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VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

EXPLANATIONOFVFRTERMSANDSYMBOLS

The discussions and examples in this section are based on the Sectional Aeronautical Chart (Section-

HYDROGRAPHY

-quired in some instances.

TERRAINANDOBSTRUCTIONS

Sectionals, basic contours are

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VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Source

dataonterrainandobstructionsis the letters quadrant.

AquadrantonSectionalsistheareabound-

Example: Elevation of obstacle top (MSL) = 2424

Possible vertical error

+100
equals 2524

Raise to the following 100" level

2600

Maximum Elevation Figure

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Also, usersshouldconsulttheAeronauticalChart able.

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION

letters, andnomisinterpretationcanresult,thename

Crosshatch indicates

Shutdown status

NDB Frequency

AIRPORTS

this

Section).

Public

use airports:

Seaplane

bases as public-use airports. local time.) Example: Elevation of obstacle top (MSL) = 3450

Possible vertical error

+100

Obstacle Allowance

+200
equals 3750

Raise to the following 100" level

3800

Maximum Elevation Figure

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

retained. lar name. point ontheusableportion indicatesthatthepi-

CONTROLLED AIRSPACE

Class A Airspace

charts donotdepictClassA,itisimportanttonoteits existence.

Class B Airspace

Sectional

AeronauticalChart(Sectional)andTermi-

omitted:

Class C Airspace

.Separate 4

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Class D Airspace

.Ceil- .Aminusin

Class E Surface (SFC) Airspace-

note:

Class E Airspace

all

ClassEuptobutnotin-

andanumberindicat-

UNCONTROLLED AIRSPACE

Class G Airspace-

the terrain and certain special use airspace areas.

SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

cent to the area.

OTHER AIRSPACE AREAS

Mode C Required Airspace

FAR 93

airport name.

FAR 91-

name.

National Security Areas

andSpecial Flight

Rules Areas (SFRAs)

The Washington DC Flight Restricted Zone

(FRZ)

Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) Areas

Relating to National Security

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Terminal Radar Service Areas (TRSAs)are

.As- border.

Military Training Routes (MTRs)

Special Military Activityareasareindicated

TERMINAL AREA CHART (TAC) COVERAGE

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

INSETCOVERAGE

line.

CHARTTABULATIONS

AirportTowerCommunications-

Approach Control Communications are

SpecialUseAirspace(SUA)-

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Airport

Name

Hours of

Operation

(local time)

Frequencies (VHF/UHF)

Runway dependent

Approach

direction dependent

Radar Instrument

Approach available

Airspace

Name

VHF/UHF

VHF UHF

Sectors for

VHF and UHF traffic

local time

Sunrise to Sunset

Frequencies (VHF/UHF)

Radar

Approach

Control

Restricted

Danger

Advisory

NOT

FOR NA

VIGA TION

NNNNNNN

TIO IOIO OO GA NA VIG

OOOOROR

RRR NR

N FF TTT

OOTOTOT

TTTT F

FFFFF

NNNNNONONO

OOOOTOTOT

NNNNNNONONONO

OOOO

Airports with control towers are indicated on the face of the chart by the letters CT followed by the primary VHF local control

frequency (ies). Information for each tower is listed in the table below. Operational hours are local time. The primary VHF and UHF local

control frequencies are listed. An asterisk (*) indicates the part-time tower frequency is remoted to a collocated full-time FSS foruse as

Airport Advisory Service (AAS) during hours the tower is closed. The primary VHF and UHF ground control frequencies are listed.

Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) frequencies shown on the face of the chart are primary arrival VHF/UHF frequencies. All

ATIS frequencies are listed in the table below. ATIS operational hours may dier from tower operational hours.

ASR and/or PAR indicate Radar Instrument Approach available. "MON-FRI" indicates Monday through Friday. 8 9

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHART SYMBOLS

AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION

AIRPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 AIRSPACE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 NAVIGATIONAL AND PROCEDURAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

CHART LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

CULTURE

RAILROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

ROADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

POPULATED PLACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

BOUNDARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

MISCELLANEOUS CULTURAL FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

HYDROGRAPHY

SHORELINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

LAKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

RESERVOIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

STREAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

MISCELLANEOUS HYDROGRAPHIC FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

RELIEF

CONTOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

ELEVATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

UNRELIABLE RELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

SHADED RELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

AREA RELIEF FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 10

HELICOPTER ROUTE CHARTS

AIRPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 AIRSPACE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 NAVIGATIONAL AND PROCEDURAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

HYDROGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

RELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

VFR FLYWAY PLANNING CHARTS

AIRPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 AIRSPACE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 NAVIGATIONAL AND PROCEDURAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

HYDROGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

RELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

GENERAL INFORMATION

Symbols shown are for World Aeronautical Charts (WACs), Sectional Aeronautical Charts (Sectionals), Terminal Area

Charts (TACs), VFR Flyway Planning Charts and Helicopter Route Charts. When a symbol is different on any VFR

chart series, it will be annotated, e.g., "WAC" or "Not shown on WAC".

11 VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS - Aeronautical Information

AIRPORTS

LANDPLANE: CIVIL

Airports having con-

trol towers (CT) are shown in blue, all oth-ers are shown in magenta. All recognizable run-ways, including some which may be closed, are shown for visual identification pur-poses.

