Commercial Fixed Wing
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2
Distraction; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; No Specific Anomaly Occurred Unwanted Situation
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure; Human Factors; Airport; Airspace Structure
I was working arrival and departure for the JAX north area. We were on Runway 26. FHB airport is about 15-mile final for JAX [Runway] 26. We are constantly having to vector air carriers and business jets around 1200 codes traffic over and around that airport. Their altitudes and courses are erratic. The air carriers are audibly uncomfortable with it. Just today I had three 1200 codes from 1;500 feet to 3;500 feet MSL orbiting around my final while I'm trying to get jets into JAX. That sector also has multiple Victor routes that are busy with low level GA overflights. So; we have to get these jets as low as we can to miss the overflight traffic but the 1200 codes are blocking our low altitudes. It takes all our focus because we have to watch the tracks and altitudes of these VFR airplanes and constantly update the jet traffic of where they are. We don't like it. The pilots don't like it. It is a wildly unsafe situation there.Our Class C needs to be extended for the final for [Runway] 26. That is the only solution. No one should be flying around our final at crossing altitudes without talking to us. They just opened a flight school at FHB recently so the problem is only going to get worse. It's almost a daily problem now. One air carrier pilot said this is the only airport he flies into where he is dodging Skyhawks on the final. It is the most unsafe operation I have seen in my career.
JAX TRACON Controller reported airspace issues related to GA traffic crossing air carrier final approach paths without communication. Controller suggested the JAX Class C needs to be extended to avoid these issues.