The FAA has announced a list of the first VORs to be removed from the national airspace system in its effort to reduce the number of navigation aids it says are unnecessary as pilots transition more and more to satellite-based navigation. Thirty-five VORs in 17 states are now on the slate for removal. The goal is to eventually remove as many as half of the nearly 1,000 currently operational VORs.
FAA Begins VOR Decommissioning Program
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