Dauntless Aviation
Navaids North America United States Alaska
EIL

EIELSON TACAN

FAIRBANKS, AK, USA

Location
Lat/Long: 64-39-13.800N / 147-05-38.400W
232753.800N / 529538.400W
Elevation: 528 ft.
Variation: 26E (1985)

Operational Characteristics
Type: TACAN
Class: H-TACAN   [about]
TACAN channel: 098X
Hours of operation: 24
Voice: no
Station call name: NONE
NOTAM facility: PAEI
FSS: FAI
FSS hours of operation: 24

Technical Characteristics
Accuracy: 10 SECONDS
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: US AIR FORCE
Operator: US AIR FORCE
Common system usage: no
For public use: yes

Remarks
  • ROUGHNESS MAY BE EXPECTED ON ALL RADIALS.
  • DME UNLOCKS MAY OCCUR WITHIN 4 NM, UNLOCKING IS ONLY LIKELY WHEN INTERROGATION IS MADE BY HIGH POWERED /11 KW OR GREATER/ AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT.
  • TACAN UNMONITORED WHEN TWR CLSD.
  • TACAN UNUSBL 340-095 BYD 30 NM BLO 9000 FT, 155-280 BYD 30 NM BLO 10000 FT.
  • NO NOTAM PREVENTIVE MAINT SCHEDULE TUE 0700-1000Z++.

Fixes Associated with this NAVAID (Compulsory and Noncompulsory)
HAWGG*AK      DROPR*AK      FALCO*AK      FRITZ*AK      PORRK*AK      BOGIE*AK      STEES*AK      NUGET*AK      FAVER*AK      PAGGI*AK      SWABI*AK      WANUR*AK      ZETAM*AK      ZEROT*AK      NUBDE*AK      KOZMO*AK      HIBLI*AK      HAPLO*AK      HAMIR*AK      COSOL*AK      SEDGE*AK      ARUNY*AK      FOXUB*AK     

Holding Patterns Associated with this NAVAID
FALCO INT*AK      FAVER INT*AK      NUGET INT*AK      PORRK INT*AK     

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 seperated 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.

Safelog
Dauntless Aviation

© 2007-2024 Dauntless Aviation, all rights reserved
Information provided via PilotNav comes from a variety of official and unofficial data sources. As errors are possible, do not use PilotNav for primary flight planning purposes. Verify any information that you receive via PilotNav with current and canonical charts and other official documents. The material in this database is subject to database copyrights held by Dauntless Aviation and may not be copied without the express permission of Dauntless Aviation - licenses for use of part of all of this data are available for purchase; enquire via the Dauntless Aviation helpdesk. A number of mechanisms and markers exist in the database to protect against and identify infringement / copyright. Automated queries against this website are strictly prohibited, and all activity is logged and analyzed.