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Old 02-02-2010 | 08:35 PM
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Can anyone explain what a radar fix is?
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Old 02-02-2010 | 09:41 PM
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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.
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Old 02-03-2010 | 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by TheFly
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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