Aero Charts
1:500,000
What is the scale of a VFR Sectional Chart?
The shape of a cylinder.
What is the shape of class D airspace?
5 NM and 10 NM
What is the radius of the core of class C airspace and the shelf of class C airspace?
The distance traveled at a groundspeed of 120 knots in 30 minutes.
What is 60 NM?
The reference for the elevation of an airfield as indicated on a VFR sectional Chart.
What is MSL?
Navigating an airplane in flight from place to place by using notable landmarks and geographic features.
What is pilotage?
The radius of the circle around an airfield where mode C is required
What is 30 NM?
What are the two named lines of longitude?
The Prime Meridian and the International Date Line?
The magnetic heading to fly if you want to fly a true heading of west with a magnetic variation of 10 degrees east.
What is 260 degrees?
The meaning of the "tick marks" around the circle on a VFR Sectional chart that indicates an airfield.
What is Services (or fuel) available?
VFR Sectionals are named using this.
What is the name of a major city covered by the chart.
There are only 37 airports in the U.S. surrounded by this type of airspace.
What is class B airspace?
The chart symbol that indicates a good VFR checkpoint for visual navigation.
What is a magenta flag?
Your groundspeed if you are flying an indicated airspeed of 110 knots with a 15 knot headwind.
What is 95 knots?
The way that the floor and ceiling of Class B airspace is indicated on a chart.
What is with a fraction?
The scale of a Terminal Area Chart
What is 1:250,000?
The airspace that tops out at FL600.
What is class A airspace?
The color of a VFR Sectional chart that indicates higher terrain.
What is tan or brown?
The direction to crab while attempting to fly due north with winds out of the southwest.
What is to the left (or to the west)?
The place to find the length of the longest runway at an airfield found on a chart
What is with the airport information, next to the lighting information or the field elevation?
A dashed magenta line with degrees east or west.
What is a magnetic variation line?
This controlled airspace is Every place that doesn't have a different type of controlled airspace.
What is class E airspace?
The lines on a VFR sectional chart that can be used consistently to measure distance.
What is lines of longitude?
The local time of arrival at an airport if you depart from an airfield at noon and fly for exactly one hour crossing over one time zone to the west to get to your destination.
What is noon?
Communications Requirement to enter Class C airspace.
What is establish two-way radio communications?