Systems and methods for providing atc center data to aircraft

A system for providing air traffic control center identifying information to an aircraft, the system comprising:

• at least one air traffic control center that manages airspace over a region;
• a data center that manages flight operations of the aircraft;
• an avionics system on the aircraft, the avionics system comprising:
• a communication device configured to communicate with a data center and an air traffic control center through at least one communication link;
• and
• a processing unit configured to execute machine readable instructions that cause the processing unit to:
• acquire identifying information from communications received through the communication device, wherein the identifying information identifies at least one of the air traffic control center and associated aeronautical telecommunications network address;
• and
• establish a communication session with the air traffic control center using the identifying information received through the communication device.

A method for providing identifying information for an air traffic controller to an aircraft, the method comprising:

• accessing identifying information for the air traffic control center at a data center;
• transmitting the identifying information for the air traffic control center to an avionics system on the aircraft from the data center;
• and
• establishing a communication session between the avionics system and the air traffic control center using the identifying information.