Cartoons can be found at the international airport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. “I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” Click for large chart. The Orlando area has many other fixes named after Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros characters: Click for large chartĭisney’s Academy Award winning “Aladdin” is honored with the fixes JAZMN (Jasmine) and JAFAR.įinally, the arrival procedure’s namesake, PIGLT ( Piglet), and his friend TTIGR (Tigger) from “Winnie The Pooh” are featured. The PIGLT arrival includes three references to Disney’s “The Lion King”: HKUNA, MTATA ( Hakuna Matata) and RFIKI ( Rafiki). The PIGLT ( Piglet) arrival to Orlando International can’t be beat! Jafar and Jasmine in Aladdinįor Disney fans, the Orlando, Florida area is filled with fun fix names. They are located on a low altitude airway (V312) between New York City and Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Tonight Show host, Jimmy Fallon has two fixes named in his honor, JIMEE and FALON. With only five letters to work with, the spellings are often creative! Here are a few notable examples. It’s a small part of what makes aviation interesting and fun.Ĭelebrities are often honored by having fixes named after them. There are some really clever fix names out there. Air traffic controllers have a pretty vivid imagination and a great sense of humor. The FAA’s Office of Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) checks the names to make sure they are unique, pronounceable, and not obscene or controversial.
When airways or procedures are being designed or modified, local FAA facility employees often recommend fix names. Fixes are given five letter names (like NOISE and WEEDY) to make them easy for pilots and air traffic controllers to reference. Navigation fixes are intersections or points along airways (highways in the sky) and airport arrival/departure procedures. What are Navigation Fixes? 5 letter fixes displayed on an aircraft FMC.
Read on for some fun fix naming nonsense! To make navigation and communication a little easier, most of the fixes are given names. Air navigation maps and computers contain thousands of routes and waypoints (or fixes) to help pilots and air traffic controllers keep track of where the airplanes are.
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