Maxtn NDB ME 257 - Laurinburg, NC, USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NCDaywalker
N 34° 43.990 W 079° 26.626
17S E 642474 N 3844555
Navigation station on the glide path into Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is located south of Laurinburg, NC.
Waymark Code: WMXGXK
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
Views: 7

Data sheet for the navigation station on Barnes Bridge Road, from website: (visit link)

Location
Lat/Long: 34-44-02.449N / 079-26-39.608W
125042.449N / 285999.608W
Elevation: 200 ft.
Variation: 08W (2005)
Operational Characteristics
Type: NDB
Class: MHW/LOM [about]
Frequency: 257
Hours of operation: 24
Voice: no
Station call name: NONE
NOTAM facility: RDU
FSS: RDU
FSS hours of operation: 24
Technical Characteristics
Accuracy: 1 SECOND OR BETTER
Monitoring: INTERNAL MONITORING PLUS A STATUS INDICATOR INSTALLED AT CONTROL POINT. (REVERTS TO A TEMPORARY CATEGORY 3 STATUS WHEN THE CONTROL POINT IS NOT MANNED.)
Owner: LAURINBURG/MAXTON ARPT COM
Operator: LAURINBURG/MAXTON ARPT COM
Common system usage: yes
For public use: yes
NDB Service Volumes
Class Distance (Radius)
Compass Locator 15 NM
MH 25 NM
H 50 NM*
HH 75 NM
* Service ranges of individual facilities may be less than 50 nautical miles (NM). Restrictions to service volumes are first published as a Notice to Airmen and then with the alphabetical listing of the NAVAID in the A/FD.

NAVAID Class Designator Explanation
The NAVAID Class Designator may be comprised of an altitude code (VOR, VORTAC, VOR/DME, AND TACAN Facilities only), and/or a combination of class codes.

Altitude Code Altitude Description
H High
L Low
T Terminal
Examples: H-ABVORTAC, L-VOR, H, HH, MH-SAB, MHW/LOM, H-SAB/LOM
Note: Multiple class code types may be separated by a / (slant) or a - (dash).
Canadian Facilities Canadian facilities may use additional codes not listed here.

Class Code Description
AB Automatic Weather Broadcast
DME UHF standard (TACAN compatible) Distance Measuring Equipment
DME(Y) UHF standard (TACAN compatible) Distance Measuring Equipment that required receivers to be placed in the 'Y' mode to receive DME
H Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB), (Homing), power 50 watts to less than 2000 watts (50nm at all altitudes).
HH Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB), (Homing), power 2000 watts or more (75nm at all altitudes).
H-SAB Non-Directional Radio Beacom (NDB) providing automatic transcribed weather service.
LMM Compass Locator Station when installed at middle marker site (15nm at all altitudes).
LOM Compass Locator Station when installed at outer marker site (15nm at all altitudes).
MH Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB), (Homing), Power less than 50 watts (25nm at all altitudes).
S Simultaneous range homing singal and/or voice.
SABH Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB) NOT authorized for IFR or ATC. provides automatic weather broadcasts.
TACAN UHF navigational facility-Omnidirectional Course and Distance information.
VOR VHF navigational facility-Omnidirectional Course only.
VOR/DME Collocated VOR navigational facility and UHF standard Distance Measuring Equipment.
VORTAC Collocated VOR and TACAN navigational facilities.
W Without voice on radio facility frequency.
Z VHF station location marker at a radio facility.
Reference: [Web Link]

NavAid Type: Radio Frequency

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