McFly
Well Known Member
This is not exactly GPS specific but since it causes me grief on my Lowrance 1000, I am posting here.
Why do some airport identifiers need a 'K' prefix when searching for an airport by identifier? For example, my home airport identifier is 'CIC' on the Sacremento sectional and facility guide but if I search my GPS for 'CIC', it will not find it. You must enter 'KCIC'. This can and has doubled my heads down time.
I initially thought it might be related to size of the airport or VOR on the field but that does not seem to be the case.
Lowrance if you are listening, a useful feature would be to add a prompt along the lines of "Did you mean KCIC?" when "CIC" is entered.
Why do some airport identifiers need a 'K' prefix when searching for an airport by identifier? For example, my home airport identifier is 'CIC' on the Sacremento sectional and facility guide but if I search my GPS for 'CIC', it will not find it. You must enter 'KCIC'. This can and has doubled my heads down time.
I initially thought it might be related to size of the airport or VOR on the field but that does not seem to be the case.
Lowrance if you are listening, a useful feature would be to add a prompt along the lines of "Did you mean KCIC?" when "CIC" is entered.