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This Navaid is located in the United States, at a former U.S. Air Force base. 
It’s named after the nearby unincorporated community, which had been a city until it burned to the ground in 1911. 
A river passing through the area, draining into a large lake, shares the same name as the VOR.
The airport, which has a different name and identifier, is used as maintenance facility for an airline.

May 2019
Photo by Hiroshi Ando

Answer: scroll down!


Correct answers:  

Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
Brian Brown
Adam Schweber - Frontier Airlines



















ASP (Au Sable)

This navaid is located outside the capital city of a U.S. state, and shares its name.
A local institution of higher learning was renamed to honor the last name of a man who was an early benefactor of the university. 
It has as its mascot that man's unusual first name (for today).  
There was a landmark Supreme Court Case regarding the local school system.
The local airport is named after someone named PHIL!

June 2019

Photo by Phil Brooks

Email VOR@Dispatcher.org your answer

Correct answers:  
TOP - Topeka

Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
Jim Hanson - Cape Air
Dale Gentry- Southwest Airlines
Ed Pataky
Chuck Mann - United Airlines
Connor Monson - Alaska Airlines
Adam Schweber - Frontier Airlines
James Clavin-Marquet
Arthur Carson - Miami-Dade College



This month’s navaid is in the United States, inside Class B airspace. 

It’s named after the county where it is located.   That county is named after a river that flows through it, itself named after a French fur trapper.

It has the same identifier as a large general aviation airport located five miles away.  That airport has a distinctively shaped main ramp.

Sep 19

Answer:  see below (page down)


Email: VOR@dispatcher.org Your answer

Correct Answers:  

Connor Monson - Alaska Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Ed Pataky
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
Ethan St. Martin - United Airlines
hiflyer63



















DuPage (DPA)

This month's navaid is at an airport in the United States, which is served by regional airlines from several hubs.
The town is named for a city in Mexico, which also has a VOR!
The area is known for its scenic narrow gauge mountain railroad.

AUG 2019

Photo by John Schwoyer

Email: VOR@dispatcher.org Your answer

Answer - DRO (Durango)

Correct Answers:  

Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
Mark Monse
Dave Birkley
Al Minich - Sierra Pacific Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Adam Schweber - Frontier Airlines
Martin Marlow
Brian Brown

This Navaid is located near a small town in the U.S., and named after that town.  It shares an identifier with that town's airport, which has no scheduled airline service.

The name is a "constructed name" of two nouns; things you might find in a rural area.

It's near a staircase, and "Sevier" turbulence is possible!

OCT 2019

Email: VOR@dispatcher.org Your answer

Correct Answers:  

Mark Nashed - National Airlines
David Birkley
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines