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The defined routes through the air that aircraft follow to get from place to place.

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Looking at historic (mid-60s) European airways charts, most of the airways have a colour+number naming scheme e.g. "Red One" abbreviated as R1, other ...
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Chapter 5, section 3 of the AIM says that victor airways are "designated from 1200 ft above the surface (*or in some instances higher) up to but not including 18,000 ft MSL." What are the ...
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V155 is an airway that terminates at the BROOKE VORTAC on the 214 radial. The chart supplement says all of its radials are unusable (radials 001 thru 360). How could this be a valid route since no ...
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Assuming I'm not using a computer program to generate a flight plan for me, for cross-country IFR flight planning in the United States, how quickly after finishing departure procedures is one supposed ...
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I'm a plane spotter with only general information about air traffic. I'm aware that airplanes can fly only alongside airways. They should fly on the middle of the air routes. However, each airway is ...
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Why some airways, (example T358) are drawn in blue, while other (example V44) are drawn in white? I can not see any difference between blue and white airways, step between waypoints, direction and ...
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In What is the number in a closed box right below a victor airway? I noticed: What is an "Alternate Airway"? The radial value placement looks the same to me. The N suffix (after V2) is not ...
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I'm just curious if it's ever possible to file for, and/or fly, an altitude that is above an airway restriction. Say if the airway has an altitude restriction of FL410 or less. Is it ever possible to ...
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What are these shaded areas? I looked in the Jeppesen legend, but couldn't find the answer. Thanks
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There are a few victor airways that cross without a named fix, just two solid lines drawn over each other on the IFR low charts. Can these be used as intersections for changing airways in IFR route ...
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I know ATS routes are made up of waypoints, but what are Significant Points used for? Is there a difference, or are they really just two names for the same thing?
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For example, from RCTP - ZGGG the route is AJENT MKG A1 ANPOG R200 GLN W22 IDUMA via the AJENT SID to the IDUMA STAR. What does "A1 or R200 or W22" mean? Are they just randomly allocated letters with ...
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Class E with a floor of 1,200 feet AGL is shown with the "fuzzy" side of the blue. And sometimes Class E has a floor higher than 1,200 feet. They will print the floor of the Class E altitude in the "...
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I'm a low-time VFR pilot (100hrs) in the United States. I have not yet started IFR training (other than XC time building). I understand the purposes and reasons why the Victor airways exist. I also ...
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Newbie here. I hear quite a lot airplanes and helicopters and all kind of weird flying things above my head, at least one every 2 or 3 minutes, so I started tracking them with ADS-B. There's a ...
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