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Old 20th December 2011 | 03:42
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It's a Computer Navigation Fix as listed in the decode at the front of Terminal books. Bottom left, second pdf page of this:

IAP Symbols

An explanation of CNFs for you non-believers according to the FAA:

To aid in the approach chart/database correlation process, the FAA has begun a program to assign five-letter names to CNFs and to chart CNFs on various National Oceanic Service aeronautical products. These CNFs are not to be used for any air traffic control (ATC) application, such as holding for which the fix has not already been assessed. CNFs will be charted to distinguish them from conventional reporting points, fixes, intersections, and waypoints. The CNF name will be enclosed in parenthesis, e.g., (MABEE), and the name will be placed next to the CNF it defines. If the CNF is not at an existing point defined by means such as crossing radials or radial/DME, the point will be indicated by an "X." The CNF name will not be used in filing a flight plan or in aircraft/ATC communications. Use current phraseology, e.g., facility name, radial, distance, to describe these fixes.
FAA Air Navigation Chapter

Scroll down to 1-1-19 Global Positioning System, para j, sub para 2 "Waypoints"
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