FLIGHT SERVICE STATIONS DATA BASE RECORD LAYOUT (FSS-FILE) INFORMATION EFFECTIVE DATE: 04/05/2012 RECORD FORMAT: FIXED LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH: 17560 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. OWNER/OPERATOR ENCODE DECODE - CODE - - NAME - A U. S. AIR FORCE C U. S. COAST GUARD D CANADIAN MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT F FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN G FEDERAL GOV'T. - NOT U. S. A N U. S. NAVY O OTHER P PRIVATE R U. S. ARMY X ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE Z UNKNOWN STATUS - - ENCODE - - - - DECODE - - FSS/COM A OPERATIONAL-IFR FSS/COM B OPNL-PART-TIME FSS/COM K DCMSNG DELAYED 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. 5. A LIMITED NUMBER OF NON-US FACILITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FILE. SOME OF THESE, IN PARTICULAR THE CANADIAN FACILITIES, ARE INCLUDED TO FACILITATE CARTOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS IN BORDER REGIONS. THESE RECORDS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO BE COMPLETE AND ARE NOT INCLUSIVE OF ALL CANADIAN FACILITIES. THIS FILE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL SOURCE FOR NON-US FACILITIES. ********************************************************************************* NOTE: A continuation record is added to accommodate additional occurrences of the F21 - communications outlet identification, F22 - Navaid Identifier and Navaid facility type, and communication remarks. A continuation record will immediately follow the primary record and will have a * appended to the FSS id, DCA for example would be followed by DCA*. The additional data for F21 and/or F22 and/or communication remarks will be located as follows, identical to the format of the primary record. L AN 0560 02866 F21 COMMUNICATIONS OUTLET IDENTIFICATION 40 OCCURENCES OF 14 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0525 03426 F22 NAVAID IDENTIFIER AND NAVAID FACILITY TYPE OF ASSOCIATED NAVAID 75 OCCURENCES OF 7 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 1050 16492 NONE COMMUNICATION REMARKS FIRST 4 CHARACTER ARE THE REMARK KEY FOLLOWED BY THE REMARK TEXT. A REMARK LENGTH IS VARIABLE AND IS TERMINATED BY A HEX '5F' - 150 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM LENGTH. ************************************************************************************ 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 L AN 04 00001 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION'S LOCATION IDENT L AN 0026 00005 NAME OF FSS L AN 0011 00031 FSS-UPDATE-DATE - LAST DATE ON WHICH THE RECORD WAS UPDATED L AN 0011 00042 F6 SITE NUMBER OF ASSOCIATED AIRPORT L AN 0050 00053 E10 AIRPORT NAME(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0026 00103 E8 AIRPORT ASSOCIATED CITY(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0020 00129 E9 AIRPORT ASSOCIATED STATE(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0014 00149 E23 AIRPORT LATITUDE(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0014 00163 E24 AIRPORT LONGITUDE(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0008 00177 F7 FACILITY TYPES: FLIGHT SERVICE STATION(FSS), INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SERVICE STATION(IFSS), AIR-GROUND FACILITY(A/G), BASEOPS, FS21 HUB STATION(HUB), FS21 RADIO SERVICE AREA(RADIO), OR COMBINED STATION/TOWER(CS/T) L AN 0026 00185 F8 FACILITY IDENTIFIER: FSS NAME AND FSS VOICE CALL L AN 0001 00211 F9 FSS OWNER CODE L AN 0069 00212 F10 FSS OWNER NAME L AN 0001 00281 F11 FSS OPERATOR CODE L AN 0069 00282 F12 FSS OPERATOR NAME L AN 2400 00351 F14 PRIMARY FSS FREQUENCIES USED 60 OCCURENCES OF 40 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0100 02751 F15 FSS HOURS OF OPERATION L AN 0020 02851 F16 STATUS OF FACILITY L AN 0003 02871 F20 NAME OF FSS WITH CIRCUIT B TELETYPE CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING FLIGHT PLAN MESSAGES WHERE THE RECORD FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE THIS CAPABILITY L AN 0560 02874 F21 COMMUNICATIONS OUTLET IDENTIFICATION 40 OCCURENCES OF 14 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0525 03434 F22 NAVAID IDENTIFIER AND NAVAID FACILITY TYPE OF ASSOCIATED NAVAID 75 OCCURENCES OF 7 