VOR Quizzes

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Jan 2022 VOR Quiz

This navaid is located in the U.S.

It's between two Towns and south of another navaid that's also a Fort.

Not far away is yet another navaid that has the name of a famous seaport,
but this is nowhere near the ocean.

Photo courtesy of John Mahanna

Email your answer to:

VOR@dispatcher.org

correct answers:

James Hanson - Cape Air
Marvin Hood - United Airlines

for the correct answer, page down!

The answer is New Hope (EWO), Kentucky.
It's located between Elizabethtown and Bardstown, and is south of both Fort Knox and Mystic VORs.

December 2021 VOR Quiz

This navaid is not in the United States.

It's been decommisioned and replaced with another VOR at a new airport for the city.

That city, a beach destination, is located at the south end of a small cone-shaped country.

The pictured VOR, 3.3 miles north of the old airport, was named after a nearby settlement, the spelling of which is one letter different than the city's. That had to have caused confusion!

The convenient, but space-constrained former city-center airport was closed, and a VOR was commissioned at the new airport, which is located well to the north of the city. That navaid is named for the city, but has a different identifier than the airport.

There's another VOR about two miles to the southeast of this one, at another airport, in the adjacent country.

Challenging airspace!

Photo by Doug Bernat

DEC 21

Email your answers to:
VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers:

James Hanson - Cape Air
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Adam Schweber - United Airlines

This was a hard one! Page down for the answer.

The correct answer is Eilot (LOT), near Eilat, Israel.

October 2021 VOR Quiz

This navaid is not in the United States.
It's located at a now-closed airport, one of "2.5" airline-served airports in this city to close in this century.
Candy was very popular here about 73 years ago.

October 2021

Email your answer to:
VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers:

Al Minich - Sierra Pacific Airlines
Doug Bernat
Mark Nashed - National Airlines
Marvin Hood - United Airlines
Ed Pataky
Martin Weaver- American Airlines (retired)
James Hanson - Cape Air
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Edward J. McCoy - Eastern Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - Spirit Airlines
Adam Schweber - United Airlines

page down for the answer:

The answer is Tempelhof (TOF), in Berlin, Germany. Thanks for particpating!

November 2021 VOR Quiz

This navaid is named for a small town, not an economic activity.

One would expect it to be in a more populated area.

But it was actually named for the hard working people who immigrated to the area in the 19th century.

It's part of a departure procedure from a major airline hub.

November 21

Email your anwser to
VOR@dispatcher.org

correct answers:

James Hanson - Cape Air
Ed Pataky
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Patrick Malejana - United Airlines

page down for the answer!

The answer is Industry (IDU), Texas. Thanks for playing!

September 2021 VOR Quiz

This Navaid is located in the United States, not far from an airline's hub airport.

It’s named after the nearby town, which itself was named after the nickname of another state,

The actual place where it is located has the same name as a VOR in an adjacent state.

Photo by Google Earth

If your travels take you by a VOR, especially one not at an airport, please consider taking photographs of it, and submitting them for a future quiz!

Email your answers to:
VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers:

Doug Bernat
Ed McCoy - Eastern Airlines
James Hanson - Cape Air
Ed Pataky
Mark Nashed - National Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Marvin Hood - United Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - Spirit Airlines

page down for the answer.

The answer is Buckeye (BXK), near Phoenix, Arizona. The actual location is Tonopah, not to be confused with Tonopah, Nevada (TPH)!

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