What is the NAVAID type at HEZ?

What is the NAVAID type at HEZ?

• A. VOR/DME
• B. VORTAC
• C. VOR
• D. VOR/LOC

Answer: (B)

Understanding what a VORTAC provides helps identify the NAVAID type quickly. A VORTAC combines a VOR beacon with a TACAN facility, giving civil users VOR azimuth guidance plus DME distance information from the TACAN. If the facility at HEZ is a VORTAC, it means both signals are co-located and usable by both civilian and military equipment. That’s why the best choice is the VORTAC option: it indicates the presence of both VOR guidance and TACAN/DME, which the other configurations do not provide. A VOR/DME would offer VOR plus DME but not a TACAN channel; a plain VOR lacks DME; a VOR/LOC combines a VOR with an ILS localizer, not TACAN.

Understanding what a VORTAC provides helps identify the NAVAID type quickly. A VORTAC combines a VOR beacon with a TACAN facility, giving civil users VOR azimuth guidance plus DME distance information from the TACAN. If the facility at HEZ is a VORTAC, it means both signals are co-located and usable by both civilian and military equipment.

That’s why the best choice is the VORTAC option: it indicates the presence of both VOR guidance and TACAN/DME, which the other configurations do not provide. A VOR/DME would offer VOR plus DME but not a TACAN channel; a plain VOR lacks DME; a VOR/LOC combines a VOR with an ILS localizer, not TACAN.