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TheFly

02-02-2010 08:35 PM

Radar Fix

Can anyone explain what a radar fix is?

rickair7777

02-02-2010 09:41 PM

Exactly what it sounds like, a fix which requires ATC to track your progress via radar and notify you when you cross the fix. This would be due to no available radio navaids which can provide a good fix, usually at lower altitudes.

IluvRNP

02-03-2010 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheFly (Post 756826)

Can anyone explain what a radar fix is?

One that ATC has agreed to call on a regular basis, and which has been flight inspected.

Sometimes, a radar fix is the only way for a minimally equipped aircraft to identify a fix on some IAPs.

Authorized radar fixes are charted on approach charts.

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