Tag:airmark=beacon

airmark =
Description
Base tag for beacons used in aerial radio navigation.
Group: aeroways
Used on these elements
Useful combination
beacon:type=* beacon:code=* beacon:frequency=*
Status: de facto
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Radio navigation beacons support the different radio aeronautical navigational systems that help pilots guide their aircraft during flight. These facilities are particularly useful during bad weather (like fog, or low cloud), and for flights operating under IFR.

Those include:

• NDB Non-Directional Beacon
• ILS Instrument landing system
• VOR VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range
• DVOR Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range
• DME Distance Measuring Equipment
• TACAN Tactical Air Navigation
• RSBN Radiotechnic System for Inner Navigation (ru: Радиотехническая Система Ближней Навигации)

For visual navigation systems use aeroway=navigationaid.

How to map

Place a node at the location of the beacon, and tag with airmark=.

Tagging

• airmark=
  • beacon:type=* - see § Examples section below
  • beacon:code=*
  • beacon:frequency=* - in MHz
  • beacon:channel=*
  • localizer=yes, glideslope=yes - additional tags to mark subtype of ILS beacon
• operator=*
• ele=*

Examples

Photo	Tags	beacon:type	Description
Glide path	airmark= beacon:type=ILS beacon:frequency=* glideslope=yes	ILS	ILS glide path
Localizer	airmark= beacon:type=ILS beacon:frequency=* localizer=yes	ILS	ILS localizer
Outer marker	airmark= beacon:type=OM beacon:frequency=*	OM	Marker beacon
Middle marker	airmark= beacon:type=MM beacon:frequency=*	MM
Inner marker	airmark= beacon:type=IM beacon:frequency=*	IM
VHF Omni Directional Radio Range	airmark= beacon:type=VOR beacon:code=* beacon:frequency=*	VOR	VOR
D-VOR Antenna (circle with 50 antennas)	airmark= beacon:type=DVOR beacon:code=* beacon:frequency=*	DVOR	DVOR
DVOR-DME	airmark= beacon:type=DVOR/DME beacon:code=* beacon:frequency=*	DME	DME
Non-directional beacon	airmark= beacon:type=NDB beacon:code=* beacon:frequency=*	NDB	NDB
Tactical Air Navigation System	airmark= beacon:type=TACAN beacon:code=* beacon:channel=*	TACAN	TACAN
Radiotechnic System for Inner Navigation	airmark= beacon:type=RSBN	RSBN	RSBN

See also

• aeroway=navigationaid – for visual navigation aids
• man_made=beacon – often used as a complementary tag to this tag