CifpTerminalWaypoint

Terminal area waypoints (named fixes) associated with specific airports or terminal regions, used in instrument flight procedures

Source: CIFPTable: CIFP_TERMINAL_WAYPOINTVersion: 239462ba9c35 (effective 2026-04-16)

ARINC 424 Section Code PC. Terminal waypoints are distinct from enroute waypoints in that they are defined within the context of a specific airport or terminal area. Latitude/longitude are encoded as concatenated strings (e.g., N52155864 = N 52° 15' 58.64").

Example query

# Introspect the CifpTerminalWaypoint type in GraphiQL at https://api.nav.sortie.co/graphql
# Example shape (pair with a compatible root query field):
{
  # ...rootQuery... {
    recordType
    customerAreaCode
    sectionCode
    regionCode
  # }
}

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Fields (18)

Field	Type	Description	Units	Enum
recordType ← RECORD_TYPE	CifpApproachRecordType	Indicates whether the record is a standard record or a tailored record		S — Standard record T — Tailored record
customerAreaCode ← CUSTOMER_AREA_CODE	CustomerAreaCode	Geographic area code identifying the region of the world where the terminal waypoint is located		CAN — Canada LAM — Latin America and Mexico PAC — Pacific SPA — South Pacific Area USA — United States
sectionCode ← SECTION_CODE	CifpTerminalWaypointSectionCode	ARINC 424 section and subsection code identifying the record type; PC indicates terminal (airport) waypoints		PC — Terminal Waypoint
regionCode ← REGION_CODE	String	ICAO airport identifier (4-character) of the terminal area or airport with which this waypoint is associated
icaoCode ← ICAO_CODE	CifpApproachIcaoCode	ICAO region code identifying the geographic/political region for the associated airport or terminal area		19 values K1 — Contiguous United States (Eastern) K2 — Contiguous United States (Central) K3 — Contiguous United States (Western) K4 — Contiguous United States (Southern) K5 — Contiguous United States (Additional) K6 — Contiguous United States (Additional) K7 — Contiguous United States (Additional) NS — Unspecified Pacific/North Pacific area PA — Alaska PF — Pacific - unspecified subregion PG — Guam and Mariana Islands PH — Hawaii PK — Marshall Islands PM — Midway Island PO — Pacific - unspecified subregion PP — Pacific - unspecified subregion PT — Pacific - unspecified subregion TI — United States Virgin Islands TJ — Puerto Rico
waypointIdentifier ← WAYPOINT_IDENTIFIER	String	Five-character alphanumeric identifier for the terminal waypoint (named fix)
icaoCode2 ← ICAO_CODE_2	CifpTerminalWaypointIcaoCode2	Secondary ICAO region code, typically corresponding to the waypoint's own geographic region; may differ from ICAO_CODE when waypoints span region boundaries		18 values CY — Canada K — United States (generic) K1 — Contiguous United States (Eastern) K2 — Contiguous United States (Central) K3 — Contiguous United States (Western) K4 — Contiguous United States (Southern) K5 — Contiguous United States (Additional) K6 — Contiguous United States (Additional) K7 — Contiguous United States (Additional) MM — Mexico MY — Bahamas NZ — New Zealand P — Pacific (generic) PA — Alaska PG — Guam and Mariana Islands PH — Hawaii TI — United States Virgin Islands TJ — Puerto Rico
continuationRecordNo ← CONTINUATION_RECORD_NO	ContinuationRecordNo	Continuation record number; 0 indicates the primary record, values 1 and above indicate continuation records with additional data for the same waypoint		0 — Primary record 1 — First continuation record 2 — Second continuation record
waypointType ← WAYPOINT_TYPE	CifpTerminalWaypointWaypointType	ARINC 424 coded type classification of the terminal waypoint indicating its role or definition method		A — Airport as waypoint C — Combined named intersection and RNAV waypoint I — Unnamed, charted intersection R — Named intersection defined by radials W — RNAV waypoint (unnamed or uncharted)
waypointUsage ← WAYPOINT_USAGE	String	Coded field indicating the procedure types in which the waypoint is used (e.g., high altitude, low altitude, terminal); null if not restricted to a specific usage
waypointLatitude ← WAYPOINT_LATITUDE	String	Geographic latitude of the waypoint encoded as a string in the format H DDMMSSss where H is hemisphere (N/S), DD is degrees, MM is minutes, SS is seconds, ss is hundredths of seconds	degrees, minutes, seconds (encoded string)
waypointLongitude ← WAYPOINT_LONGITUDE	String	Geographic longitude of the waypoint encoded as a string in the format H DDDMMSSss where H is hemisphere (E/W), DDD is degrees, MM is minutes, SS is seconds, ss is hundredths of seconds	degrees, minutes, seconds (encoded string)
dynamicMagVariation ← DYNAMIC_MAG_VARIATION	String	Dynamic magnetic variation at the waypoint location, encoded as a direction letter (E/W) followed by a four-digit value in tenths of degrees (e.g., E0044 = 4.4 degrees East)	degrees (tenths), East or West
datumCode ← DATUM_CODE	DatumCode	Geodetic datum code indicating the horizontal reference datum used for the waypoint coordinates		NAR — North American Datum (NAD83/WGS84 compatible) WGE — World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS-84)
nameFormatIndicator ← NAME_FORMAT_INDICATOR	String	Indicates the format or type of the waypoint name/description field; null when not specified
waypointNameDesc ← WAYPOINT_NAME_DESC	String	Full name or description of the waypoint; typically matches or expands upon the waypoint identifier
fileRecordNo ← FILE_RECORD_NO	String	Sequential file record number assigned to this record within the ARINC 424 data file, used for internal referencing and ordering
cycleDate ← CYCLE_DATE	String	AIRAC cycle date indicating when this record was last created or revised, formatted as YYNN where YY is the two-digit year and NN is the AIRAC cycle number within that year (e.g., 2504 = year 2025, cycle 4)