RADIO-FIX (REPORTING POINTS) DATA BASE RECORD LAYOUT (FIX-FILE) INFORMATION EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/19/2018 RECORD FORMAT: FIXED LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH: 466 FILE STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION: --------------------------- THERE CAN BE A VARIABLE NUMBER OF FIXED-LENGTH RECORDS FOR EACH FIX. THE NUMBER OF RECORDS IS DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF TEXTUAL INFORMATION USED TO DESCRIBE THE FIX MAKEUPS, GENERAL AND REFERENCED REMARKS FOR THE FIX. EACH OF THE FOUR RECORD TYPES WILL BE IDENTIFIABLE BY A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR (FIX1, FIX2, FIX3, FIX4, AND, FIX5) AND THE FIX IDENTIFIER. THE RECORDS ARE IN SEQUENCE, i.e., ALL TEXT RECORDS FOLLOW THEIR READABLE ORDER AS SHOWN IN DESCRIPTION OF RECORD TYPES BELOW. THE FILE IS SORTED BY RECORD TYPE INDICATOR AND FIX ID (THIS ENSURES THAT MULTIPLE RECORDS OF A SPECIFIC FIX ARE ALL TOGETHER). EACH RECORD ENDS WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN CHARACTER AND LINE FEED CHARACTER (CR/LF). THIS LINE TERMINATOR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH. DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORD TYPES: -------------------------------- 'FIX1' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS THE BASE FIX DATA. THERE IS ONE FIX1 RECORD FOR EACH FIX. 'FIX2' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL INFORMATION FROM THE NAVAID MAKEUP. THERE CAN BE NONE, ONE OR MORE FIX2 RECORDS, DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABLE NAVAID MAKEUPS FOR THE FIX. 'FIX3' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL INFORMATION FROM THE FIX ILS MAKEUP. THERE CAN BE NONE, ONE OR MORE FIX3 RECORDS, DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABLE ILS MAKEUPS FOR THE FIX. 'FIX4' RECORD TYPE DESCRIBES GENERAL REMARK AND ANY REFERENCED REMARK FOR THE FIX. THERE CAN BE NONE, ONE OR MORE FIX4 RECORDS FOR THE FIX. 'FIX5' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL CHARTING INFORMATION ON WHICH THE FIX IS DEPICTED. THERE CAN BE ONE OR MORE FIX5 RECORDS FOR THE FIX. GENERAL INFORMATION: -------------------- 1. LEFT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE TRAILING BLANKS 2. RIGHT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE LEADING BLANKS 3. ELEMENT NUMBER IS FOR INTERNAL REFERENCE ONLY AND NOT IN RECORD 4. THE RECORD IDENTIFIER IS FIX ID AND STATE NAME. IT IS REPEATED ON EACH RECORD TYPE FOR A FIX. J T L S L E N U Y E T O L U S P N A C E M T E G R A M B T T T E E H I N R O T N FIELD DESCRIPTION ********************************************************************* 'FIX1' RECORD TYPE - BASE FIX DATA ********************************************************************* L AN0004 00001 NONE RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. FIX1: BASE FIX TEXT L AN0030 00005 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX ID) L AN0030 00035 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX STATE NAME) L AN0002 00065 NONE ICAO REGION CODE L AN0014 00067 FX4 GEOGRAPHICAL LATITUDE OF THE FIX. L AN0014 00081 FX5 GEOGRAPHICAL LONGITUDE OF THE FIX. L AN0003 00095 FX20 CATEGORIZES THE FIX AS A MILITARY (MIL), OR CIVIL FIX (FIX). L AN0022 00098 FX27 3 OR 4 LETTER IDENT*FACILITY TYPE*DIRECTION OR COURSE OF MLS COMPONENT USED IN FIX DESCRIPTION L AN0022 00120 FX27 AIRPORT ID*APPROACH-END-RWY*DISTANCE OF RADAR COMPONENT USED IN FIX DESCRIPTION L AN0033 00142 FX33 PREVIOUS NAME OF THE FIX BEFORE IT WAS RENAMED L AN0038 00175 FX31 CHARTING INFORMATION. L AN0001 00213 FX34 FIX TO BE PUBLISHED (Y = YES OR N = NO) L AN0015 00214 FX36 FIX USE EX. CNF (COMPUTER NAVIGATION FIX) MIL-REP-PT (MILITARY REPORTING POINT) MIL-WAYPOINT (MILITARY WAYPOINT) NRS-WAYPOINT (NRS WAYPOINT) RADAR (RADAR) REP-PT (REPORTING POINT) VFR-WP (VFR WAYPOINT) WAYPOINT (WAYPOINT) THE FOLLOWING FIX USE ARE OBSOLETE: ARTCC-BDRY (ARTCC BOUNDARY) AWY-INTXN (AIRWAY INTERSECTION) BRG-INTXN (BEARING INTERSECTION) COORDN-FIX (ATC COORDINATION