WAYPOINT NAMING CONVENTION

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WAYPOINT NAMING CONVENTION

• ICAO STATE LETTER 1978
• INTRODUCTION 5 LPNC-CONCEPT
• DIFFERENTIATION NAV AIDs vs SIGNIFICANT POINTs
• DIFFERENTIATION ENROUTE vs TERMINAL
• RULE 5 LPNC NOT TMA

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WAYPOINT NAMING CONVENTION

• Continued Application of 5 LPNCs even on TERMINAL
  PROCEDURES
• Mostly NPAs ( VOR/DME, LORAN, FMS, GPS-OVERLAY,
  RNAV-GPS )
• Few DEPARTURE TRIAL PROCEDURES
• STATUS CNFs- NOT ATC- Relevant

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WAYPOINT NAMING CONVENTION

• INTRODUCTION of NAVDB-SYSTEMs
• ARINC 424- SPECIFICATION
• PROCEDURAL POINTS NOT NAMED
• COMPUTER LANGUAGE DEVELOPED ( D 067Q, CF
  062 FF 142 , f. e. )
• NOT TRANSPARENT to FLIGHT CREWs or AIR TRAFFIC
  CONTROL

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WAYPOINT NAMING CONVENTION

• DIFFERENCE CNF vs TACTICAL WPT
• DIFFERENCE RV vs TACTICAL WPT
• NEED for UNAMBIGIOUS DESIGNATION
• 5 LPNC NO PRACTICAL SOLUTION

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WAYPOINT NAMING CONVENTION
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WAYPOINT NAMING CONVENTION

• ALPHANUMERIC IDENTIFICATION of WPTs
• BUILDING RULE LL NNN
• CLEARANCE vs FLIGHT CREW- ACTION
• ALL TMA- WAYPOINTs NAMED AND CHARTED
• CHART vs ND vs CDU SAME

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WAYPOINT NAMING CONVENTION

• International Agreement NOT necessary
• NO Duplicates
• SIMILAR to RADAR VECTORING
• Hear Back / Read Back IDENTICAL
• SIMPLE, EASY to HANDLE , even under HIGH WORKLOAD
  
• HIGHEST LEVEL of STANDARDIZATION

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