Airway (aviation)

This instrument flight rules chart shows low-altitude airways in the Oakland Area Control Center (near San Francisco, California).

In the United States, airways[1] or air routes are defined by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in two ways:

"VOR Federal airways and Low/Medium Frequency (L/MF) (Colored) Federal airways"[2]

These are designated routes which aeroplanes fly to aid in navigation and help with separation to avoid accidents.[3][4][5][a] Airways are defined with segments within a specific altitude block, corridor width, and between fixed geographic coordinates for satellites navigation system, or between ground-based radio transmitter navigational aids (navaids; such as VORs or NDBs) or the intersection of specific radials of two navaids.

  1. ^ Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 31. ISBN 9780850451634.
  2. ^ "Air Traffic Service Routes - Section 3. Federal Airways". Archived from the original on 2020-10-19.
  3. ^ Gunston, Bill (2004). The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. pp. 34. ISBN 978-0521841405.
  4. ^ FAA regulations 5-3-4. Airways and Route Systems in Section 3. En Route Procedures; archived from www.faa.gov, accessed 25 October 2020
  5. ^ Airway (definition)- Airway Description www.skybrary.aero, accessed 25 October 2020


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