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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 4:53 pm
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Originally Posted by UA9861
I like to use FlightAware for flight tracking/status, however, I noticed they have a section for "Route"

For example, on flight CO35 (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/COA35), the Route is "SSM129055 TVC OBK J101 LIT J180"

What does each thing mean, it would be interesting to be able to decipher it for other flights... Thanks!
The three letter codes are VORs the flight plan will cross: TVC=Traverse City, OBK=Northbrook, LIT=Little Rock. The numbers preceded by J are high-altitude Jet Airways connecting various VORs. As for SSM129055 my guess would be that refers to the 129-degree radial, 55 DME fix from the SSM (Sault Ste Marie?) VOR.
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