Which pair of arrivals share the same second waypoint?

• A. Whiskey and Snake
• B. Echo and Snake
• C. Whiskey and Echo
• D. All three

Answer: (C)

Arrivals are defined sequences of fixes, and the order of those fixes matters. The second waypoint is simply the fix that appears second in each arrival’s path. If two arrivals show the same fix as their second waypoint, that means their routes merge at that point and share the next leg toward the approach.

In this case, the Whiskey arrival and the Echo arrival both have the same second waypoint, so they converge on the same point early in their paths and proceed along the same subsequent segment. The Snake arrival uses a different second waypoint, so it does not share that particular leg with the other two. This shared second waypoint is why Whiskey and Echo form the correct pair.