Call Signs

[skatergeek]

Anybody know why ATC will sometimes add letters to the end of call signs? United 273C, Skywest 6139A, etc. I have been hearing it a lot lately, and have no idea what it means. Thanks.

 

[jhugz]

Anybody know why ATC will sometimes add letters to the end of call signs? United 273C, Skywest 6139A, etc. I have been hearing it a lot lately, and have no idea what it means. Thanks.

When the same flight number is up somewhere else.

 

[CamYZ125]

Yuuuuuuup. Sometimes we'll have delayed flights, so that there will be two of our flight numbers operating at the same time, sometimes in the same areas... so dispatch changes the not yet departed flight and adds a suffix. Example, flight 2610 will often become 261A.

 

[SBI]

Yuuuuuuup. Sometimes we'll have delayed flights, so that there will be two of our flight numbers operating at the same time, sometimes in the same areas... so dispatch changes the not yet departed flight and adds a suffix. Example, flight 2610 will often become 261A.

"Sometimes we'll have delayed flights" :rotfl:

 

[CamYZ125]

Haha, I know, right? I was reading that after I posted it and thought it was funny.

I guess is should read: Sometimes our delayed flights can cause overlapping flight numbers...

I'm sure there are other reasons that dispatch changes the flight number, but that's one I can think of...

 

[skatergeek]

Yuuuuuuup. Sometimes we'll have delayed flights, so that there will be two of our flight numbers operating at the same time, sometimes in the same areas... so dispatch changes the not yet departed flight and adds a suffix. Example, flight 2610 will often become 261A.

AHHH, thanks.