Refueling and repair

facilities for normal traffic.

Runway patterns will

be depicted at air- ports with at least one hard surface runway 1500´ or greater in length.

SEAPLANE: CIVIL AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION

LANDPLANE:

CIVIL-MILITARY

LANDPLANE:

MILITARY

Refueling and repair

facilities not indi-cated.

LANDPLANE:

EMERGENCY

No facilities

Complete informa-

tion is not available.

Add appropriate note

as required for hard surface runways only:

(CLOSED)"

SEAPLANE:EMERGENCY

No facilities or com-

plete information is not available.

HELIPORT

(Selected)

ULTRALIGHT FLIGHT

PARK (Selected)

AIRPORT DATA

GROUPING

(Pvt) - Non-public use having emergency or landmark value.

AIRPORTS

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS - Aeronautical Information 12

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION

VHFOMNI-DIRECTIONAL RADIO (VOR) RANGE

VOR

VORTAC

When an NDB NAVAID shares the same name and Morse Code as the VOR NAVAID the fre-quency can be colo-cated inside the same box to conserve space.

VOR-DME

NON-DIRECTIONAL

RADIOBEACON

(NDB)

NDB-DME

ILS COMPONENTS

Shown when compo-nent of airway sys-tem or used in the description of Class B airspace.

BROADCASTSTATIONS (BS)

On request by the proper authority or when a VFR Check-point.

FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS)

REMOTE

COMMUNICATIONS

OUTLET (RCO)

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION

Shared ILS - DMELocalizer

Locator Beacon

ILS - DME

13 VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS - Aeronautical Information

AIR FORCE STATION (AFS)

LONG RANGE

RADAR STATION (LRRS)

OFF AIRPORT

AWOS/ASOS

ALASKA WEATHER

CAMERA

Stand-Alone

Colocated with Air-

port

Must be within 2NM to have same name.

AIRSPACE INFORMATION

CLASS B AIRSPACE

Appropriate notes as required may be shown.

Only the airspace

effective below 18,000 feet MSL are shown. (Mode C see

FAR 91.215 /AIM)

All mileagesare nautical (NM).

All radialsare magnetic.

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION

LAS 002

CLASS C AIRSPACE

Appropriate notes as required may be shown.

(Mode C seeFAR 91.215 /AIM)

CLASS D AIRSPACE

AIRSPACE INFORMATION

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS - Aeronautical Information 14

CLASS E AIRSPACE

The limits of Class E airspace shall be shown by narrow vignettes or by the dashed magenta symbol. Individual units of designated airspace are not nec-essarily shown; instead, the aggre-gate lateral and verti-cal limits shall be defined by the follow-ing:

Airspace beginning at the surface (sfc) des-ignated around air-ports ...

Airspace beginning at

700 feet AGL ...

Airspace beginning at

1200 feet AGL or greater that abuts uncontrolled air-space (Class G) ...

Differentiates floors

of airspace greater than 700 feet above the surface...

When the ceiling is

less than 18,000 feet MSL, the value, pre-fixed by the word "ceiling," shall be shown along the lim-its.

OFFSHORE CONTROL AREAS

AIRSPACE INFORMATION

CANADIAN AIRSPACE

Individual units of designated Canadian airspace are not nec-essarily shown; instead, the aggre-gate lateral and verti-cal limits shall be portrayed as closely as possible to the comparable U.S. air-space.

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VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

EXPLANATIONOFVFRTERMSANDSYMBOLS

HYDROGRAPHY

TERRAINANDOBSTRUCTIONS

Sectionals, basic contours are

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VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Source

AquadrantonSectionalsistheareabound-

Possible vertical error

Raise to the following 100" level

Maximum Elevation Figure

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION

Crosshatch indicates

Shutdown status

NDB Frequency

AIRPORTS

Section).

Public

Seaplane

Possible vertical error

Obstacle Allowance

Raise to the following 100" level

Maximum Elevation Figure

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

CONTROLLED AIRSPACE

Class A Airspace

Class B Airspace

Sectional

AeronauticalChart(Sectional)andTermi-

Class C Airspace

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Class D Airspace

Class E Surface (SFC) Airspace-

Class E Airspace

ClassEuptobutnotin-

UNCONTROLLED AIRSPACE

Class G Airspace-

SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

OTHER AIRSPACE AREAS

Mode C Required Airspace

FAR 93

FAR 91-

National Security Areas

Rules Areas (SFRAs)

The Washington DC Flight Restricted Zone

Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) Areas

Relating to National Security

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Terminal Radar Service Areas (TRSAs)are

Military Training Routes (MTRs)

Special Military Activityareasareindicated

TERMINAL AREA CHART (TAC) COVERAGE

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

INSETCOVERAGE

CHARTTABULATIONS

AirportTowerCommunications-

Approach Control Communications are

SpecialUseAirspace(SUA)-

VFR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Airport

Hours of

Operation

Frequencies (VHF/UHF)

Runway dependent

Approach

Radar Instrument

Approach available

Airspace

VHF/UHF

VHF/UHF

Sectors for

VHF and UHF traffic

Sunrise to Sunset

Frequencies (VHF/UHF)

Approach

Control

Restricted

(CLOSED)"