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For more details see topic Landing Systems & Navaid Collocation.
Navaid Collocation
AA DME may be co-located with one and only one VOR or NDB. In this case the corresponding Navaid feature will reference the DME as navaidEquipment.
In the AIP, collocated VOR and DME Navaids are usually referred to as VOR/DME or DVOR/DME.
There are certain ICAO rules regarding the relative distance between the VOR and the DME, frequency pairing and coded identifier. They are mentioned as coding rules.
A DME (and VOR) may only maintain a single collocation relationship at a time, which means that it is not possible to collocate a VOR with two different DMEs, and vice versa. The same is valid for a DME and NDB collocation.
A particular DME may also be defined as a part (NavaidEquipment) of a Navaid of type 'ILS' or 'MLS'. A single DME can be part of more than one ILS/MLS, but each ILS can have just one assigned DME.
Formore details see topic Landing Systems & Navaid Collocation.
Coding Rules for DME
| Identifier | Data Encoding Rule | Justification | Data Verification Rule (UID) | Remarks | |||||
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| DME-101 | The DME.designator attribute is mandatory. | Minimum AIP data set | AIXM-5.1_RULE-1A3350 | ||||||
| DME-102 | The DME.name attribute is mandatory. | Minimum AIP data set | TBD | ||||||
| DME-103 | The DME.channel attribute is mandatory. | Minimum AIP data set | TBD | ||||||
| DME-104 | For DME ElevatedPoint.elevation is mandatory. | Minimum AIP data set | TBD | ||||||
| DME-115 | The DME.location property is mandatory. | Minimum AIP data set | AIXM-5.1_RULE-1A3321 | ||||||
| DME-105 | For DME ElevatedPoint.accuracy should be provided. | PANS-AIM | TBD | ||||||
| DME-106 | For DME ElevatedPoint.verticalDatum should be provided. | PANS-AIM | TBD | ||||||
| DME-107 | No more than one DME may be co-located with same VOR. | EAD / Data consistency | TBD |
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| DME-108 | A DME and a TACAN cannot be collocated to the same VOR. | EAD / Data consistency | TBD | ||||||
| DME-109 | The DME.designator shall not be duplicated within 600 NM of the location of the DME. | EAD / ICAO Annex 11 | TBD | ||||||
| DME-110 | If DME.channel is not specified, then DME.ghostFrequency must be specified. | EAD | TBD | ||||||
| DME-111 | DME.ghostFrequency cannot be specified if the DME is collocated with a VOR or is part of an ILS or MLS system. | EAD / ICAO Annex 11 | TBD | ||||||
| DME-112 | DME.ghostFrequency must be consistent with the DME.channel value, according to Table A, ICAO Annex 10, Vol. 1. | EAD / ICAO Annex 11 | TBD | ||||||
| DME-113 | The value of the DME.channel must be paired with the VOR.frequency of the related VOR, as described by Table A, ICAO Annex 10, Vol.1. | EAD / ICAO Annex 10 | TBD | ||||||
| DME-114 | The geographical distance between the DME.location and the VOR.location which are used to compose the same Navaid must be: a) less than 30 metres if the VOR is located at an aerodrome/heliport (connected through Navaid.servedAirport) and has VOR.type equal-to 'DVOR'; b) less than 80 metres if the VOR is located at an aerodrome/heliport (connected through Navaid.servedAirport) and has VOR.type equal-to 'DVOR'; c) less than 600 metres if the VOR is not located at an aerodrome/heliport (not through Navaid.servedAirport). | EAD | TBD |
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