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Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa... by repiret on Sunday February 21, 2021 @12:14AM (#26210998)
A specific location. Waypoints used in IFR approaches are given unique, 5-letter, usually pronounceable, names.
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Re:United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet sepa... by tialaramex on Sunday February 21, 2021 @02:10AM (#26211510)
As well as being unique they're chosen to avoid similar sounding ones being near each other. So KITES and SITES might both exist but they'd never be anywhere that you could confuse one for the other.
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