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VOR Quizzes


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This Navaid is located in the United States.  
It's at a General Aviation airport, which hosts a U.S. Coast Guard Station. 
The airport has had airline service over the years, but there is none currently.
The city it serves, which was named after an investor from New York City, was heavily
involved in the fishing and lumber industries, but now it's known for tourism and its art scene.  


Photo by Jim Hanson

October 2025

the answer is Astoria (AST), Oregon



This Navaid is at an airport in the United States. 

Its identifier is different than that of the airport,
and it relates to the name of the company that first used that airport as a hub.

It's a former USAF base.

The city that it serves shares a name with two other U.S. cities
with airline service, and one VOR!

  Those three cities' airports all share two letters otheir identifiers.



September 2025

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VOR@Dispatcher.org


Correct answers from:

Bill Sablesak
John Barry
Endeavor Air Dispatchers Tevin Em, Andrew McWhinnie and Alan Zhou
Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
Michael Vane
Kenneth Dechmerowski

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Midwest - MXQ
at Wilmington OH (ILN)
the former Clinton County Air Force Base
Midwest-Airborne Charter Express, which became Airborne Express

Thanks for the photo, Richard Fellie!

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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VOR@Dispatcher.org

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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 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

Email your answer to


VOR@Dispatcher.org

Scroll down for correct Answer

Correct answers from:

Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
Yale Oseroff - Allegiant Air
Chuck Mann - United Airlines
Tevin Em - Endeavor Airlines
Alan Zhou - Endeavor Airlines
Bill Sablesak




Correct Answer:
CLT (Charlotte)

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