allardjd 1,853 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 There are a whole series of waypoints with 2-character identifiers surrounding Colombo, Sri Lanka. I haven't noticed any others like that anywhere else. John Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Spotted more fishies.. this time around Hong Kong ...BREAM, CONGA, PRAWN,PERCH, ROACH, SAMON, SNAPA, SKATE, TROUT and WHALE (ok thats a mammal not a fish, but still swims in the OCEAN, which is also a WP in the terminal area. If you fancy some fruit, there are GUAVA and LIMES as well Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 I have to admit to being more than a little mystified by the RAPED intersection a few miles from Nice airport on the extended center line of 04R Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Definitely mystified Nigel... and I thought the south of France was a lovely place. There is one near Paris called AMORO ... kinda makes up for the 'warning' for Nice eh Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 There's one in Florida named INBRD. Kind of goes along with RDNEK and REDNK. (the latter in Texas) John Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 @ John A , any idea who picked the names and when? Its obvious they must have had a laugh doing it, but are thise waypoints there forever now or do they get to have more fun another day? Just curious where all these names originated and why... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 They are mostly done by the various aviation authorities, CAA, FAA, etc. and I suppose some of the international bodies such as ICAO or the EC aviation weenies have a hand in it too, though it's hard to imagine anyone in the EC hierarchy having a sense of humor. I thought they had to have them surgically removed. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Thanks John.. yeah, hard to believe those chaps at EU Air have any sense of humour! Don't get me started on Brussels and those overpaid Eurocrats with delusions of grandeur! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Quote ...with delusions of grandeur! Do you mean delusions of adequacy? John Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,287 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 I have tried a few times to search for the actual office that creates them but only got as far as John's answers. Like Steph, I thought it odd that the decisions are made high up the ladder, more like a bunch of jokesters, yucking it up in tiny basement offices. The inside jokes gets around worldwide through observational learning. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 It may be that the rank and file in the various FAA locations get involved with proposing new routes, procedures and the waypoint names to go with them. I note a lot of what looks like "inside humor" where you'd have to be familiar with the area to really understand some of the more subtle ones. I also get the strong impression at times that there are hidden meanings in some that go right over my head because I don't have the local insight. John Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 They say that if you give a bunch of monkeys a typewriter they will eventually come up with the works of Shakespeare. I guess that applies to the creators of way points and humour! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 There's a VOR HAMADAN in Iran with the ID HAM. Don't tell the Ayatollahs. John Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I bet there isn't any SHAHS in Iran. Wonder if there's a MARMITE VOR. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Wonder if there's a MARMITE VOR. If there's not, there ought to be. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Intersections ROMEO and JULIT in Nepal, of all places. John Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 LAUREL & HARDY ? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Quote LAUREL & HARDY ? Waypoint HARDY exists in four places, China; Norway; Thailand; Brazil LAURL (has to be five characters or less) is in the Gulf of Mexico off Houston. John Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Since I've been working with terminal procedures lately I've seen another one. PIGLT TWO STAR into KMCO and other Orlando airports has these waypoints which I believe line up with Disney items... HKUNA \ > Hakuna Matata (Lion King song) MTATA / JAZMN - Jasmine, from Aladdin JAFAR - Jafar, from Aladdin PIGLT - Piglet, from Winnie the Pooh RFIKI - Rafiki, from the Lion King TTIGR - Tigger, of course There are a few others after than in the STAR that I can't make any connection to. John 2 Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,287 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Good ones. I still haven't found out how and where these are made up. Link to post Share on other sites
Jess-b 420 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 I know in the older version of the navdata for fsx, we use to have a waypoint called NOSDA heading into Cardiff. Nos Da is Welsh for goodnight. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Auger 22 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Here's one for you http://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/1507/00678r16.pdf ITAWT ITAWA PUDYE TTATT 1 Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/09/federal-aviation-administration-rebukes-donald-trump/ "The agency said Thursday it intends to rename three navigation points near Palm Beach International Airport in Florida that currently are named for the billionaire and Republican presidential candidate. It’s fairly common for the FAA to name such points, which are used by pilots and air traffic controllers, for local figures. Trump has a home in Palm Beach. In 2010, a local air traffic controller named the points DONLD, TRMMP and UFIRED. The last is a reference to the catchphrase “You’re fired” from Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice.” The FAA said in a statement that the agency generally chooses names that are non-controversial. Trump has been under fire for recent statements accusing many immigrants of being drug dealers and rapists." EDIT: Aha, I thought they had it wrong. Waypoints are always five characters and the correct name of what the article refers to as "UFIRED" is "UFIRD". The press have a problem when reporting on anything related to aviation - can't even get that right. JDA Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 only just found this thread, so funny reading through them all, tears in my eyes laughing so much just what I need when I should be typing invoices........... Link to post Share on other sites
TheeAviationist 18 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 NARCO, Spanish for drug dealer. TRAYL, BLAZR at KPDX. their basketball team is the trail blazers. PUNKS, BEERS, CRACK, DELAY, NOWAY Link to post Share on other sites
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