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Victor airways

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on either side of the centerline (at 51 NM from a navaid, 4.5 degrees from the centerline of a radial is equivalent to 4 NM). The maximum width of the airway is at a designated changeover point between the two navaids, usually half
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When VORs are more than 102 NM from each other, the width of the airway in the middle increases to account for the increased margin of error in the VOR signal. The width of the airway beyond 51 NM from a navaid is
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The VOR station shown on this chart has airways shown at bearings of 086, 116, 129, 257, 296, and 313. Another airway emanating from a different station also crosses the south-west corner of the map.
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on each side of the centerline prescribed for such an airway, and is expanded along a line diverging 4.5° on each side of the centerline from the designated facility.
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on each side of the centerline prescribed for such an airway, and is expanded along a line diverging 5° on each side of the centerline from the designated facility.
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Victor airways have minimum (and possibly maximum) altitudes for IFR operations established. For VFR operations, victor airways are just a subset of so-called
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Victor airways are depicted as black solid lines on IFR Low-Altitude Enroute charts and as thick faded blue lines on VFR Terminal and
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on each side of the centreline. RNAV T-route airspace and protection areas do not splay with distance from the waypoint.
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of secondary obstacle protection area on each side of the centreline. The airspace associated with RNAV T-routes is 10
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FAA Order 8260.3C, United States Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS)
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routes have dimensions of 4 NM of primary obstacle protection area, plus 2
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The width of the victor corridor depends on the distance from the
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FAA Order JO 7400.11B, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points
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Controlled low-level airways extend upwards from 2,200 ft
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FAA Order JO 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters
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in FAA Order JO 7400.11. They are available for flight below
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Low altitude flight corridors in Canada and the United States
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In the United States, Victor airways are designated by the
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up to, but not including, 18,000 feet (5,500 m)
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Index


United States
Canada
airways
VHF omnidirectional range
ICAO phonetic alphabet
FAA
Flight Level
above mean sea level
instrument flight rules
visual flight rules
Class E
above ground level (AGL)
above mean sea level (AMSL)
Sectional Area charts
navigational aids
nautical miles
degrees
AGL
ASL
VHF
UHF
NM
LF
MF
NM
VOR
VORTAC
NDB
RNAV

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