Airienteering with 13MIKE

by Fred J. Calfior and Douglas W. Miller

AirLeg 72

1) Takeoff on runway 29

“There are two basic types of surveillance radar used to monitor activity in our highways in the skies. Kind of like the radar guns used by police, but you don't get a ticket for speeding! First of all, there's the Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR), which is a long range system to monitor airplanes during the enroute phase of flight. And then there's the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR), which is a relatively short range radar system used to monitor airplanes operating within the airspace immediately surrounding some airports. It's used primarily for a non precision radar instrument approach to a landing.”

2) What is the operational kHz frequency band of the NDBs?

If your answer is “190 to 535”, go to AirLeg 3

If your answer is “105 to 750”, go to AirLeg 59

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