This low altitude VORTAC is in the United States. It’s named after the geological feature adjacent to it, which is a former lake. The nearby ghost town of the same name still exists as a Greyhound bus stop. There is another VORTAC in the same county, which is named after that county. It’s in an empty basin.
This high altitude VOR is located in North America.
It's named after the general vicinity.
There is Regional Airline service to the two nearby cities, each from a different country!
Its name is frequently mispronounced.
There is a famous folk song about a disaster nearby.
photo by Patrick Boyle
correct answers:
Ethan St. Martin - United Airlines John Barry Tom Norwood Richard Fellie - Air Transport International Craig Symons - United Airlines Mike Vane Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines Charles Cotton - Southwest Airlines
It’s a low altitude VOR, not an an airport, near a large man-made lake, which started as a hydroelectric project, and became a very popular vacation destination.
The VOR’s name references a meteorological condition that one expects on vacation. A crime drama television series is set in this area, and named after it.
Ed McCoy - United Airlines Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines Tom Norwood John Barry Ethan St. Martin - United Airlines Dan Dziedzic - United Airlines Craig Symons - United Airlines
***revised*** (or, "release 2 for clue revision"):
This Navaid is located outside the United States.
It's at an airport, on an island, but does not share the same name or identifier as that airport. It's actually named after the nearby bay.
This airport, which has a single runway, does most of its business in the peak summer travel season, with many flights from airports on the same continent.
