Charts Pt.1
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What are Aeronautical Charts used for?
Used by pilots to navigate during VFR or IFR flights
Charts have aiprots, airspace, lanmarks, obsticals, etc
Charts have aiprots, airspace, lanmarks, obsticals, etc
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For UAS operators, what are the 3 types of charts of interest?
Sectional
Terminal Area
World Area - not that important
Terminal Area
World Area - not that important
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How long is a sectional chart valid for?
56 days
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How long is a Terminal Area Chart valid for?
56 days
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How long is a World Area Chart valid for?
1 year
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What is the MEF?
Maximum Elevation Figure
Represents the highest elevation within a quadrant, including terrain and other obstacles
Arounded up to the nearest 100' valule and the last two digits of the number are not shown
Represents the highest elevation within a quadrant, including terrain and other obstacles
Arounded up to the nearest 100' valule and the last two digits of the number are not shown
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What color are airports with a control tower?
Blue
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What color are airports with OUT a control tower?
Magenta
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What does this symbol mean?
Hard surfaced runway
1500ft to 8069ft
1500ft to 8069ft
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What does this symbol mean?
Hard surface runway
greater than 8069ft
greater than 8069ft
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What does this symbol mean?
Private (Pvt) Airprot
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What does this symbol mean?
Unverified airport
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What does this symbol mean?
Heliport
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What does this symbol mean?
Seaplane Base
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What does this symbol mean?
Ultralight airport
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What does this symbol mean?
Abandoned airport
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What does this symbol mean?
Other than hard surface runway ex. grass
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These tick marks can be seen on any aiport depiction symbol, what does it mean?
There is fuel available
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What does this symbol mean?
Has a beacon, tells if its civ or military
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What does this mean?
CT - Control Tower
125.3 - Radio Frequency
(Star) - Part time operation
(C) - Has CTAF Frequency
125.3 - Radio Frequency
(Star) - Part time operation
(C) - Has CTAF Frequency
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What does this mean?
ATIS frequency
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What does this mean?
5045 - Airport Elevation MSL
*L - Lighting in operation
* - The star mens limitations exist
76 - Length of the longest runway which in this case is 7,600ft
122.95 - Unicom Frequency
*L - Lighting in operation
* - The star mens limitations exist
76 - Length of the longest runway which in this case is 7,600ft
122.95 - Unicom Frequency
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What does this mean?
RP: Right traffic pattern for.. Runways 3R, 21L and 21R
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What does this mean?
AWOS-3 - Weather information available at frequency 118.525
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What does this mean?
4830 - Airport elevation in MSL
*L - Lighting available with limitations
51 - Longest runway available which is 5,100ft in this case
*L - Lighting available with limitations
51 - Longest runway available which is 5,100ft in this case
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What does this mean?
CTAF available at frequency 123.0
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What airspace is this?
Class B
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What airpsace is this?
Class C
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What airpace is this?
Class D
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What does this mean?
The cieling of class d in MSL, this case is 4,000ft
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What airpsace is this?
Class E WITH FLOOR 1,200ft OR GREATER
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What airpsace is this?
Class E
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What airspace is this?
Class E STARTING AT 700ft AGL
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What does this mean?
Prohibited, restricted, and warning areas
Look for letter clarifying which one
Look for letter clarifying which one
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What does this mean?
Alert Area and MOA
Look for letter to clarify
Look for letter to clarify
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What does this mean?
Special airport traffic area
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What does this mean?
ADIZ - Air defence identificaiton zone
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What is VOR?
Navigatino aid
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What is this showing you?
VOR
Blue lines with arrows are showing victor airways - all start at 1,200ft and go to 18,000ft AGL
Blue lines with arrows are showing victor airways - all start at 1,200ft and go to 18,000ft AGL
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4NM on each side of the victor airways is what class airspace?
Class E starting at 1,200ft
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What is this highlighted section depicting?
Isogonic line
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What does this mean?
Antenna tower ABOVE 200ft AGL (299ft in urban area) and below 1,000ft agl
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What does this mean?
Antenna towr ABOVE 1,000ft AGL
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What does this mean?
Wind Turbine
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What does this mean?
Group obstruction
Either group of 1,000ft agl tall or less than 1,000ft agl
Either group of 1,000ft agl tall or less than 1,000ft agl
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What does this mean?
High intensity light
may operate part time
may operate part time
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This will be under the symbol for an antenna tower or turbine, what does this mean?
Height MSL
(Height AGL)
UC: Under construction
(Height AGL)
UC: Under construction
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What does this mean?
Parachute Location
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What does this mean?
Special Activity
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What does this mean?
Stadium
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What does this mean?
Powerline
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What does this mean?
Aerial Cable
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Why would the red flag be of importance to a remote PIC?
The red flag is a VFR checkpoint, which would indicate high traffic volume
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What kind of airport is deshler?
Public airport that is NOT a hard surface
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Which is true concerning the blue and magenta colors used to depict airports on Sectional Aeronautical Charts?
A. Airports with control towers underlying Class A, B, and C airspace are
shown in blue; Class D and E airspace are magenta.
B. Airports with control towers underlying Class C, D, and E airspace are
shown in magenta.
C. Airports with control towers underlying Class B, C, D, and E airspace
are shown in blue.
A. Airports with control towers underlying Class A, B, and C airspace are
shown in blue; Class D and E airspace are magenta.
B. Airports with control towers underlying Class C, D, and E airspace are
shown in magenta.
C. Airports with control towers underlying Class B, C, D, and E airspace
are shown in blue.
C