Three VOR navigation aids are available to assist aircraft in and out of all civilian and military airports in North Texas. The busiest airports in the area are Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field.
Each VOR navigation aid is named after a local professional sports team. In this case, MAVERICK is named after the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association, who play in American Airlines Arena in downtown Dallas TX.
The MAVERICK VOR/DME (FAA identifier TTT) is located near the south entry for the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport off of the US 183.
From Airnav.com: (
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"Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA
FAA Identifier: DFW
Lat/Long:
32-53-50.0336N / 097-02-15.7018W
32-53.833893N / 097-02.261697W
. . .
Airport Operations
Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1974
Control tower: yes
. . .
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq
TTT r359/1.7 MAVERICK VOR/DME 113.10
CVE r268/6.8 COWBOY VOR/DME 116.20
FUZ r080/7.2 RANGER VORTAC 115.70"
And also from Airnav.com, specific information about the MAVERICK VOR/DME navigation aid: (
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"TTT
MAVERICK VOR/DME
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX
Location
Lat/Long: 32-52-08.977N / 097-02-25.812W (32.8691603/-97.0405033)
Elevation: 540.0 ft.
Variation: 06E (2000)
Operational Characteristics
Type: VOR/DME
Class: H-VORW/DME
Frequency: 113.10
TACAN channel: 078X
Altitude code: H (high)
Hours of operation: 24
Voice ID: no
Morse ID: - - -
NOTAM facility: FTW
FSS:
FSS hours of operation: 24
Technical Characteristics
Accuracy: unknown
Monitoring: Internal monitoring plus status indicator at control point
Owner: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
Operator: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
Common system usage: yes
For public use: yes
Remarks
1. ALL ACFT ARRIVING DFW ARE REQUESTED TO TURN DME OFF UNTIL DEPARTURE DUE TO TRAFFIC OVERLOAD OF MAVERICK DME.
2. DME UNUSBL 180-190"