Oddly Named Way-Points

ILS - NO GLIDE · Post by **ILS - NO GLIDE** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:34 pm

Anyone come across any strangely named way-points lately? Coming out of Bucharest, Romania the other day we had ENIMA on our SID.....

2low · Post by **2low** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:46 pm

IWACK

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:46 pm

Theres a SEKOK here and a few other humorous ones..

My favorite is hearing the newfies call whatcom.. WAYYYYTCOMB

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:57 pm

The MAP in Terrace, SUXUP... cause that is what you are gunna have to do with the gear and the flaps if you get there

. . · Post by **. .** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:27 pm

everyone's favourite call into YAM, "abreast the HUTER"

metal overcast · Post by **metal overcast** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:36 pm

there is the PENIS arrival going into KEWR

flythefrigginplane · Post by **flythefrigginplane** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:12 pm

saw an app plate once that was
ITHOD ITAWA PUTTY TATTA IDEED

Can't recall for where it was but I looked up the fixes here

http://www.airnav.com/airspace/fix/

Raydar · Post by **Raydar** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:17 pm

JIZPU

shitdisturber · Post by **shitdisturber** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:00 pm

It ain't Star Wars, why are we doing the Jedi arrival?

Snowgoose · Post by **Snowgoose** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:11 pm

YYQ has ADICT and ODBOX. Quite fitting if you have actually beed there.

broompusher · Post by **broompusher** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:19 pm

Some time ago I was cleared Direct "CRAZYWOMAN"

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:58 pm

That is to the Crazy Woman VOR in Wyoming. The natives had what is to white man, unusual names. Look in the phone books of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta and you will find natives with names like White Man Left. Born with a Tooth, Shot Both Sides. I suspect that is an Anglo Saxon interpetation of their Blackfoot nation traditional names. Most of the intersection manes are intended to be simply computer keystrokes in the future. A lot of the names come from a shortend or lenghtened version of a gazetted place in the vicinity. In the Calgary area, you have TORON to the North and VUCAN to the south, over the towns of Torrington and Vulcan. SEKOK is near Wreck Beach in Vancouver (The clothing optoinal beach near Stanley Park) The names for the ILS in Terrace are named after the family of a long time dept. of Transport employee.

Quebecflyer · Post by **Quebecflyer** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:08 pm

Ever fly over GLR VOR in Michigan... Stands for GAYLORD

Cleared direct, Gaylord, then proceed for the full procedure backcourse...

Who would want to do that....

Check Pilot · Post by **Check Pilot** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:27 pm

Regina,

Brophy, Findlay and Ajax.

The names of three departed friends that have joined the ranks of the angels.

RIP to all three.

WJflyer · Post by **WJflyer** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:36 pm

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/ge ... /2429210/a

sprucemonkey · Post by **sprucemonkey** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:02 am

How fitting for YVR to have a fix called WEED. Cant remember how it was spelled though. Is it still there, as its been 6 months or so since Ive been.

ypph · Post by **ypph** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:55 am

a few from australia:

an arrival into brisbane QLD has the following waypoints- Leakee, Boat, Sink

Another in Perth WA: Larry, curly and moe

all good laughs!!

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:06 am

If it is the name of an NDB in Canada, they use a name, usually local. In Regina, Dave Brophy, Dave Findlay and Al Thompson (Ajax) were well know flight instructors, recently deceased. In Calgary, we have the Sarcee and Blackfoot NDB,s Those are all local Native names. All the rest, GPS waypoints have to hve a 5 letter name. As mentioned before, eventually, they will become simply computer keystrokes, much like an arrival name will prompt the GPS computer to load the entire arrival sequence and key in the FAF or runway and the approach will be loaded from the data base. SOme of the people who design the procedures are haveing a bit of fun. If you knew the local history or some of the local people, you will find all sorts of this thing. Perfectly harmless fun, AKA civil servants.

CGZMT · Post by **CGZMT** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:17 pm

At the local flight school all of our 172s equipped with gps had 455 James. Oddly enough its not just an address but a lifestyle. Here ya go PILE and JC

brownsideup · Post by **brownsideup** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:47 pm

Request " IWACK CHUBB"....uhhhh .... (possible routing from YVR TO YXS)

ils09 · Post by **ils09** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:02 pm

@ YVR on the approach for 12 there is FAGUE

snag · Post by **snag** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:47 am

The YIV and YST control areas are two intersecting circles. Where they cross at the top was supposed to be called CLEVG, it is now UKUGA (?), although where they intersect on the south side is still called BUTT.

(ref: CFS)

blue_side_up · Post by **blue_side_up** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:36 am

I've flown over KOKSY waypoint somewhere in Europe. My favorite though is entering France from the West and talking to 'Brest control'. Now if they could only get the spelling right.

MDA · Post by **MDA** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:11 am

The tweety and sylvester plate is here. (link may expire after the 24th)

http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0511/00678R16.PDF

For information sake, all US airport sids, stars, approaches, airport diagrams, and charted visual proceedures are available online, free (and current) at the following:

http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp

But you can only get them one at a time, you can't download a bunch at once.

Panama Jack · Post by **Panama Jack** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:24 am

Aparently, there is a waypoint down in the US named EIEIO.

While not a waypoint, there is a VOR-DME in Colombia named "Mariquita" (MQU)-- which normally means ladybug, but is commonly used as a vulgar Spanish equivalent of "faggot."

Along those lines, YVR distinguishes itself as Canada's western Homopolis when you look at some of the ILS waypoints for the east and west facing runways (going both ways)-- SEKOK, FAGUE, stuff like that.