In article et,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Hamish Reid" wrote in message
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True enough in general, but 'round here most approaches have been
borged into either NorCal (nee Sierra, nee Bay / Sacto / Monterey /
Travis / Stockton / etc.) or SoCal Approaches. Same service, but
served out of anonymous barns somewhere in lovely Suburban
Sacramento and the even lovelier Southlands, well away from most
of the airports they serve.

And not at a Center.

No one in this thread except maybe Bill Denton ever said approaches
were associated with (or "at") a Center.

However, it's true that there's a tendency in and around the larger
metropolitan areas of the US for approaches *not* to be associated
with, let alone at, a particular airport. I'm based in one such area.

Hamish