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  2. Marker beacon - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the outer marker has often been combined with a non-directional beacon (NDB) to make a locator outer marker (LOM). An LOM is a navigation aid used as part of an instrument landing system (ILS) instrument approach for aircraft. Aircraft can navigate directly to the location using the NDB as well as be alerted when they fly ...

  3. United Air Lines Flight 553 - Wikipedia

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    The localizer approach for runway 31L used an Outer Marker Beacon (OMB) named "Kedzie", located 3.3 nmi (6.1 km; 3.8 mi) prior to the runway threshold. Under the published landing procedures, the aircraft was to maintain a minimum altitude of 1,500 feet (460 m) until it passed the OMB, at which point the flight was allowed to descend to a ...

  4. Addison Airport - Wikipedia

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    Addison Airport covers 368 acres (149 ha); its one runway, 16/34, is 7,203-by-100-foot (2,195 m × 30 m) concrete.In the year ending September 30, 2023, it had 119,065 aircraft operations, averaging 326 per day: 68% general aviation, 32% air taxi, <1% airline and <1% military. 576 aircraft were then based at the airport: 326 single-engine, 86 multi-engine, 157 jet and 7 helicopter. [2]

  5. Roadside America, Atlas Obscura say these are top offbeat ...

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    The 11-foot, ton-and-a-half statue, installed in 2005 on a tower at the south entrance to Royal Palm Place, shows Addison Mizner, godfather of Boca Raton, holding his beloved monkey, Johnnie Brown.

  6. Non-directional beacon - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, an NDB is often combined with the outer marker beacon in the ILS approach (called a locator outer marker, or LOM); in Canada, low-powered NDBs have replaced marker beacons entirely. Marker beacons on ILS approaches are now being phased out worldwide with DME ranges or GPS signals used, instead, to delineate the different ...

  7. New York State Route 47 - Wikipedia

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    Reference marker for NY 47 on NY 590 in Irondequoit All of the limited-access highway between NY 31 and NY 383 opened to traffic c. 1965 . NY 47 was reconfigured to begin a half-mile (0.8 km) to the east of Howard Road at modern NY 390 exit 21 and follow the new highway southeastward to its temporary end at what is now I-390 exit 17 east of the ...

  8. Army Trail Road - Wikipedia

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    Army Trail Road is a 16.4-mile (26.4 km) [1] county road in parts of DuPage and Kane Counties, Illinois.Army Trail Road begins at Illinois Route 25 in Wayne and ends at the Addison Village Hall east of John F. Kennedy Drive in a cul de sac in Addison.

  9. Interstate 635 (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Interstate 635 (I-635 [a]) is a 37-mile-long (60 km) partial loop around Dallas, Texas, in the United States between I-20 in Balch Springs and SH 121 at the north entrance of the DFW Airport in Grapevine.