VOR Quizzes

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October 2024 VOR Quiz

This navaid is at an airport in the United States.

The airport serves and is located between three cities, and its (and the navaid's) three-letter identifier contains the first letter of each city.

Those three letters are actually the name of the airport!

But the navaid is named after the largest one (barely) of those cites.

A popular song of the 1960s mentions spending several days trying to get a ride out of that city.

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correct answers:

Marvin B. Hood - United Airlines

Ed McCoy - United Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Jesse Butcher - Delta Air Lines
Julie Harris
John Barry
Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
Andrew Poure - Kalitta Air

This Navaid is in the United States, at a former airline hub.

It will remain in the Minimum Operational Network, but there's an
RNAV waypoint at the same location which brings to mind a criminal.

Photo by Manuel de Alba

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VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers received from (page down for the answer):

James Hanson
Ed McCoy - United Airlines
Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
Cayce Sweeney - Atlas Air
Martin Weaver - American Airlines (retired)
John Barry
Bryce J. Harden - Kalitta Air
Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
Kenneth Dechmerowski
Michael Vane
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Jesse Butcher - Delta Airlines

The answer is Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)

July 24 VOR Quiz

This navaid is in the U.S.A.

Six jet airways cross here, on the way to and from a large metropolitan area.

It’s named after a small town, about 25 miles away, the name of which is a person’s last name, or a first name.

That town is in an adjacent state.

Photo courtesy of Jonella Black.

July 24

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VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers:

Ed McCoy - United Airlines
Ed Pataky - PSA Airlines
Alexander Johnson - Southwest Airlines
John Barry
Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski
Andrew Stockman
Bruce Leibowitz

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The answer is Parker (PKE), California

August 2024 VOR Quiz

This navaid is located outside the United States, on an island.

It’s close to an air base that has been used by the U.S. military for many years.

The navaid and the air base are both named after the nearby town.

Its identifier is not the same as the airport, which has commercial airline service, and is also a popular fuel stop.

Speaking of fuel, there’s a famous incident that occurred here with an Airbus that wasn’t planning to stop here…

There is a TACAN station on the field, oddly it is not co-located with the VOR.

Photo by Laura Lott

August 2024

Email your answer to:
VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers:

James Hanson
Alexander Johnson
Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
Kenneth Dechmerowski
John Barry
Ed McCoy - United Airlines
Bryce J. Harden - Kalitta Air

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the answer is Lajes (LM), Azores, Portugal

June 2024 VOR Quiz

This Navaid is in the United States.

There are two VORs with this name, and they are two states apart.

It's named after the nearby small city, and is 3.1 nautical miles north of that city's general aviation airport.

Oddly, this VOR's identifier coincides with the city's name, but the airport has a seemingly random three letter code,
which was assigned around 2000.

It is on an arrival for a large air carrier airport, 65 miles to the southeast.
Well, it was. Now it's one of those darn waypoints on an RNAV arrival!

There was a midair collision nearby between a jet airliner (which had passed over the VOR) and a
general aviation aircraft decades ago, that resulted in the loss of all on board both aircraft.

There is a National Guard helicopter base on the field, and a casino with a horse racing track nearby.

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VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers from:

James Hanson
John Barry
Kenneth Dechmerowski
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines

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the answer is Shelbyville, Indiana (SHB)
photo by Phil Brooks