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Random Griz Aviation Musings
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I think it's a scheme that was originally developed by FAA Great Lakes Region. For whatever reason they decided non-towered airports in the Ohio valley are going to begin with the letter I. I think it was just arbitrary. My home airport is I68, Warren County.
I think it's more than arbitrary. There must be some master list that someone came up with, presumably after WWII and all the OLFs were divested. Montana uses U and S, Texas uses T (of course it does) and R, and Florida uses FA (Florida aerodrome, presumably) and FL.
Because I be white and nerdy...
FAA Order JO 7350.9GG
This graphic below is for private use airfields. Public use are one-letter, two-number, and I think the I derives from the center, ZID (Indianapolis). The pub says the identifiers don't change with a change of ARTCC boundaries, so even if it's moved to Cleveland (ZOB), if it was Indianapolis when designated, it stays.
I assume the W codes used around Pax are for Washington Center, which is ZDC, but D is probably reserved for Denver.
There are plenty of Os in identifiers.
I feel like you could make one of those Bud Light, Real Men of Genius commercials about the people behind nomenclatures.
Here's to you, Mr. FAA Identifier Schema Designer. Without you, our untowered airfields identifiers would be a mix of random characters and dirty jokes.
Who says the FAA doesn't have a sense of humor...
And if you ever wanted to fly this approach... BUDD Three Arrival to Belleville IL.
As a Flying Club, we are starting to use FlySto : https://www.flysto.net/home - application to analyze and visualize avionics logs.
Anyone with digital avionics that log aircraft position/performance/and engine data will find this super interesting. For example, we've been using SD card data from Garmin G5 AHARS. G1000 data will also work or platforms like Avidyne or anything else out there that logs CSV data from FMS/AHARS, etc.
@Gatordev , @PhrogPhlyer , @taxi1 , and @Griz882 among others should find this platform interesting.
Basically this is "FOQA In A Box". I think we are going to use the data to generate reports and highlight gross excursions as a means to improve safety.
Here is a sample trip around the pattern in our club Cessna 206 Stationair
https://www.flysto.net/logs/bnyf06i...hidden=AltB,GS[],TAS,*WindShear&check=1yk8huc
It will even warn of potential wake turbulence using ADS B records, or even potential mid air collision
Anyone with digital avionics that log aircraft position/performance/and engine data will find this super interesting. For example, we've been using SD card data from Garmin G5 AHARS. G1000 data will also work or platforms like Avidyne or anything else out there that logs CSV data from FMS/AHARS, etc.
@Gatordev , @PhrogPhlyer , @taxi1 , and @Griz882 among others should find this platform interesting.
Basically this is "FOQA In A Box". I think we are going to use the data to generate reports and highlight gross excursions as a means to improve safety.
Here is a sample trip around the pattern in our club Cessna 206 Stationair
https://www.flysto.net/logs/bnyf06i...hidden=AltB,GS[],TAS,*WindShear&check=1yk8huc
It will even warn of potential wake turbulence using ADS B records, or even potential mid air collision
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Skybert
The video playbacks are really great