FAA VOR Federal Airways & Minimum Operational Network (MON)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-10-14 — Amendment of Domestic Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-16, V-35, V-37, V-53, V-133, V-136, V-143, V-259, V-310, V-364, V-409, V-415, V-454, and V-605; Eastern United States: cross-connection with faa-vor-federal-airways: This airway amendment is part of the ongoing VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) transition, which is decommissioning legacy ground-based navaids as RNAV replaces them. (novelty: 2)
2026-10-05 — Amendment of Domestic Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-16, V-184, and Revocation of V-284 and V-577; Eastern United States: cross-connection with faa-vor-federal-airways: Cedar Lake, NJ VOR shutdown and resulting airway changes are part of the broader VOR Minimum Operational Network transition. (novelty: 2)
2026-08-05 — Amendment of United States Area Navigation Route Q-10 and Revocation of Alaska Area Navigation Routes J-804R and J-889R in Alaska: cross-connection with faa-rnav-route-modernization-alaska: Alaska RNAV modernization complements the VOR MON transition by shifting reliance from ground-based navaids to satellite-based RNAV routes. (novelty: 2)