Posted by zach on June 27, 2001 at 17:42:37:
In Reply to: Air Traffic Control posted by D on June 25, 2001 at 19:34:24:
: When I listen to Seattle Center I hear them say names of VOR's like 'Moses'
: 'Tatoosh', "direct Redwood Falls" or "direct Janesville" and so on. But when I hear names on Seattle Approach I'm not sure they're VORTAC's.
: I was woundering if anyone knew what they were. They are- "park" "anvil" and "magnum".
: And why do flights only going to Anchorage get "direct layer" ?
Yeah- everyone else is right. Those fixes are PARKK, ANVIL, and MGNUM, and are part of the ILS (instrument landing system) for runway 16R at SeaTac. All fixes have five alphanumeric characters (ie, BLUIT, F158F). Below is an image of the chart which depicts the fixes you inquired about. As for the Anchorage flights, I don't know because I cannot receive the sector that sends those flights up there.
zach