VOR Quizzes

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August 2021 VOR Quiz

This navaid, located in the U.S., is commonly used as an airborne holding
location for a major airline hub.

It is located 4.5 nautical miles away from a regional airport with airline service in the adjacent state, which is across a river.

The airline that provides the only service to that airport also serves a large airport only 31.2 nautical miles away from the regional airport.

Photo by Ed McCoy

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!

Submit your answers to:
VOR@DISPATCHER.ORG

This month's winners:

James Hanson - Cape Air
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Marvin Hood - United Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - Spirit Airlines

Page down for the answer!

The answer is Yardley (ARD) Pennsylvania

July 2021 VOR Quiz

This navaid is located at a U.S. airport that has no airline service. There are lots of aircraft there though.
It used to be a U.S. Air Force base, with a man's name.
It's got a new name now, but the city it's located in also has a man's name.

Photo by David Birkley

July 2021

Email your answer to:
VOR@Dispatcher.org

Correct answers:

James Hanson - Cape Air
David Sigel- UPS Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - Spirit Airlines
Ed McCoy - Eastern Airlines
Chuck Mann - United Airlines
Adam Schweber - United Airlines

answer below- page down!

VCV= Victorville, California

May 2021 VOR Quiz

This navaid is located outside the U.S.

It's at the airport in the principal city in this country.

That city was once the country's capital, but the seat of government was moved to a more
central location after two countries were joined together to form one, in the 1960s.

The airport is named after the country's long-running President.

This country is the source of a purple gemstone.

photo by Jonathan Uhrig

May 2021

Email your answers to
VOR@dispatcher.org

This month's winners:

James Hanson - Cape Air
Marvin Hood- United Airlines
Ed Pataky
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Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Ed McCoy - NATCA/FAA
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines

page down to see the answer:

the answer is: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (DV)

June 2020 VOR Quiz

This navaid is at an airline-served airport in the United States.

It has the same name and identifier as that airport, which is sandwiched between an Air Station and a Station.

The U.S. Department of Defense is the number one employer in the area.

Photo by Bret Proden

June 2020

Email your answers to:
VOR@dispatcher.org

This month's winners:

David Sigel - UPS Airlines
James Hanson - Cape Air
Ed Pataky
Mark Nashed - National Airlines
Marvin Hood - United Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - Spirit Airlines

For the correct answer- page down:

The answer is Norfolk (ORF), VIrginia. It's located between Oceana Naval Air Station and Norfolk Naval Station.

April 2021 VOR Quiz

This navaid is located at an airport in the U.S.A. which had
airline service a long time ago.

It's about 50 miles away from an international airport.

The town/airport/navaid is named after the Pioneer who blazed a trail through the area in the 1700s.

The first name of a famous early 20th Century adventure writer from the city honors that Pioneer, who was his maternal great grandfather.

The city is located on a river canal, and displays a preserved lock.

There also is a distinctive type of bridge over the confluence of two rivers, one of the few of its type in the U.S.

This quiz will be "easy" for some!

photo by Charlie Pyles/Air Pix Aviation Photos

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Email your answers to
VOR@dispatcher.org

This month's winners:

Ed Pataky
James Hanson
Dale Gentry - Southwest
Adam Schweber - United Airlines
Mark Nashed - National Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines

Thanks for participating! Page down for the correct answer.

the answer is Zanesville (ZZV), Ohio

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