A center controller reported an aircraft departed an airport requesting an IFR clearance but the pil...

Narrative:

Aircraft X departed alm; looking to pick up IFR to ZZZ1. Normally hmn approach would issue this clearance; however; they were closed. When I issued the code and got him tracked up; I noticed he was on a southwest bound heading and had filed direct to ZZZ1. This was an issue; because that would put him straight through white sands missile range (R-5107B/right-5107D). Therefore; I asked him if he was familiar with white sands and the restricted airspace; he said he was not. At this point I let him know he had restricted airspace at his 12 o'clock in 1 mile and to turn flying H170. He made the turn and stayed clear of the airspace. I then asked him if he was familiar with the VFR corridor towards elp; and he was also unfamiliar. I asked for a d-side at this point; which was then given right away. I issued a second vector to aircraft X to turn him northbound out of the VFR corridor; and told him to remain VFR. I asked my d-side to put in a good route for the aircraft; so I could focus on my other traffic. Once aircraft X was clear of the restricted airspace I issued IFR around R-5103 a;B;C and onward to ZZZ1. With an airport this close to restricted airspace; and the potential to depart straight west into it; how can an aircraft possibly be unaware. This isn't something I have witnessed a lot; but I would imagine there are several warnings this aircraft looked past to put him in this situation. If not there definitely should be.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Center Controller reported an aircraft departed an airport requesting an IFR clearance but the pilot was not aware they were adjacent to restricted areas and heading into them.

Narrative: Aircraft X departed ALM; looking to pick up IFR to ZZZ1. Normally HMN Approach would issue this clearance; however; they were closed. When I issued the code and got him tracked up; I noticed he was on a southwest bound heading and had filed direct to ZZZ1. This was an issue; because that would put him straight through White Sands Missile Range (R-5107B/R-5107D). Therefore; I asked him if he was familiar with White Sands and the restricted airspace; he said he was not. At this point I let him know he had restricted airspace at his 12 o'clock in 1 mile and to turn flying H170. He made the turn and stayed clear of the airspace. I then asked him if he was familiar with the VFR corridor towards ELP; and he was also unfamiliar. I asked for a D-side at this point; which was then given right away. I issued a second vector to Aircraft X to turn him northbound out of the VFR corridor; and told him to remain VFR. I asked my D-side to put in a good route for the aircraft; so I could focus on my other traffic. Once Aircraft X was clear of the restricted airspace I issued IFR around R-5103 A;B;C and onward to ZZZ1. With an airport this close to restricted airspace; and the potential to depart straight west into it; how can an aircraft possibly be unaware. This isn't something I have witnessed a lot; but I would imagine there are several warnings this aircraft looked past to put him in this situation. If not there definitely should be.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1719228
Time
Date	202001
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZAB.ARTCC
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2.0
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

A center controller reported an aircraft departed an airport requesting an IFR clearance but the pilot was not aware they were adjacent to restricted areas and heading into them.