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VHF Omnidirectional Radio (VOR) Beacon (GA036)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: ga036.ttl

Name

VhfOmniRadioBeacon

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A Very High Frequency (VHF) radio navigation service which uses phase comparisons of a ground transmitted signal to determine bearing.

Description

This term is derived from the expression 'very high frequency omnidirectional radio range'.

Synonyms

VOR

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid

Subtype of

GA033 Aeronautical Radio Navigation Installation

Attributes

• ANI Aeronautical Radio Navigation Service Identifier — multiplicity 0..1; datatype CharacterStringMeta
• VTY VHF Omnidirectional Radio Beacon (VOR) Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype VhfOmniRadioBeacon_vorBeaconTypeMeta; values: VTY_1 Conventional VOR, VTY_2 Doppler VOR, VTY_3 VOR Test Facility

Associations

• VhfOmniRadioBeaconMagneticVariationInfo → ZI103 Magnetic Variation Information (0..*)
• VhfOmniRadioBeaconRadioTransmissionInfo → ZI101 Radio Transmission Information (0..*)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_00834 Conventional VOR
• RWO_01030 Doppler VOR
• RWO_04003 VHF Omnidirectional Radio (VOR) Beacon
• RWO_04020 VOR Test Facility
• RWO_05258 Vhf Omni Radio Beacon

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.