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SELECTED FAA DESIGNATIONS

AIRPORTS:
BEC   Beech Factory Airport, Wichita, KS
EMP   Emporia Municipal Airport, Emporia, KS                
FLV   Sherman AAF, Fort Leavenworth, KS
FOE   Forbes Field, Topeka, KS                              
FRI   Marshall Army Air Field, Fort Riley, KS               
GVW   Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport, MO
HUT   Hutchinson Municipal Airport, Hutchinson, KS
ICT   Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, KS                    
IAB   McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, KS                 
IXD   New Century Air Center, Olathe, KS                    
LWC   Lawrence Municipal Airport, Lawrence, KS               
MCI   Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City, MO          
MHK   Manhattan Regional Airport, Manhattan, KS             
MKC   Kansas City Downtown Airport, Kansas City, MO
OJC   Johnson County Executive Airport, Olathe, KS          
OWI   Ottawa Municipal Airport, Ottawa, KS                  
SLN   Salina Municipal Airport, Salina, KS                  
SZL   Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, MO              
TOP   Billard Municipal Airport, Topeka, KS


CENTERS (Not a complete listing):
ZAB    Albuquerque Center
ZAU    Chicago Center
ZDV    Denver Center
ZFW    Fort Worth Center
ZKC    Kansas City Center
ZME    Memphis Center
ZMP    Minneapolis Center


ABBREVIATIONS:
App*        Approach
ARTCC/ATC   Air Route Traffic Control Center / Air Traffic Control
CTAF        Common Traffic Advisory Frequency- for airports with no (or only 
            part-time) control tower
Dep*        Departure
Fix         Navigational reference point
FL          Flight Level- altitude in hundreds of feet (ex: FL 310= 31,000 ft)
High        ATC sector extending from 24,000 feet and up
IFR         Instrument Flight Rules- flight by instruments/radio only
Low         ATC sector extending from ground to 23,000 feet
Ultra-High  ATC sector extending from 33,000 feet and up, not used in all areas 
VFR         Visual Flight Rules- flight by visual referencing- does not use ATC
VOR         Navigational radio beacon

*  =not an official FAA designation, but used commonly


Page Location-  http://deckard1.tripod.com/zkcdesig.txt