FIX) DME-FIX (DME FIX) DP-TRANS-XING (DP TRANSITION CROSSING) GPS-WP (GPS WAYPOINT) RNAV-WP (RNAV WAYPOINT) STAR-TRANS-XING (STAR TRANSITION CROSSING) TRANS-INTXN (TRANSITION INTERSECTION) TURN-PT (TURNING POINT) L AN0005 00229 FX37 NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM(NAS) IDENTIFIER FOR THE FIX (USUALLY 5 CHARACTERS). NOTE: IF THE FIX OVERLAYES A NAVAID AND HAS AN ID WHICH IS NOT 5 CHARACTERS, THEN FX37 WILL DISPLAY THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER OF THE NAVAID. L AN0004 00234 FX91 DENOTES HIGH ARTCC AREA OF JURISDICTION. L AN0004 00238 NONE DENOTES LOW ARTCC AREA OF JURISDICTION. L AN0030 00242 NONE FIX COUNTRY NAME (OUTSIDE CONUS) L AN0001 00272 NONE PITCH (Y = YES OR N = NO) L AN0001 00273 NONE CATCH (Y = YES OR N = NO) L AN0001 00274 NONE SUA/ATCAA (Y = YES OR N = NO) L AN0192 00275 NONE BLANKS ******************************************************************** 'FIX2' RECORD TYPE - FIX NAVAID MAKEUP TEXT ******************************************************************* L AN0004 00001 NONE RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. FIX2: FIX NAVAID MAKEUP TEXT L AN0030 00005 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX NAME) L AN0030 00035 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX STATE NAME) L AN0002 00065 NONE ICAO REGION CODE L AN0023 00067 FX22 LOCATION-IDENTIFIER, FACILITY TYPE, AND RADIAL OR BEARING / DME DISTANCE OF NAVAID USED IN THE FIX DESCRIPTION NOTE: NAV_FACILITY_TYPE NAV_TYPE_CODE ------------------------- ------------- VORTAC C TACAN T VOR/DME D FAN MARKER F CONSOLAN K LOW FREQUENCY RANGE L MARINE NDB M MARINE NDB/DME MD VOT O DME OD NDB R NDB/DME RD UHF/NDB U VOR V L AN0377 00090 NONE BLANKS ******************************************************************** 'FIX3' RECORD TYPE - FIX ILS MAKEUP TEXT ******************************************************************* L AN0004 00001 NONE RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. FIX3: FIX ILS MAKEUP TEXT L AN0030 00005 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX NAME) L AN0030 00035 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX STATE NAME) L AN0002 00065 NONE ICAO REGION CODE L AN0023 00067 FX26 3 OR 4 LETTER IDENT*FACILITY TYPE*DIRECTION OR COURSE OF ILS COMPONENT USED IN FIX DESCRIPTION NOTE: ILS_FACILITY_TYPE ILS_TYPE_CODE ------------------------- ------------- LDA/DME DD LDA LA LOCALIZER LC ILS/DME LD LOC/DME LE LOC/GS LG ILS LS SDF/DME SD SDF SF L AN0377 00090 NONE BLANKS ******************************************************************** 'FIX4' RECORD TYPE - REMARKS TEXT ******************************************************************* L AN0004 00001 NONE RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. FIX4: REMARKS TEXT L AN0030 00005 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX NAME) L AN0030 00035 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX STATE NAME) L AN0002 00065 NONE ICAO REGION CODE L AN0100 00067 NONE FIELD LABEL NOTE: "GENERAL" FOR GENERAL REMARK, FOR FIX FIELD - - MAKEUP DEFINITION (FOR MAKEUPS) L AN0300 00167 NONE REMARK TEXT ******************************************************************** 'FIX5' RECORD TYPE - CHARTING TYPES ******************************************************************* L AN0004 00001 NONE RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. FIX5: CHARTING INFORMATION L AN0030 00005 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX NAME) L AN0030 00035 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER (FIX STATE NAME) L AN0002 00065 NONE ICAO REGION CODE L AN0022 00067 FX21 CHART ON WHICH FIX IS TO BE DEPICTED EX: IAP, AREA, CONTROLLER, MILITARY IAP, MILITARY SID, MILITARY STAR, NOT REQUIRED, SPECIAL IAP, STAR, SID, ENROUTE LOW, ENROUTE HIGH, IFR GOM VERTICAL FLT, HELICOPTER ROUTE, SECTIONAL, VFR TERMINAL AREA, VFR FLYWAY PLANNING, CONTROLLER CHART ONLY, PRIVATE IAP, CONTROLLER HIGH, CONTROLLER LOW, NORTH ATLANTIC ROUTE, NORTH PACIFIC ROUTE, WESTERN ATLANTIC ROUTE, SPECIAL DP L AN0378 00089 NONE BLANKS