Aviation waypoints - cool names

Emp_Fab

Just watching a video of an Aer Lingus flight out of San Francisco and during the briefing, the F.O. shows the departure route they are taking....

  

(at 8m25s).

For those who don't know, the skies are dotted with 'virtual' waypoints.  Obviously there's nothing actually there, but they are fixed places in the skies that are referenced by names made of five letters and planes track from one waypoint to another.

In the video, you can see that after departure from San Francisco, they fly to KYNNG, then KRLOS, then SNTNA  (King Carlos Santana).  Look at the top of the map and you can see another two waypoints named GRTFL and DEDHD  (Grateful DeadHead).

  

There are loads of these little 'easter eggs' in the world of air navigation.

Emp_Fab

Just found that the approach to Perth International in Oz consists of tracking waypoints WONSA, JOLLY, SWAGY, CAMBS, BUIYA, BYLLA, BONGS, UNDER, ACOOL, EBARR, TREES.  

Pease International in New Hampshire has a route that takes you through ITAWT ITAW PUDYE TTATT IDEED.    

Cirrus

There's one in Europe called DIK.

thumpingrug

These seem very juvenile, how do they get away with it.

Cirrus

thumpingrug said:

These seem very juvenile, how do they get away with it.

let's put it this way;

They've got friends in high places.

Emp_Fab

Hahahaha....  another one in Oz is a sequence of waypoints that are; PUDYA SWEED LIPPS ALIDL CLOZA TOUDA PHONE
  

Some more here...  https://flyingwithfish.boardingarea.com/2012/02/23/airport-waypoints-that-will-make-you-laugh/

skunkwerx

Omfg there one called Sknk Wrx

chillidoggy

 I always thought such waypoints were suspended from skyhooks.

I guess you live and learn.

AustrianJohn

Planes - yeah, I remember them. 

ManWithoutSkin

Cirrus said:

There's one in Europe called DIK.

There's also a KOK! You'd call them by their location name though ( Diekirch, Koksijde) or by the identifier, Delta India Kilo, so don't get to say dick and cock unfortunately.

In France, there's a waypoint called RAPED! And the waypoint near Barry is NEZZA.

Pabcrane

Brilliant! Thanks for this, I had no idea and it's put a smile on my face.

Completely unrelated there's a building in the old town of Tallinn called Kiek in de Kok.

ToneControl

AFAIK

https://opennav.com/waypoint/US/SNTNA

the Carlos Santana ones fly you right past his house in Sausalito 

internet says he has moved to Las Vegas now

Deadman

Not a waypoint thing but when I back seated a Tornado F3 back in my RAF days our callsign was 'Typhoon 3'. When the pilot radioed Heathrow to get permission for us to go supersonic over the North Sea it was a pretty cool exchange of words. I just sat there like I was in some weird dream.

Dunno why I'm telling y'all, just a little ye olde aviation story from my past.

RobDavies

A lot of the waypoints in the U.K. are named after people in ATC - usually people who designed airspace.  CLIPY was the bloke who took a chance on me and gave me a promotion which pretty much changed my life.  FINCH was one of my best mates who died of a brain tumour about five years ago. UMBER is another.....

I’d need to look at a map to remember more....

RobDavies

ManWithoutSkin said:

Cirrus said:

There's one in Europe called DIK.

There's also a KOK! You'd call them by their location name though ( Diekirch, Koksijde) or by the identifier, Delta India Kilo, so don't get to say dick and cock unfortunately.

In France, there's a waypoint called RAPED! And the waypoint near Barry is NEZZA.

KOK.  Yep... that and BREST have caused many chuckles when people have started in ATC.  

‘’Confirm you’re on a direct routing to BREST?”
“Affirm, BREST”

Theres also HOLLY and WILLO on the approach to Gatwick which often get confused with a hollow willy.