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Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes

JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

Describe ATS routes as follows:

VOR/VORTAC/TACAN airways or jet routes. State the word “Victor” or the letter “J” followed by the number of the airway or route in group form.
Example

“Victor Twelve.”
“J Five Thirty-Three.”
VOR/VORTAC/TACAN alternate airways. State the word “Victor” followed by the number of the airway in group form and the alternate direction.
Example

“Victor Twelve South.”
Colored/L/MF airways. State the color of the airway followed by the number in group form.
Example

“Blue Eighty-One.”
Named Routes. State the words “North American Route” or “Bahama Route” followed by the number of the route in group form.
Example

“North American Route Sixty-Seven Bravo.”
“Bahama Route Fifty-Five Victor.”
Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes. State the letter(s) of the route phonetically, followed by the number of the route in group form.
Example

“Romeo Twenty.”
“Alfa Fifty.”
“Golf Sixty-one.”
“Alfa Seven Hundred.”
Military Training Routes (MTRs). State the letters “I-R” or “V-R” followed by the number of the route in group form.
Example

“I-R Five Thirty-one.”
“V-R Fifty-two.”
Published RNAV routes.
1. High Altitude - State the letter “Q” followed by the route number in group form.
  Example
  
  “Q One Forty-five.”
2. Low Altitude - State the letter of the route phonetically, followed by the number of the route in group form.
  Example
  
  “Tango Two Ten.”