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Service Change Notice 13-68
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
215 PM EDT Tue Oct 29 2013
TO: National Weather Service (NWS) Offices
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Customers
Family of Services (FOS) Subscribers
Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts
FROM: Cynthia Abelman
Chief, Aviation Services Branch
SUBJECT: Change of Name and Identifier for the Jackson,
MS, VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range (VOR)
Aviation Radio Navigation Site Effective
November 29, 2013
NOTE: The following changes have no impact on NOAA
Weather Wire Service subscribers
Effective Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 1500 Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC), 1000 am Eastern Standard Time, the NWS will
cease using the 3-letter identifier JAN and begin using the
3-letter identifier of MHZ.
On August 22, 2013, the FAA changed the name of the Jackson VOR
from Jackson to Magnolia. With this name change, the 3-letter
identifier changed from JAN to MHZ. The physical location of the
VOR also changed. The new location coordinates of the VOR are
N3226.04' W9005.99'.
VORs are used by pilots for navigation and also used in aviation
weather forecasts and SIGMETs as reference points in defining the
area of weather hazards. Because NWS uses VOR locations to define
areal coverage of weather hazards in addition to their use as
navigation aids, the NWS will make this name and identifier change
to maintain consistent terminology.
If you have questions regarding this product, contact:
Debra Blondin
Domestic Operations Branch Chief
Aviation Weather Center
Kansas City MO 64153
816-584-7207
Debra.Blondin@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
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