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Aircraft type designators new vs. old and ATC
About 9 years ago, the (USA) FAA had us switch to new aircraft type
designator codes, which were different then what we previously used for some aircraft. This, like airspace types, four digit identifiers, and METAR/TAF weather formats was part of the greatness of International standardization. So fixed gear PA-28s became P28A (i.e. slower Cherokees 140-181) and P28B for the faster fixed gear Cherokees (235, 236) etc. See http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/ATC/Appendices/atcapda.html Recently a speaker from our local Class B Tracon mentioned that they didn't care what type of Cherokee somebody was flying, they were all entered as PA-28 anyway. So does the FAA use those identifiers that they made sure we knew about and use? Usually when I file a flight plan with a four letter airport ID, it gets converted to the old 3 letter anyway. Do the FAA computers and radar systems still accept/want the old identifiers? |
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