VOR Quizzes

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April 2022 VOR Quiz

This Navaid is located at a busy airport in the United States, and shares its name and identifier.

It was recently relocated (news media reported it as a "radar tower") a short distance to accommodate airport expansion, and was made a Doppler VOR at that time.

It's near an airport viewing area and an interstate highway.

The name of the city (and airport/VOR) refers to a military stockade which was in use during skirmishes with Native Americans.

Photo by Adam Schweber

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Correct answers:

Ed McCoy (in ten minutes!) - Eastern Airlines
Marvin Hood - United Airlines
David Birkley
Dan Dziedzic - United Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines

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The answer is Ft. Lauderdale (FLL). Thanks for playing!

March 2022 VOR Quiz

This Navaid is near a large city, and is on an Arrival Procedure to a busy airport, from the south.

It used to be part of a Departure Procedure, when things were "windy".

Its name is like a bird, but it's actually named after a township.

March 2022

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VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers:

James Hanson - Cape Air (in only 11 minutes!)
Marvin Hood - United Airlines
Patrick Malejana - United Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Adam Schweber - United Airlines

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The answer is Robbinsville (RBV), New Jersey, formerly on the Breezy Point Climb from RW31L/R at JFK, now replaced on the procedure, sadly, by RNGRR...

Photo by Ed McCoy

Jan 2022 VOR Quiz

This navaid is located in the U.S.

It's between two Towns and south of another navaid that's also a Fort.

Not far away is yet another navaid that has the name of a famous seaport,
but this is nowhere near the ocean.

Photo courtesy of John Mahanna

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VOR@dispatcher.org

correct answers:

James Hanson - Cape Air
Marvin Hood - United Airlines

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The answer is New Hope (EWO), Kentucky.
It's located between Elizabethtown and Bardstown, and is south of both Fort Knox and Mystic VORs.

February 2022 VOR Quiz

This navaid is in the United States, serving crowded airspace.

There’s another VOR only 4.7 miles away!

The city’s name where it is located is a portmanteau.

The name of the VOR is not taken from a nearby town or city, but one could
generally state that this area of the country could be called this term.

The city is horse friendly!

Photo courtesy of Lisa Strand

Feb 2022

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VOR@Dispatcher.org

Correct answers were received from:

James Hanson - Cape Air (14 minutes after it was posted!)
Patrick Malejana - United Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Marvin Hood - United Airlines
David Birkley
Adam Schweber - United Airlines

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the answer is Paradise (PDZ), in Norco, California

December 2021 VOR Quiz

This navaid is not in the United States.

It's been decommisioned and replaced with another VOR at a new airport for the city.

That city, a beach destination, is located at the south end of a small cone-shaped country.

The pictured VOR, 3.3 miles north of the old airport, was named after a nearby settlement, the spelling of which is one letter different than the city's. That had to have caused confusion!

The convenient, but space-constrained former city-center airport was closed, and a VOR was commissioned at the new airport, which is located well to the north of the city. That navaid is named for the city, but has a different identifier than the airport.

There's another VOR about two miles to the southeast of this one, at another airport, in the adjacent country.

Challenging airspace!

Photo by Doug Bernat

DEC 21

Email your answers to:
VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers:

James Hanson - Cape Air
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Adam Schweber - United Airlines

This was a hard one! Page down for the answer.

The correct answer is Eilot (LOT), near Eilat, Israel.

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