More Details about VOR Shutdowns

The latest edition of the FAA SatNavNews includes a discussion* of the agency’s plans to shut down many VORs as the aviation world shifts to GPS-based navigation. The article, on pages 5-8 of the Summer 2012 issue (PDF), includes graphics that show how shutting down many of the VORs in the eastern two-thirds of the continental U.S. will change the existing airway system.

*As noted in the newsletter:

The following is an abridged version of the information paper on the Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Minimum Operational Network (MON) presented by the United States in May 2012 at a meeting of the Navigation Systems Panel of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada.