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    Aeronautical Chart User's Guide
    Aeronautical Chart User's Guide
    Aeronautical Chart User's Guide
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    Aeronautical Chart User's Guide

    By Federal Aviation Administration

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    The updated 11th edition of the Aeronautical Chart User’s Guide by the FAA is a great reference for novice pilots and professionals alike. Printed in full color with detailed examples, this book provides all the information students and pilots need to know about all the symbols and information provided on US aeronautical charts and chart navigation publications. Readers will find information on VFR charts, aeronautical chart symbols, helicopter route charts, flyway planning charts, IFR enroute charts, explanation of IFR enroute terms and symbols, Terminal Procedure Publications (TPPs), explanation of TPP terms and symbols, airspace classifications, and an airspace class table.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateJul 25, 2017
    ISBN9781510725539
    Aeronautical Chart User's Guide
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    Federal Aviation Administration

    The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. It regulates and oversees the aviation industry, pilot licensing, and airspace with the goal of providing “the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.”

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      Aeronautical Chart User's Guide - Federal Aviation Administration

      VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

      EXPLANATION OF VFR TERMS AND SYMBOLS

      This chapter covers the Sectional Aeronautical Chart (Sectional). These charts include the most current data at a scale of (1:500,000) which is large enough to be read easily by pilots flying by sight under Visual Flight Rules. Sectionals are named after a major city within its area of coverage.

      The chart legend includes aeronautical symbols and information about drainage, terrain, the contour of the land, and elevation. You can learn to identify aeronautical, topographical, and obstruction symbols (such as radio and television towers) by using the legend.

      A brief description next to a small black square indicates the exact location for many of the landmarks easily recognized from the air, such as stadiums, pumping stations, refineries, etc. A small open circle indicates an Oil Well. Small black circles with a label show the location of water, oil and gas tanks. The scale for some items may be increased to make them easier to read on the chart.

      AeroNav Products’ charts are prepared in accordance with specifications of the Interagency Air Cartographic Committee (IACC) and are approved by representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Defense (DoD).

      WATER FEATURES (HYDROGRAPHY)

      Water features are depicted using two tones of blue, and are considered either Open Water or Inland Water. Open Water, a lighter blue tone, shows the shoreline limitations of all coastal water features at the average (mean) high water levels for oceans and seas. Light blue also represents the connecting waters like bays, gulfs, sounds, fjords, and large estuaries.

      Exceptionally large lakes like the Great Lakes, Great Salt Lake, and Lake Okeechobee, etc., are considered Open Water features. The Open Water tone extends inland as far as necessary to adjoin the darker blue Inland Water tones. All other bodies of water are marked as Inland Water in the darker blue tone.

      LAND FEATURES (TERRAIN) AND OBSTRUCTIONS

      The elevation and configuration of the Earth’s surface is important to pilots. Our Aeronautical Information Specialists are devoted to showing the contour of the earth and any obstructions clearly and accurately on our charts. We use five different techniques: contour lines, shaded relief, color tints, obstruction symbols, and Maximum Elevation Figures (MEF).

      1.   Contour lines join points of equal elevation. On Sectionals, basic contours are spaced at 500’ intervals. Intermediate contours are typically at 250’ intervals in moderately level or gently rolling areas. Auxiliary contours at 50’, 100’, 125’, or 150’ intervals occasionally show smaller relief features in areas of relatively low relief. The pattern of these lines and their spacing gives the pilot a visual concept of the terrain. Widely spaced contours represent gentle slopes, while closely spaced contours represent steep slopes.

      2.   Shaded relief shows how terrain may appear from the air. Shadows are shown as if light is coming from the northwest, because studies show that our visual perception has been conditioned to this view.

      3.   Different color tints show bands of elevation relative to sea level. These colors range from light green for the lower elevations, to dark brown for the higher elevations.

      4.   Obstruction symbols show man made vertical features that could affect safe navigation. FAA’s Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) maintains a database of over 1,200,000 obstacles in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico and U.S. Pacific Island Territories. Aeronautical Specialists evaluate each obstacle based on charting specifications before adding it to a visual chart. When a Specialist is not able to verify the position or elevation of an obstacle, it is marked UC, meaning it is under construction or being reported, but has not been

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