Another ID change for Smoketown? (37PA, Q08, S37)

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Jeff Saylor wrote:
Jeff Saylor wrote:
Now it changed yet again...why? Was there a problem with Q08--perhaps
being confused with somebody else in the area? (Most one letter- two
number airport IDs in Pennsylvania/ NJ begin with N.)

Looking further, a bunch of Q-number-number ID's have changed recently to
something else. Perhaps the FAA no longer likes identifers that begin with
Q? Still its strange that they just assigned one to Smoketown a few years
ago only to change it now.

South County (Q99) is changing to E16. The change is due to the
conflict with Q identifiers used on RNAV routes.

John
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John Clear wrote:

South County (Q99) is changing to E16.

1. When?
2. How do you know?

Thanks,

Hilton

"Hilton" wrote in
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John Clear wrote:

South County (Q99) is changing to E16.

1. When?
2. How do you know?

Thanks,

Hilton




I was informed of this change by the Director of Santa Clara County
Airports by email:

To all users of South County Airport (San Martin, California),
We have been notified by the FAA's National Flight Data Center that
effective on June 10, 2004 the South County Airport Identifier will be
officially changed from Q99 to E16. This change is due to a conflict of
Area Navigation Routes (RNAV) identifiers that begin with the letter "Q"
and airport identifiers that also begin with the letter "Q". The FAA will
notify all aerial chart manufacturers of this change, and new charts and
approach plates are expected to reflect this change in the next series of
publication releases. Please note this change for your records. The
County Airports staff will make the necessary changes in signage, websites
and other County documents as required.
Thanks,

Carl Honaker
Director
Santa Clara County Airports


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Marty Shapiro wrote:

"Hilton" wrote in
k.net:

John Clear wrote:

South County (Q99) is changing to E16.

1. When?
2. How do you know?

Thanks,

Hilton




I was informed of this change by the Director of Santa Clara County
Airports by email:

To all users of South County Airport (San Martin, California),
We have been notified by the FAA's National Flight Data Center that
effective on June 10, 2004 the South County Airport Identifier will be
officially changed from Q99 to E16. This change is due to a conflict of
Area Navigation Routes (RNAV) identifiers that begin with the letter "Q"
and airport identifiers that also begin with the letter "Q". The FAA will
notify all aerial chart manufacturers of this change, and new charts and
approach plates are expected to reflect this change in the next series of
publication releases. Please note this change for your records. The
County Airports staff will make the necessary changes in signage, websites
and other County documents as required.

I wonder why they don't synchronize this with the Sectional publication
dates. The next San Francisco chart will come out in early September.

An airport in NJ, Lincoln Park, had a pattern changed from right traffic to
left recently. That information came out late last summer, the November New
York sectional did not reflect the change. The new chart which came out this
month reflects the change.

"Jeff Saylor" wrote in message
...

I wonder why they don't synchronize this with the Sectional publication
dates. The next San Francisco chart will come out in early September.

An airport in NJ, Lincoln Park, had a pattern changed from right
traffic to left recently. That information came out late last summer,
the November New York sectional did not reflect the change.
The new chart which came out this month reflects the change.


Sectional charts are updated during their 6 month lifespan via the
Aeronautical Chart Bulletin in the Airport/Facility Directory.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Jeff Saylor" wrote in message
...

I wonder why they don't synchronize this with the Sectional publication
dates. The next San Francisco chart will come out in early September.

An airport in NJ, Lincoln Park, had a pattern changed from right
traffic to left recently. That information came out late last summer,
the November New York sectional did not reflect the change.
The new chart which came out this month reflects the change.


Sectional charts are updated during their 6 month lifespan via the
Aeronautical Chart Bulletin in the Airport/Facility Directory.

Yes, that's how I noticed Lincoln Park's change Still for airport
changes that aren't urgent, I don't see the harm in synchronizing the change
with the sectional publication dates. Going through a list of fine print
changes in some publication isn't practical when you need to obtain
information in flight about an airport you weren't planning to stop at;
looking at the current sectional is. IFR pubs are updated much more often so
it really isn't much of an issue.

I wonder why they don't synchronize this with the Sectional publication
dates. The next San Francisco chart will come out in early September.

Sectional charts are updated during their 6 month lifespan via the
Aeronautical Chart Bulletin in the Airport/Facility Directory.


If the date of a change is optional, it would be better for pilots if the
change were synchronized, so that there would be fewer updates for pilots to
have to manually add to their charts. CDW recently changed its freq also, it
would have been nice if they had waited a few months.

Jose


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"Teacherjh" wrote in message
...

I wonder why they don't synchronize this with the Sectional publication
dates. The next San Francisco chart will come out in early September.

Sectional charts are updated during their 6 month lifespan via the
Aeronautical Chart Bulletin in the Airport/Facility Directory.


If the date of a change is optional, it would be better for pilots if the
change were synchronized, so that there would be fewer updates
for pilots to have to manually add to their charts. CDW recently
changed its freq also, it would have been nice if they had waited a
few months.


Frequencies are not changed on a whim, they're changed to correct a problem
somewhere. Delaying a change for a few months means putting up with the
problem for a few months. Updating a chart is easy.