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0020 03959 RESERVED(WAS F23--9/27/83) L AN 0001 03979 F24 AVAILABILITY OF WEATHER RADAR L AN 0010 03980 F25 ENROUTE FLIGHT ADVISORY SERVICE (EFAS) AVAILABLE (ALSO CALLED FLIGHT WATCH) L AN 0050 03990 F26 FLIGHT WATCH HOURS OF OPERATION L AN 0026 04040 F27 CITY, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0020 04066 F28 STATE, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0014 04086 F29 LATITUDE, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0014 04100 F30 LONGITUDE, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0003 04114 F31 REGION, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0003 04117 NONE RESERVED L AN 0120 04120 F35 AIRPORT ADVISORY FREQUENCIES 20 OCCURENCES OF 6 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0120 04240 F36 FREQUENCY ON WHICH VOLMET METEOROLOGICAL BROADCASTS ARE TRANSMITTED 20 OCCURENCES OF 6 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0240 04360 F37 VOLMET SCHEDULE OF OPERATION 20 OCCURENCES OF 12 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0030 04600 F38 TYPE OF DIRECTION FINDING (DF) EQUIPMENT L AN 0014 04630 F39 LATITUDE OF DIRECTION FINDING (DF) EQUIPMENT L AN 0014 04644 E40 LONGITUDE OF DIRECTION FINDING (DF) EQUIPMENT L AN 0040 04658 F41 LOW ALTITUDE ENROUTE CHART NUMBER THAT THE FSS IS LOCATED ON 20 OCCURENCES OF 2 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0012 04698 F43 TELEPHONE NUMBER USED TO REACH FSS L AN 0050 04710 RESERVED L AN 1050 04760 FLIGHT SERVICE STATION REMARKS EACH MARK IS TERMINATED BY A HEX '5F' FIRST 3 CHARACTERS ARE REMARK KEY FOLLOW BY THE REMARK TEXT. A REMARK LENGTH IS VARIABLE - 150 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM LENGTH. L AN 0780 05810 CO1 CITY FACILITY LOCATED IN (NOT USED WHEN COLOCATED WITH NAVAID) 30 OCCURENCES OF 26 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0600 06590 CO2 STATE FACILITY LOCATED IN (NOT USED WHEN COLOCATED WITH NAVAID) 30 OCCURENCES OF 20 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0420 07190 CO4 GEOGRAPHICAL LATITUDE OF COMMUNICATION FACILITY (NOT USED WHEN COLOCATED WITH NAVAID) 30 OCCURENCES OF 14 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0420 07610 CO5 GEOGRAPHICAL LONGITUDE OF COMMUNICATION FACILITY (NOT USED WHEN COLOCATED WITH NAVAID) 30 OCCURENCES OF 14 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0040 08030 CO9 FACILITY OWNER CODE 40 OCCURENCES OF 1 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 2760 08070 CO10 FACILITY OWNER NAME 40 OCCURENCES OF 69 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0040 10830 CO11 FACILITY OPERATOR CODE 40 OCCURENCES OF 1 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 2760 10870 CO12 FACILITY OPERATOR NAME 40 OCCURENCES OF 69 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0160 13630 CO13 FSS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNICATION FACILITY 40 OCCURENCES OF 4 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0540 13790 CO14 FREQUENCIES USED BY THE COMMUNICATION FACILITY 60 OCCURENCES OF 9 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0800 14330 CO15 OPERATIONAL HOURS OF THE COMMUNICATION FACILITY -LOCAL TIME 40 OCCURENCES OF 20 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0800 15130 CO16 STATUS OF COMMUNICATION FACILITY 40 OCCURENCES OF 20 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0330 15930 CO17 COMMUNICATION FACILITY STATUS DATE 30 OCCURENCES OF 11 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0140 16260 CO21 NAVAID IDENTIFIER*FACT TYPE - WHEN COLOCATED 20 OCCURENCES OF 7 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0060 16400 CO27 LOW ALITUDE ENROUTE CHART THAT THE COMMUNICATION FACILITY IS LOCATED ON 30 OCCURENCES OF 2 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0040 16460 CO28 STANDARD TIME ZONE THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS LOCATED IN 20 OCCURENCES OF 2 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 1050 16500 NONE COMMUNICATION REMARKS FIRST 4 CHARACTER ARE THE REMARK KEY FOLLOWED BY THE REMARK TEXT. A REMARK LENGTH IS VARIABLE AND IS TERMINATED BY A HEX '5F' - 150 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM LENGTH. L AN 0011 17550 NONE DATE INFORMATION EXTRACTED