KATL STARs -- Can pilots concentrate while laughing their heads off?

[Mike777 163]

Hi everyone,

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson has several recently created STARs that just caught my eye:

GNDLF2 including GOLLM, BEORN transitions and waypoints MORDR, FRDDO, BLLBO, BGGNS, STRDR; routes all converge on SMAWG

HOBBT2 including the GOLLM & BEORN transitions, all also converging on waypoint SMAWG

JJEDI2, including the EWWOK transition, for west landings

SITTH2, also including the EWWOK transition, for east landings

I know that Boston has arrivals and waypoints referring to lobsters, the Celtics and the Red Sox, Chicago used to have a waypoint ROYKO named for their famous columnist Mike Royko, and Air New Zealand has some hilarious Lord of the Rings themed safety videos.  But what is Atlanta's connection to Tolkien or Star Wars?  Have the Entwives turned up in Buckhead?

Mike

Edited February 27, 2018 by Mike777

[scianoir 610]

And Orlando have MINEE, BUGGZ and GOOFY - no surprise there I guess!

Bill

[Mike777 163]

2 minutes ago, scianoir said:

And Orlando have MINEE, BUGGZ and GOOFY - no surprise there I guess!

I didn't know that, but as you said, no surprise!

What I don't understand is, why can't they spell the names correctly?

Mike

[KevinAu 441]

Because they have to be five letters and not match any other existing fix.

[Mike777 163]

22 minutes ago, KevinAu said:

Because they have to be five letters and not match any other existing fix.

I wasn't being entirely serious, but there can be duplicates if they are far away from each other -- SHARK for example.  They could have had EWOKS, JEDIS, SITHS, SMAUG, FRODO and BILBO, although I haven't verified that  they don't duplicate nearby waypoints.

Mike

Edited February 27, 2018 by Mike777

[BuddyDog 36]

And Dulles has STARS for the Redskins football team, SFO has SIDS for the Grateful Dead and wine, STARS for other Bay Area rock bands/ musicians.

[anden145 2,273]

OMG! That's bloody hilarious!

Never occured to me, that SID/STARS and waypoints, had naming-schemes like that.

Amazing! Nice find - thank you for that.

[fs4fun 366]

Yup, Charles Schulz - Sonoma County (KSTS) has waypoints like PIGPN, SNUPY, LUSEE, WDSTK (characters from his Peanuts comics).

[N2382R 49]

Atlanta has a massive (and growing) film industry. No doubt that’s why you’re seeing pop culture permeate into our world of fixes and waypoints. 

[mwa05 108]

I have not flown it in the SIM but in YBBN on the BLAKA9A arrival for RWY19, the STAR has LEAKY BOATS SINNK which bemuses me every week without fail.

[ShezA 176]

And ZLA LAX has the starry eyed movie related STAR HLYWD1 and ANJLL2 with the transitions OTOOL, HAKMN, DNERO, CGNEY, SHTNR, SALYY, FNNDA, GABBL, ESTWD, MDLER, AMMOR.

Shez

[Nuno Pinto 1,394]

Narita (RJAA) also features quite a few nice ones ;)

[timers15 11]

I think BWI has a SPLAT transition or intersection.  Uh, phrasing?

[spokes2112 179]

Portsmouth Intl at Pease (KPSM), RNAV (GPS) RWY 16,  has an oldy but goody -
ITAWT ITAWA PUDYE TTATT --> map --> IDEED

 

[Mike777 163]

44 minutes ago, spokes2112 said:

Portsmouth Intl at Pease (KPSM), RNAV (GPS) RWY 16,  has an oldy but goody -
ITAWT ITAWA PUDYE TTATT --> map --> IDEED

That's just hysterical!

Mike