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Airport Waypoints

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:55 pm
by Deimos
A friend of mine is a pilot for Southwest Airlines.
He just sent me a pic of the Waypoint listings for Atlanta's (Hartsfield -Jackson) airport.
Said he landed using Gandalf 1.

Atlanta airport waypoints rev.jpg

Re: Airport Waypoints

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:06 am
by BladeCollector
hahaha, thats funny!

Re: Airport Waypoints

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:21 am
by Deimos
Yeah, it is.
Some people think the pilot sets the waypoint names (like you would on a personal GPS receiver) but he doesn't.
It's the airport that chooses its waypoint names.
There's a website I recall seeing that is titled something like "Funny airport waypoint names."
So (imo) Hartsfield - Jackson airport is just 'way cool for choosing ME names.

Re: Airport Waypoints

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:41 am
by Idril
Must be a big ME fan there. :)