in Nashua, NH, join us as the Boston ARTCC hosts the 11th Annual Boston Tea Party.
Approximately 30 of Boston's outstanding controller team will be controlling together, live, to give you the best ATC experience possible
Featuring our always-favorite poker run with great prizes!

In an effort to improve our training capacity, capability, efficiency and effectiveness, the Boston ARTCC is pleased to announce the appointments of Rich Bonneau (BU) and Carl Klinker (KK) as mentors. Congratulations on your appointments, and thank you for your continued dedication to the facility!

The taxiway layout at Boston Logan airport (KBOS) has changed. Affected and new taxiways include: Alpha, Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Bravo, Delta, Echo, Echo-1, Echo-2, Golf, Kilo, & Mike.

We will continue to provide ground control service consistent with the old taxiway system until new scenery is available or a pilot specifically advises the controller he/she has updated scenery and is able to accept a taxi route via the new taxiway system.

We certainly appreciate your patience as we transition to the new taxiway reconfiguration.