When looking at a route on Flightaware, it says ONTN16. How do I interpret that route?

Anyone? Please?

It's an FAA identifier or what is called a "preferred routing". It's entered by the AT Controller so they don't have to type in the entire routing into the computer.

Thank you very much. That helps alot.

Your welcome!

I discovered if you press the decode link it list all the waypoints in that route. I think I understand it now.

Just be aware that what flightaware shows may be what you get in the initial clearance-but you may also fly nothing at all like what it shows...more often than not in my experience..

Art, would you mind posting that route from flightaware? You haven't provided a link I'm afraid.

 

Thanks.

 

**EDIT**

 

Interesting, I found a flight between Ontario and Santa Monica airports with ONTN7 routing, must be for GA in the USA, I've not seen that before.

 

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N3039X

Art, would you mind posting that route from flightaware? You haven't provided a link I'm afraid.

 

Thanks.

 

**EDIT**

 

 

Interesting, I found a flight between Ontario and Santa Monica airports with ONTN7 routing, must be for GA in the USA, I've not seen that before.

 

http://flightaware.c...e/flight/N3039X

 

 

http://3705-tiles.voxcdn.com/live/flight/N7204L

 

Just be aware that what flightaware shows may be what you get in the initial clearance-but you may also fly nothing at all like what it shows...more often than not in my experience..

 

Understood, thanks.

Art, would you mind posting that route from flightaware? You haven't provided a link I'm afraid.

 

Thanks.

 

**EDIT**

 

Interesting, I found a flight between Ontario and Santa Monica airports with ONTN7 routing, must be for GA in the USA, I've not seen that before.

 

http://flightaware.c...e/flight/N3039X

Its a TEC route

http://pilotcerts.laartcc.org/object/tec2.html

Its a TEC route

http://pilotcerts.la...bject/tec2.html

 

Excellent, now this really comes in handy. Thank you.