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Most VORs are being phased out as well, with only a minimum network left in place to support routing flights on instrument flight plans to airports with non-GPS
by bdash 5y ago
Most VORs are being phased out as well, with only a minimum network left in place to support routing flights on instrument flight plans to airports with non-GPS approaches (i.e., ILS) in the event of a GPS outage.
[1]: https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/airports-and-airspace/navigation-and-charting/vor-minimum-operational-network https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/airports-and-airspace/navigati...
- throw0101a 5y ago> Most VORs are being phased out as well […] "Most" VORs are not being phased out. The FAA is going from around 950 to about 590: about one-third are being retired.