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Old 11th October 2007 | 08:56
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The letter D in 'MD' does not mean that the fix is DME-based!

The letter D signifies that the fix is part of an VOR/DME approach as I tried to mention earlier. It is an ARINC convention as noted by someone in this thread.

VORDME approach:

CD
FD
MD

VOR only approach:

CV
FV
MV

NDB only approach:

CQ
FQ
MQ

ILS approach:

CI
FI
MI

generic approach (where there is only 1 approach)

CF
FF
MF


There are a few more.
Also note that the database programmers do not always follow this convention.
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