FLIGHT SERVICE STATIONS DATA BASE RECORD LAYOUT (FSS-FILE) INFORMATION EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/28/2002 RECORD FORMAT: FIXED LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH: 17552 GENERAL INFORMATION: 1. LEFT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE TRAILING BLANKS 2. RIGHT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE LEADING BLANKS 3. ELEMENT NUMBER IS FOR INTERNAL REFERENCE ONLY AND NOT IN RECORD 4. OWNER/OPERATOR ENCODE DECODE - CODE - - NAME - A U. S. AIR FORCE C U. S. COAST GUARD D CANADIAN MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT F FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN G FEDERAL GOV'T. - NOT U. S. A N U. S. NAVY O OTHER P PRIVATE R U. S. ARMY X ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE Z UNKNOWN STATUS - - ENCODE - - - - DECODE - - FSS/COM A OPERATIONAL-IFR FSS/COM B OPNL-PART-TIME FSS/COM K DCMSNG DELAYED EACH RECORD ENDS WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN CHARACTER AND LINE FEED CHARACTER (CR/LF). THIS LINE TERMINATOR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH. 5. A LIMITED NUMBER OF NON-US FACILITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FILE. SOME OF THESE, IN PARTICULAR THE CANADIAN FACILITIES, ARE INCLUDED TO FACILITATE CARTOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS IN BORDER REGIONS. THESE RECORDS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO BE COMPLETE AND ARE NOT INCLUSIVE OF ALL CANADIAN FACILITIES. THIS FILE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL SOURCE FOR NON-US FACILITIES. ********************************************************************************* NOTE: A continuation record is added to accommodate additional occurrences of the F21 - communications outlet identification, F22 - Navaid Identifier and Navaid facility type, and communication remarks. A continuation record will immediately follow the primary record and will have a * appended to the FSS id, DCA for example would be followed by DCA*. The additional data for F21 and/or F22 and/or communication remarks will be located as follows, identical to the format of the primary record. L AN 0560 02866 F21 COMMUNICATIONS OUTLET IDENTIFICATION 40 OCCURENCES OF 14 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0525 03426 F22 NAVAID IDENTIFIER AND NAVAID FACILITY TYPE OF ASSOCIATED NAVAID 75 OCCURENCES OF 7 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 1050 16492 NONE COMMUNICATION REMARKS FIRST 4 CHARACTER ARE THE REMARK KEY FOLLOWED BY THE REMARK TEXT. A REMARK LENGTH IS VARIABLE AND IS TERMINATED BY A HEX '5F' - 150 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM LENGTH. ************************************************************************************ J T L S L E N U Y E T O L U S P N A C E M T E G R A M B T T T E E H I N R O T N FIELD DESCRIPTION L AN 04 00001 NONE RECORD IDENTIFIER THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION'S LOCATION IDENT L AN 0026 00005 NAME OF FSS L AN 0011 00031 FSS-UPDATE-DATE - LAST DATE ON WHICH THE RECORD WAS UPDATED L AN 0011 00042 F6 SITE NUMBER OF ASSOCIATED AIRPORT L AN 0042 00053 E10 AIRPORT NAME(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0026 00095 E8 AIRPORT ASSOCIATED CITY(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0020 00121 E9 AIRPORT ASSOCIATED STATE(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0014 00141 E23 AIRPORT LATITUDE(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0014 00155 E24 AIRPORT LONGITUDE(FSS ON ARPT) L AN 0008 00169 F7 FACILITY TYPES: FLIGHT SERVICE STATION(FSS), INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SERVICE STATION(IFSS), OR COMBINED STATION/TOWER(CS/T) L AN 0026 00177 F8 FACILITY IDENTIFIER: FSS NAME AND FSS VOICE CALL L AN 0001 00203 F9 FSS OWNER CODE L AN 0069 00204 F10 FSS OWNER NAME L AN 0001 00273 F11 FSS OPERATOR CODE L AN 0069 00274 F12 FSS OPERATOR NAME L AN 2400 00343 F14 PRIMARY FSS FREQUENCIES USED 60 OCCURENCES OF 40 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0100 02743 F15 FSS HOURS OF OPERATION L AN 0020 02843 F16 STATUS OF FACILITY L AN 0003 02863 F20 NAME OF FSS WITH CIRCUIT B TELETYPE CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING FLIGHT PLAN MESSAGES WHERE THE RECORD FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE THIS CAPABILITY L AN 0560 02866 F21 COMMUNICATIONS OUTLET IDENTIFICATION 