Sectional Charts Legend

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Sectional charts legend. Foreflight 7 0 article. Wac or not shown on wac. An example of a legend maximum elevation figure mef topography.

Consult airport facility directory a fd for details involving airport lighting navigation aids and services. Charts in compressed zip format contain a tif geospatial and metadata files. Chart outline on sectional of inset chart.

A legend of the particular area chart will help you identify the airports classes altitude elevation etc of that area. Some of the basic elements of a sectional chart are. The test will reference images and charts that can be found in the supplemental notebook.

19 vfr aeronautical charts topographic information culture railroads all gauges single track topographic information double track more than two tracks electric railroads in juxtaposition railroad nonoperating abandoned destroyed or under construction railroad yards. The chart users guide is updated as necessary when there is new chart symbology or changes in the depiction of information and or symbols on the charts. Map touch allows you to rotate through each overlapping chart in turn based on where you tap the chart.

When you arrive at the faa testing center you will be given a piece of paper pencil and a testing supplement notebook. For additional symbol information refer to the chart user s guide. Sectional charts are the most common charts used by pilots today and these are the types of charts used on the remote pilot knowledge test.

The charts have a scale of 1 500 000 1 inch 6 86 nautical miles nm or approximately 8 statute miles sm which allows for more detailed information to be included on the chart. A legend is a table consisting of symbols numbers colors and what each one of them means. When a symbol is different on any vfr chart series it will be annotated thus.