An air carrier flight crew reported deviating from assigned course when they were cleared to interce...

Attributes
ACN	882710
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ORF.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 225 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 9000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 2100 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

First officer and I verified route and ensured route and clearance matched. We departed and were told to intercept north of schol intersection on a 50 degree heading on the sby 200 degree radial which we both verified. The departure controller advised us we were eight miles off track and turned us to a 320 degree heading and passed us off to washington center and he cleared us direct swl. Great care was taken on loading and verifying route. The joining on the airway is only a point of intercept and not a defined waypoint. Had we been cleared direct schol then on course we probably would have been fine. All I can guess is that I hit swl instead of sby on the intercept. I unfortunately did not and shouldn't have to build my own waypoint for the SBY200 V139 intercept. [This] needs to be fixed. Simply name the intersection.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Flight Crew reported deviating from assigned course when they were cleared to intercept an airway from a heading. They would like to see a named waypoint at that intersection.

Narrative: First Officer and I verified route and ensured route and clearance matched. We departed and were told to intercept north of SCHOL intersection on a 50 degree heading on the SBY 200 degree radial which we both verified. The Departure Controller advised us we were eight miles off track and turned us to a 320 degree heading and passed us off to Washington Center and he cleared us direct SWL. Great care was taken on loading and verifying route. The joining on the airway is only a point of intercept and not a defined waypoint. Had we been cleared direct SCHOL then on course we probably would have been fine. All I can guess is that I hit SWL instead of SBY on the intercept. I unfortunately did not and shouldn't have to build my own waypoint for the SBY200 V139 intercept. [THIS] NEEDS TO BE FIXED. SIMPLY NAME THE INTERSECTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

An air carrier flight crew reported deviating from assigned course when they were cleared to intercept an airway from a heading. They would like to see a named waypoint at that intersection.