How Are Squawk Codes Assigned?

Harold Rutila

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How Are Squawk Codes Assigned?
« on: March 21, 2010, 12:53:23 PM »
How are squawk codes assigned in tower cabs? I understand with the radar systems there is a function to do this (simulated with the F9 key in VRC/ASRC), but how would a clearance delivery controller, for instance, select a squawk code? Are there differences between newer towers and older towers in terms of the systems used to assign the codes?

Alex Evins

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How Are Squawk Codes Assigned?
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2010, 01:02:27 PM »
FDIO.

(Answers the question how squawk codes are physically assigned within the tower cab)
« Last Edit: April 08, 2010, 09:51:24 AM by Alex Evins »

Arthur Heiser

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How Are Squawk Codes Assigned?
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2010, 05:18:44 PM »
Quote from: Alex Evins
FDIO.
Doesn't the NAS Computer have something to do with that as well as the FDIO?

-ZZ

Jeremy Bucholz

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« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2010, 12:24:18 AM »
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Doesn't the NAS Computer have something to do with that as well as the FDIO?

-ZZ

Yes, the NAS assigns the codes which are released to each facility by the Center.  The FDIO is simply the computer system used to link with the NAS.