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VOR Quizzes


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This navaid is located at a U.S. airport, in a city named after a Royal.
 
A miracle is commemorated nearby, as well as a fatal airline crash.

Aug 2025

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Correct answers from:

Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
Yale Oseroff - Allegiant Air
Alan Zhou - Endeavor AIr
Tevin Em - Endeavor Air
Chuck Mann - United Airlines
Bill Sablesak
Kade Merrell - Endeavor Air
John Barry
Michael Vane
Bryce J. Harden - Kalitta Air

















The answer is Charlotte (CLT)
photo by Ed Pataky

This navaid is located in the United States.
It's at a regional airport with no airline service, and shares its name and identifier.
The airport and navaid are named after the county, not the nearby city. But its identifier relates to the city's name!
The county's name is an element

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Carbon
Correct Answers (page down for the answer):

Joe Sabal - Endeavor Air
Kade Merrell - Endeavor Air
Ed Pataky - PSA Airlines
John Barry
Yale Oseroff
Bill Sablesak
Tevin Em - Endeavor Air
Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
Alan Zhou + Andrew McWhinnie - Endeavor Air
Bryce Harden - Kalitta Air
Benjamin Suriani - Sun Country Airlines
Ethan St. Martin - United Airlines
Chuck Mann - United Airlines



















The answer is Carbon (PUC), Utah

This VORTAC is located in the United States.  It's named after the nearby city.  The identifier is the same as the city's airport, but it is located 5.8 miles away.
That city is a stop on the Amtrak system, and was named after the wife of a railroad baron.
The airport hasn't had airline service for 72 years.  The nearest airline-served airport is 73 nautical miles away.
"Florida" is nearby.
photo by Jane Weaver (coincidentally, Gail Brooks sent a video of it the same week!)

may 2025


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orrect answers from:

David Birkley
Bill Sablesak
Yale Oseroff 
John Barry
Ed Pataky - PSA Airlines
Alex Johnson- Southwest Airlines
Tevin Em - Endeavor Air
Alan Zhou - Endeavor Air
Tom Waters - United Airlines
Kade Merrell - Endeavor Air
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Benjamin Suriani - Endeavor Air
Michael Vane
Ed McCoy - United Airlines









The answer is Deming, NM (DMN)


This month's navaid is a Terminal VOR, located at a joint-use (civil-military) airfield in the U.S.
The airfield, named after the nearby small city, has a different ID than the VOR.  
The city was named after an animal which no longer exists in that area.


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correct answers from:

Ed Pataky - PSA Airlines
Alan Zhou - Endeavor Air
Bryce J. Harden - Kalitta Air
Andrew Poure - Kalitta Air
Andrew McWhinnie - Endeavor Air  
Rusty Merrell - Endeavor Air
Tevin Em - Endeavor Air
Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
Yale Oseroff
Chuck Mann - United Airlines
Harmen Kang

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The answer is Grayling, Michigan (CGG)

This month's navaid is located at an airport serving the capital of an archipelagic nation. 
It has the same identifier as that airport.
The airport has one asphalt runway and a very busy waterdrome.
The capital city is one of the most densely populated in the world.


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Correct Answers:

Alan Zhou - Endeavor Air
James Hanson
Tevin Em and Kade Merrell - Endeavor Air
Bill Sablesak
John Barry
Yale Oseroff - Allegiant Air
Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
David Sigel - UPS
Ed McCoy - United Airlines
Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
Bryce J. Harden - Kalitta Air
Ryan Noon - Southwest Airlines

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The answer is Male (MLE) Maldives

photo by Derek Hellmann