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It is, but fixes are almost always spoken as words rather than letter-by-letter. For this reason, they are usually chosen to be somewhat pronounceable, and occa
by seabass-labrax 3y ago
It is, but fixes are almost always spoken as words rather than letter-by-letter. For this reason, they are usually chosen to be somewhat pronounceable, and occasionally you even get jokes in the names. Likewise, radio beacons and airports are usually referred to by the name of their location; for instance "proceed direct Dover" rather than "proceed direct Delta Victor Romeo".
I think a lot of pilots and air traffic controllers would be irritated if they had to spend longer reading out clearances and instructions. In a world where vocal communication is still the primary method of air traffic control, there might be a measurable reduction in capacity in some busier regions.
- splonk 3y agoI really enjoy the joke names. Portsmouth, NH has a Sylvester/Tweety Bird approach: ITAWT, ITAWA, PUDYE, TTATT, followed by IDEED for the missed approach. https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/unique-waypoint-names.114181/#post-2611854 https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/unique-way... Australia has WALTZ, INGMA, TILDA, and also WONSA, JOLLY, SWAGY, CAMBS, BUIYA, BYLLA, BONGS https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-06-02/a-pilot-explains-waypoints-the-hidden-geography-of-the-sky https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-06-02/a-pilot-explai... Disney has a whole lot of special fixes in Orlando and Anaheim. The PIGLT arrival passes through HKUNA, MTATA, JAZMN, JAFAR, RFIKI, TTIGR. I'm fairly sure I've heard about some variants on MICKY, MINEE, GOOFY, PLUTO, etc. https://aerosavvy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/MCO-PIGLT-STAR.jpg https://aerosavvy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/MCO-PIGLT-S... According to the same article, Louisville has LUUKE – IAMUR – FADDR.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoMy favourite in the USA, which I'll never forget, is outside Washington Dulles: NEVVR just next to FORGT.