LOCATION IDENTIFIER MAGNETIC TAPE DATA BASE RECORD LAYOUT (LID-FILE) INFORMATION EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/07/2023 RECORD FORMAT: FIXED LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH: 1039 FILE STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION: --------------------------- THERE IS ONE RECORD FOR EACH LOCATION IDENTIFIER WITHIN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA (U.S. AND DOD OVERSEAS). A RECORD WILL DESCRIBE ALL OPERATIONAL FACILITIES THAT USE THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER. PRESENCE OF DATA IN AN INFORMATION AREA (E.G. LANDING FACILITY AREA, NAVAID AREA) IMPLIES THAT THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER IS APPLICABLE TO THAT TYPE OF FACILITY. LOCATION INFORMATION (CITY, STATE, REGION, COUNTY, PROVINCE, COUNTRY) IS CONSTANT FOR ALL FACILITIES ASSIGNED A COMMON IDENTIFIER. THE FILE IS SORTED BY LOCATION IDENTIFIER WITHIN EACH GROUP (USA THEN DOD). THE SAME LOCATION IDENTIFIER MAY BE ASSIGNED IN MORE THAN ONE OF THE GROUPS. 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 EACH GROUP: -------------------------- 1. 'USA' RECORDS CONTAIN LOCATION IDENTIFIERS OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES. 2. 'DOD' RECORDS CONTAIN LOCATION IDENTIFIERS OF SELECTED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS LOCATIONS THAT ARE INTENDED FOR PERSONNEL AND CARGO MOVEMENT ONLY AND NOT FOR USE IN FLIGHT PLANS. 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 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 *********************************************************************** 'USA' LOCATION IDENTIFIERS - RECORD DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS *********************************************************************** L AN 1 00001 NONE IDENTIFIER GROUP SORT CODE 1: UNITED STATES LOCATIONS 2: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS LOCATIONS L AN 0003 00002 NONE IDENTIFIER GROUP CODE USA: UNITED STATES LOCATIONS DOD: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS LOCATIONS L AN 0005 00005 DLID LOCATION IDENTIFIER BASIC LOCATION INFORMATION -------------------------- L AN 0003 00010 GEN FAA REGION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER EX.: ASW,AEA,AWP L AN 0002 00013 II2 STATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER ALPHABETIC POST OFFICE CODE. EX.: AK,MD,NY (NOTE: 59 WAS USED FOR CANADA RATHER THAN CA) L AN 0040 00015 II1 CITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER L AN 0004 00055 E146B CONTROLLING ARTCC FOR THIS LOCATION NOTE: THIS WILL ONLY BE PRESENT IF THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER IS ASSIGNED TO AN AIRPORT OR AN ILS ON AN AIRPORT. EX.: ZLA,ZDC,ZTL L AN 0003 00059 E146B CONTROLLING ARTCC FOR THIS LOCATION - COMPUTER ID NOTE: THIS WILL ONLY BE PRESENT IF THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER IS ASSIGNED TO AN AIRPORT OR AN ILS ON AN AIRPORT. EX.: ZCL,ZCD,ZCM LANDING FACILITY INFORMATION ---------------------------- L AN 0050 00062 E10 LANDING FACILITY NAME L AN 0013 00112 DLID LANDING FACILITY TYPE AIRPORT BALLOONPORT GLIDERPORT HELIPORT SEAPLANE BASE ULTRALIGHT L AN 0004 00125 E2 TIE-IN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) IDENTIFIER EX.: DCA, FTW, STL NAVIGATIONAL AID (NAVAID) INFORMATION ------------------------------------- THERE CAN BE UP TO 4 NAVAIDS ASSIGNED THE SAME IDENTIFIER. L AN 0030 00129 N8 NAVAID FACILITY NAME(1) L AN 0020 00159 DLID NAVAID FACILITY TYPE(1) DME LFR MARINE NDB MARINE NDB/DME NDB NDB/DME TACAN UHF NDB VOR VOR/DME VORTAC ACRONYMS USED: DME - DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT LFR- LOW FREQUENCY RANGE NDB - NON-DIRECTIONAL BEACON TACAN - TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION UHF - ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY VOR - VHF OMNIDIRECTIONAL RANGE STATION VORTAC - VHF OMNIDIRECTIONAL RANGE TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION L AN 0030 00179 N8 NAVAID FACILITY NAME(2) L AN 0020 00209 DLID NAVAID FACILITY TYPE(2) L