40 OCCURENCES OF 14 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0525 03426 F22 NAVAID IDENTIFIER AND NAVAID FACILITY TYPE OF ASSOCIATED NAVAID 75 OCCURENCES OF 7 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0020 03951 RESERVED(WAS F23--9/27/83) L AN 0001 03971 F24 AVAILABILITY OF WEATHER RADAR L AN 0010 03972 F25 ENROUTE FLIGHT ADVISORY SERVICE (EFAS) AVAILABLE (ALSO CALLED FLIGHT WATCH) L AN 0050 03982 F26 FLIGHT WATCH HOURS OF OPERATION L AN 0026 04032 F27 CITY, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0020 04058 F28 STATE, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0014 04078 F29 LATITUDE, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0014 04092 F30 LONGITUDE, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0003 04106 F31 REGION, WHEN FSS IS NOT ON AIRPORT(SEE F6) L AN 0003 04109 NONE RESERVED L AN 0120 04112 F35 AIRPORT ADVISORY FREQUENCIES 20 OCCURENCES OF 6 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0120 04232 F36 FREQUENCY ON WHICH VOLMET METEOROLOGICAL BROADCASTS ARE TRANSMITTED 20 OCCURENCES OF 6 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0240 04352 F37 VOLMET SCHEDULE OF OPERATION 20 OCCURENCES OF 12 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0030 04592 F38 TYPE OF DIRECTION FINDING (DF) EQUIPMENT L AN 0014 04622 F39 LATITUDE OF DIRECTION FINDING (DF) EQUIPMENT L AN 0014 04636 E40 LONGITUDE OF DIRECTION FINDING (DF) EQUIPMENT L AN 0040 04650 F41 LOW ALTITUDE ENROUTE CHART NUMBER THAT THE FSS IS LOCATED ON 20 OCCURENCES OF 2 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0012 04690 F43 TELEPHONE NUMBER USED TO REACH FSS L AN 0050 04702 RESERVED L AN 1050 04752 FLIGHT SERVICE STATION REMARKS EACH MARK IS TERMINATED BY A HEX '5F' FIRST 3 CHARACTERS ARE REMARK KEY FOLLOW BY THE REMARK TEXT. A REMARK LENGTH IS VARIABLE - 150 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM LENGTH. L AN 0780 05802 CO1 CITY FACILITY LOCATED IN (NOT USED WHEN COLOCATED WITH NAVAID) 20 OCCURENCES OF 26 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0600 06582 CO2 STATE FACILITY LOCATED IN (NOT USED WHEN COLOCATED WITH NAVAID) 20 OCCURENCES OF 20 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0420 07182 CO4 GEOGRAPHICAL LATITUDE OF COMMUNICATION FACILITY (NOT USED WHEN COLOCATED WITH NAVAID) 20 OCCURENCES OF 14 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0420 07602 CO5 GEOGRAPHICAL LONGITUDE OF COMMUNICATION FACILITY (NOT USED WHEN COLOCATED WITH NAVAID) 20 OCCURENCES OF 14 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0040 08022 CO9 FACILITY OWNER CODE 30 OCCURENCES OF 1 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 2760 08062 CO10 FACILITY OWNER NAME 30 OCCURENCES OF 69 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0040 10822 CO11 FACILITY OPERATOR CODE 30 OCCURENCES OF 1 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 2760 10862 CO12 FACILITY OPERATOR NAME 30 OCCURENCES OF 69 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0160 13622 CO13 FSS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNICATION FACILITY 30 OCCURENCES OF 4 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0540 13782 CO14 FREQUENCIES USED BY THE COMMUNICATION FACILITY 60 OCCURENCES OF 9 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0800 14322 CO15 OPERATIONAL HOURS OF THE COMMUNICATION FACILITY -LOCAL TIME 30 OCCURENCES OF 20 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0800 15122 CO16 STATUS OF COMMUNICATION FACILITY 30 OCCURENCES OF 20 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0330 15922 CO17 COMMUNICATION FACILITY STATUS DATE 20 OCCURENCES OF 11 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0140 16252 CO21 NAVAID IDENTIFIER*FACT TYPE - WHEN COLOCATED 20 OCCURENCES OF 7 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0060 16392 CO27 LOW ALITUDE ENROUTE CHART THAT THE COMMUNICATION FACILITY IS LOCATED ON 30 OCCURENCES OF 2 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 0040 16452 CO28 STANDARD TIME ZONE THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS LOCATED IN 20 OCCURENCES OF 2 CHARACTERS EACH L AN 1050 16492 NONE COMMUNICATION REMARKS FIRST 4 CHARACTER ARE THE REMARK KEY FOLLOWED BY THE REMARK TEXT. A REMARK LENGTH IS VARIABLE AND IS TERMINATED BY A HEX '5F' - 150 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM LENGTH. L AN 0011 17542 NONE DATE INFORMATION EXTRACTED