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A hexagon with a compass rose marking a radio navigation aid.
Also known as: Navaid symbol, VORTAC symbol
A VOR is drawn on an aeronautical chart as a hexagon, usually with a compass rose around it oriented to magnetic north. The rose is what makes the symbol usable: it lets a pilot read the bearing of a route directly from the chart.
Marks a very high frequency omnidirectional range station, drawn as a hexagon on an aeronautical chart.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
Carries a compass rose aligned to magnetic north, from which route bearings can be read directly off the chart.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
Is distinguished from a combined VOR and distance-measuring installation by a square drawn around the hexagon.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
A small hexagon with a dot at its centre, surrounded by a graduated circle marked in degrees.