I was doing this flight yesterday from KDFW to KAUS I noticed something interesting about name of the waypoints for the STAR and Approach at KAUS!
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Thatās cool
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KLAX also has some cool ones. One for example is Ironman
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Yeah some areas of the world feature symbolic or just hilarious waypoints. Let me look up what Star Wars has to do with Austin.
Edit: Iāve got nothing. Maybe itās just there but the location is not relevant.
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I know there is some airport in the US which has foods as fixes for itās procedures
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woah thatās kinda cool actually!
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Welcome to Austin, weāre weird
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This is so cool! STARS and fixes are typically named after landmarks or features theyāre near.
Boston has some awesome ones;
All sports teams
BRUWN5
CELTK5
REVSS4
PATSS5
SSOX5
Food:
LBSTA6
CHOWDR
Other places:
JFUND5
HARVD
There are so many more but these are the ones I know off the top of my head. I love finding cool STARs and SIDS around the world!
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The US Army uses callsign JEDI as Iāve seen callsign JEDI01
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Yeah Kansas City KMCI has SPICY BARBQ RIBBS, which lends to the barbeque culture that is deeply ingrained in Kansas City
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Those are awesome! KATL also has a lot of nice ones, from lord of the rings:
-SMAWG
-HOBTT
-GOLLM
-FRDDO
-BGGNS
-MORDR
-GONDR
-GNDLF
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I never noticed thatā¦there are some clever waypoint name sequences in the US.
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Oh you could say I like Star Warsā¦
They couldāve used a five letter word from SW instead of botching a four letter, like DARTH, VADER, or PHSMA
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Thatās a university not a place
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Just like for BWI, where there is a waypoint called TERPS for University of Maryland
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Haha, nice find!
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Pretty sure it would be considered a place too š
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I rest my case. Case closed. law gavel slams on the table
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There is a whole bunch of funny ones here, KDTW has Top Gun themed ones and KMCO has Disney Characters
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they should rename this STAR as āWARRS4ā or something
ādescend via the STAR WARRS4ā damn Iād love to hear that IRL.
and if it was a solo flight all the better.
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