A TRACON controller reported that aircraft are routinely in conflict; at both arrivals and departure...

Attributes
ACN	1501444
Time
Date	201712
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	P80.TRACON
State Reference	OR
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID WHAMY4
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID WHAMY4
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (mon) 17
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Aircraft X; an erj-175; [was] climbing off of pdx via whamy departure. Clear him to whamy while pulling up the minimum separation between the erj-175 and a primary only target; northbound 20 miles southeast of pdx. Minimum separation shows close; so I vector [the] erj-175 south around the primary target. As they get close; the primary turns northwest into the erj-175. They passed about 1 mile apart. While that was going on aircraft Y; a B737; checked in climbing on the whamy departure. I issued him the traffic and took him north around the primary. While all that was going on; aircraft Z; a B737 was descending on the tmbrs arrival near flowr. There was another primary only target 5 miles north of flowr headed southwest. As aircraft Z made the turn at flowr I gave him vectors off the arrival for the primary traffic. Pdx has class C airspace and safety would benefit greatly if we had class B or at least a mode C veil.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TRACON Controller reported that aircraft are routinely in conflict; at both arrivals and departures; from and to PDX and mentioned the associated Class C would benefit tremendously by either an upgrade to Class B; or a Mode C veil.

Narrative: Aircraft X; an ERJ-175; [was] climbing off of PDX via WHAMY departure. Clear him to WHAMY while pulling up the Minimum Separation between the ERJ-175 and a primary only target; northbound 20 miles southeast of PDX. Minimum Separation shows close; so I vector [the] ERJ-175 south around the primary target. As they get close; the primary turns northwest into the ERJ-175. They passed about 1 mile apart. While that was going on Aircraft Y; a B737; checked in climbing on the WHAMY departure. I issued him the traffic and took him north around the primary. While all that was going on; Aircraft Z; a B737 was descending on the TMBRS arrival near FLOWR. There was another primary only target 5 miles north of FLOWR headed southwest. As Aircraft Z made the turn at FLOWR I gave him vectors off the arrival for the primary traffic. PDX has class C airspace and safety would benefit greatly if we had class B or at least a mode C veil.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A TRACON controller reported that aircraft are routinely in conflict; at both arrivals and departures; from and to pdx and mentioned the associated class C would benefit tremendously by either an upgrade to class B; or a mode C veil.