AN 0030 00229 N8 NAVAID FACILITY NAME(3) L AN 0020 00259 DLID NAVAID FACILITY TYPE(3) L AN 0030 00279 N8 NAVAID FACILITY NAME(4) L AN 0020 00309 DLID NAVAID FACILITY TYPE(4) L AN 0004 00329 N49 TIE-IN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) IDENTIFIER EX.: DCA, FTW, STL INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) INFORMATION ------------------------------------------- L AN 0003 00333 II20 ILS RUNWAY END EX.: 08, 18R, 36L L AN 0020 00336 II29 ILS FACILITY TYPE FACILITY TYPES: --------------- ILS ILS/DME ISMLS LDA LDA/DME LOC LOC/GS LOC/DME MLS SDF SDF/DME ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS USED: DME - DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT GS - GLIDE SLOPE ILS - INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM ISMLS - INTERIM MICROWAVE LANDING SYSTEM LDA - LOCALIZER DIRECTION AID LOC - LOCALIZER MLS - MICROWAVE LANDING SYSTEM SDF - SIMPLIFIED DIRECTIONAL FACILITY L AN 0005 00356 E7 LOCATION IDENTIFIER OF ILS AIRPORT (NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME AS THE ILS LOCATION IDENTIFIER) L AN 0050 00361 E10 ILS AIRPORT NAME L AN 0004 00411 E2 TIE-IN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) IDENTIFIER EX.: DCA, FTW, STL FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) INFORMATION ---------------------------------------- L AN 0030 00415 II32 FSS NAME AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ARTCC) INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------- L AN 0030 00445 N/A ARTCC NAME L AN 0017 00475 N/A ARTCC FACILITY TYPE ARTCC, CERAP, ARTCC COMPUTER OTHER FACILITY INFORMATION -------------------------- L AN 0001 00492 AND FLIGHT WATCH STATION (FLTWO) INDICATOR Y - THIS IDENTIFIER IS ASSIGNED TO A FLTWO N - THIS IS NOT A FLTWO L AN 0075 00493 II26 OTHER FACILITY - FACILITY NAME/DESCRIPTION L AN 0015 00568 II25 OTHER FACILITY - FACILITY TYPE ADMINISTRATIVE (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES) GEOREF (GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE POINT) SPECIAL USE (COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, MESSAGE CENTERS, ETC.) WEATHER STATION (RAMOS,COMED STN,SAWRS, ETC.) L AN 0010 00583 N/A EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS INFORMATION (MM/DD/YYYY) L AN 0447 00593 N/A BLANKS *********************************************************************** 'DOD' LOCATION IDENTIFIERS - RECORD DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS *********************************************************************** L AN 1 00001 NONE IDENTIFIER GROUP SORT CODE 1: UNITED STATES LOCATIONS 2: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS LOCATIONS L AN 0003 00002 NONE IDENTIFIER GROUP CODE USA: UNITED STATES LOCATIONS DOD: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS LOCATIONS L AN 0005 00005 DLID LOCATION IDENTIFIER L AN 0030 00010 DOD3 COUNTRY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER EX.: TAIWAN, GERMANY, ENGLAND, TURKEY L AN 0020 00040 DOD21 SECOND LEVEL QUALIFIER OF LOCATION DESCRIPTION. CAN BE A COUNTY, ISLAND, ETC. EX.: SUFFOLK (COUNTY) CRETE (ISLAND; COUNTRY IS GREECE) L AN 0050 00060 DOD20 CITY/LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE IDENTIFIER L AN 0050 00110 DOD23 LANDING FACILITY NAME L AN 0020 00160 DLID LANDING FACILITY TYPE CIVIL MILITARY NAVIGATIONAL AID (NAVAID) DATA (CAN BE 2 OCCURENCES) ----------------------------------------------------- L AN 0050 00180 DOD23 NAVAID FACILITY NAME (1) L AN 0020 00230 DLID NAVAID FACILITY TYPE (1) DME NDB TACAN VOR VORTAC VOR/DME L AN 0050 00250 DOD23 NAVAID FACILITY NAME (2) L AN 0020 00300 DLID NAVAID FACILITY TYPE (2) OTHER FACILITY DATA (CAN BE 2 OCCURENCES) ------------------------------------------ L AN 0050 00320 DOD23 OTHER FACILITY NAME (1) L AN 0020 00370 DLID OTHER FACILITY TYPE (1) NAVAL FACILITY OTHER L AN 0050 00390 DOD23 OTHER FACILITY NAME (2) L AN 0020 00440 DLID OTHER FACILITY TYPE (2) L AN 0010 00460 N/A EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS INFORMATION (MM/DD/YYYY) L AN 0570 00470 N/A BLANKS