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In the radiotelephony book, I met a conversation as follow: Controller: American fifteen seventy -two, you're five miles from MISTR. Cross MISTR at or above 3500,cleared for VOR runway 15 approach. Pilot: OK we'll uh, we're cleared for the approach. And we'll corss MISTR at or above 3500, American fifteen seventy-two. The question is: What does MISTR stand for and what is it ?
It is a standard ICAO 'waypoint', 5 letters long. Try and get hold of an airways/airport chart for that place and you'll see lots. It is probably 'made up' for the handbook, though?
No, it's real and current. It's a fix on the VOR approach into RWY15 at KBDL, Windsor Locks/Bradley International, Connecticut. This seems to fit in with the extract from the book. Looking at the approach plate, I can't help but think that whoever devised the names of the fixes was a Matt Dillon/Gunsmoke fan and, therefore of a certain age. The next fix on the approach is called DILLN. Memories of Denis Weaver, as Chester, limping up behind Matt Dillon and calling out "Mister Dillon."
What does MISTR stand for
