newbe to air nav

[jeffreyinberthoud]

I am wondering if someone could post a sticky telling us what each of these abreviations mean\\\
examples below

airport with no tower

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.725
WX AWOS-3: 118.825 (303-541-9540)
WX AWOS-3 at LMO (8 nm N): 120.00 (303-684-7545)
WX AWOS-3 at EIK (8 nm E): 133.825 (303-604-4339)
WX AWOS-3 at BJC (9 nm SE): PHONE 720-887-8067

Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq Var
BJCr321/8.6 JEFFCO VOR/DME 115.40 11E
DVVr276/29.0 MILE HIGH VORTAC 114.70 11E
DENr287/29.3 DENVER VOR/DME 117.90 11E
FQFr296/34.9 FALCON VORTAC 116.30 11E

airport with tower

UNICOM: 122.95
ATIS: 125.6(ARR)(303-342-0819) 134.025(DEP)(303-342-0820) 379.9 ARR (303-342-0819)
WX ASOS: PHONE 303-342-0838
DENVER GROUND: 121.85(RYS 08/26; 17L/35R & 17R/35L) 127.5 RYS 07/25, 16L/34R AND 16R/34L 377.1(RYS 08/26; 17L/35R & 17R/35L) 380.3 RYS 07/25, 16L/34R AND 16R/34L
DENVER TOWER: 124.3(RYS 08/26 & 17L/35R) 132.35 RY 07/25 133.3(RY 17R/35L) 135.3 RYS 16L/34R & 16R/34L 256.85 RYS 08/26 & 17L/35R 273.55 RY 07/25 322.45(RY 17R/35L) 351.95 RYS 16L/34R & 16R/34L
DENVER APPROACH: 119.3(NORTH) 120.35(SOUTH) 307.3(NORTH) 381.5(SOUTH)
DENVER DEPARTURE: 127.05(NORTH) 363.25(NORTH)
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 118.75
CLASS B: 134.85(NORTH) 251.125 NORTH
CLASS B DEP/P: 126.1(WEST) 128.25(EAST) 128.45(SOUTH) 251.075(SOUTH) 360.75(WEST) 371.95(EAST)
FINAL CTL: 120.8
WX AWOS-3 at FTG (8 nm SE): 119.025 (303-261-9104)
WX ASOS at APA (19 nm SW): PHONE 303-706-9098
WX AWOS-3 at EIK (19 nm NW): 133.825 (303-604-4339)

EMERG FREQS 121.5/243.0 NOT AVBL AT ATCT.

 

[mtindor]

WX - weather
VOR
ASOS
AWOS
CTAF
UNICOM
DME
VORTAC - A colocated VOR and TACAN beacon
ATIS
RY/RYS - Runway/Runways - ##L and ##R would be left/right

Notice most of that information was found via Google or Wikipedia.org.

EIK (Erie Muni, CO), BJC (Rocky Mtn Metro, Denver) and LMO (Longmont - Vance Brand Muni) are airport designators - http://www.airnav.com/airport/??? where ??? is the three characters.

I'm not expert at aviation monitoring or anything related to aviation - But I occasionally monitor aircraft frequencies. www.flightaware.com is an interesting site by the way. In your local area plug in the ICAO designator of your airport (for instance, I plug in KPIT for PIT - the K is the prefix you use for an american airport I think). You can then see arrivals and departures and flight numbers and sometimes tail numbers - you can look up an incoming or outgoing flight from an airport, etc.

Mike

I am wondering if someone could post a sticky telling us what each of these abreviations mean\\\
examples below

 

[Newark777]

for instance, I plug in KPIT for PIT - the K is the prefix you use for an american airport I think

PIT would be the IATA code and KPIT the ICAO code, and 'K' is used on all US ICAO airports except for Hawaii and Alaska, which use P (for example, PHNL and PANC, Honolulu and Anchorage respectively).

 

[mtindor]

PIT would be the IATA code and KPIT the ICAO code, and 'K' is used on all US ICAO airports except for Hawaii and Alaska, which use P (for example, PHNL and PANC, Honolulu and Anchorage respectively).

Thanks for the clarification. It's always confusing to me which is which.

- Mike

 

[jeffreyinberthoud]

its all greek to me

PIT would be the IATA code and KPIT the ICAO code, and 'K' is used on all US ICAO airports except for Hawaii and Alaska, which use P (for example, PHNL and PANC, Honolulu and Anchorage respectively).

but thanks for nothin

 

[Newark777]

but thanks for nothin

What are you still confused about?

Thanks for the clarification. It's always confusing to me which is which.

The easiest way I remembered it was that IATA had A's in it, which come first in the alphabet, and they have the smaller codes:

LHR = Heathrow
B6 = JetBlue

ICAO has a C, which comes later in the alphabet, and has the longer codes:

EGLL = Heathrow
JBU = JetBlue