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VOR Quizzes


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This navaid is located at an airport in the northern United States.  It’s on an island that used to be a peninsula.

The airport serves twin cities.  Photos by Manuel de Alba

The answer is Houghton VOR-DME (CMX), at Houghton County Memorial Airport, Hancock, Michigan.  United Express serves Houghton-Hancock, Michigan from Chicago


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Email: vor@dispatcher.org with your guess!

This month's winners:

Arthur Carson - Miami Dade College School of Aviation
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Rob Mathews - Republic Airlines
Adam Gutterman

This navaid is located at an airport in the United States, but not in California.

"Does this VOR make me look fat?"

ANSWER: Punta Gorda (PGD)

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Art Carson - Miami
-Dade College School of Aviation

This navaid is located at a General Aviation airport in the United States.  It is on an RNAV arrival procedure to a major airport.  

A famous cat’s creator and a rebel both grew up near here.

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Email: VOR@dispatcher.org with your guess!

This month's winners:
1.  Wally Wilson
2.  Pete Crawford
3.  Mark Monse - SWA Retired
4.  Dale Gentry - SWA
5.  Adam Schweber - Empire
6.  Arthur Carson - Miami Dade College
7. Adam Gutterman

ANSWER: MZZ (Marion) Indiana

This VOR (visible just above the nose of the aircraft) is in the United States, and is named after the nearby city. 

The local airport (five miles away from the navaid) is served by a Regional Airline, and shares the same identifier.

The City was named after the abundant local trees, but the founders mis-identified the trees; they were actually Junipers.

Answer: Cedar City (CDC)

photo by Dave Birkley

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Email: vor@dispatcher.org with your guess!

This month's winners:
1.  Mark Monse SWA, retired
2.  Adam Schweber  Empire Airlines
3.  Dale Gentry  SWA
4. Art Carson   Miami-Dade College School of Aviation
5.  Timothy Smith SWA
6.  Adam Gutterman
7.  Rob Matthews  Republic Airlines
8.  Ryan Bermel
9.  Stephanie A. Lopez  Expressjet

This navaid shares the name of the nearby small town, and the name and identifier of its general aviation airport.

The town, which is in a sparsely populated area of the U.S., was named after a local rancher and politician, who is named after a lover of horses, but was actually a fan of the buffalo.

The county where it is located is named after a Norwegian King.

Passing through the town is a lousy body of water, but the sun kisses the earth here, allegedly.

Email your guess to: vor@dispatcher.org

Photo by: Nancy Zeglen

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This month's winners:
1. Dale Gentry - SWA
2.  Arthur Carson
3.  Adam Gutterman 
4.  Mark Monse - SWA Retired  
5. Steven Mercer - Empire Airlines
6.  Josh  Gelernter - Sunwing 
7.  Adam Schweber - Empire Airlines