Airway (aviation)

In the United States, airways or air routes are defined by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in two ways:

This article is about aviation flight corridors. For walkways, see Jet bridge. For companies that provide air transport services called "airways", see Airline. For other uses, see Airway (disambiguation).
"Flight path" redirects here. For other uses, see Flightpath (disambiguation).

"VOR Federal airways and Low/Medium Frequency (L/MF) (Colored) Federal airways"

These are designated routes which aeroplanes fly to aid in navigation and help with separation to avoid accidents. Airways are defined with segments within a specific altitude block, corridor width, and between fixed geographic coordinates for satellites navigation system, or between ground-based radio transmitter navigational aids (navaids; such as VORs or NDBs) or the intersection of specific radials of two navaids.

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