{"id":49946,"date":"2021-08-11T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49946"},"modified":"2021-08-10T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:35:01","slug":"navcanada-decommissions-lw-and-mw-non-directional-beacons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/navcanada-decommissions-lw-and-mw-non-directional-beacons\/","title":{"rendered":"NavCanada decommissions LW and MW non-directional beacons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by John McArthur via Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Markku Koskinen, who shares the following announcement from NAV CANADA:<\/p>\n

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NAVAID Modernization Program \u2013 Phase 6 National<\/h1>\n

NAV CANADA, the country’s provider of civil air navigation services, conducted an aeronautical study that reviewed the requirement for Non-Directional Beacons (NDBs) and Very-High Frequency Omnidirectional Rangefinders (VORs).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study concluded that given the comprehensive radar surveillance coverage, and the propensity of area navigation (RNAV) with GNSS equipped aircraft, many navigation aids (NAVAIDS) are no longer required and should be decommissioned.<\/p>\n

Where a current NAVAID identified in the study serves as an instrument approach aid or anchors an airway segment, NAV CANADA will ensure that a RNAV (GNSS) instrument approach procedure or RNAV airway segment is published, where required, before removal of the identified NAVAID.<\/p>\n

Implementation is ongoing and will progress for the next several years. The sixth phase is represented below. Subsequent Notices of Change will be published for each upcoming phase.<\/p>\n

Indicator – NAVAID Facility Name<\/p>\n

YEA – Empress VOR
\nXD – Edmonton\/Blatchford NDB
\nYHK – Gjoa Haven NDB
\nNL – St. John\u2019s\/Signal Hill NDB
\nML – Charlevoix NDB
\nYPH – Inukjuak NDB
\nYKG – Kangiqsujuaq NDB
\nYXK – Rimouski NDB
\nYMU – Umiujaq NDB
\nYRR – Ottawa\/Greely NDB
\nUL – Montreal NDB
\nOU – Quebec\/Ste-Foy NDB
\nYLQ – La Tuque NDB
\nUFX – Lourdes-de-Joliette\/St-Felix-de-Valois NDB
\nNM – Matagami NDB
\nYLA – Aupaluk NDB
\nVLV – St-Georges\/Beauce VOR
\nYZA – Ashcroft NDB
\nLU – Abbotsford\/Cultus NDB
\nQQ – Comox NDB
\nIB – Atikokan NDB
\nVC – La Ronge NDB
\nZHD – Dryden\/Barclay NDB
\nYL – Lynn Lake NDB
\nQW – North Battleford NDB
\nTH – Thompson NDB
\nZTH – Thompson\/Headframe NDB
\nBY – Beechy NDB
\nQN – Nakina NDB
\nYSB – Sudbury VOR
\nZSB – Sudbury\/Noranda NDB
\nYXI – Killaloe VOR
\nYSO – Simcoe\/Lindsay (Kawartha Lakes) VOR<\/p>\n

This change will take effect August 12, 2021 at 0901 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The appropriate aeronautical publications will be amended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Markku Koskinen, who shares the following announcement from NAV CANADA: NAVAID Modernization Program \u2013 Phase 6 National NAV CANADA, the country’s provider of civil air navigation services, conducted an aeronautical study that reviewed the requirement for Non-Directional Beacons (NDBs) and Very-High Frequency Omnidirectional Rangefinders (VORs). The study concluded that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5984,3],"tags":[7139,4776,8941,9404,9403,7734],"class_list":["post-49946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-news","tag-aviation","tag-beacons","tag-markku-koskinen","tag-nav-canada","tag-ndbs","tag-non-directional-beacons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cZA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36996,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/thomas-n1spy-explores-the-world-of-non-directional-beacons-ndbs\/","url_meta":{"origin":49946,"position":0},"title":"Thomas (N1SPY) explores the world of non-directional beacons (NDBs)","author":"Thomas","date":"April 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who shares the following: Thomas, N1SPY did a follow up video [to this previous post] where he explained a few details about NDBs (Non Directional Beacons). 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