Vocab
The largest circle that can be drawn on the surface of the Earth or any sphere.
What is the Great Circle?
This symbol represents Sea Plane Bases.
What is an anchor?
This symbol represents a Power Transmission Line.
What is a power line?
Refers to a major city within the area covered.
What is the Chart Title?
Name one man-made or natural feature shown on aeronautical charts?
What is a lake, river railroad, highway, etc.?
Common name for radio aids to navigation.
What is navaids?
This, found around the airport symbol, indicate that fuel is available from Monday through Friday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
What are tick marks?
This symbol represents a stadium.
What is a diamond?
Provides a reference for chart symbology including airports, airspace, communication, navigation aids, obstructions, topography, and other information.
What is the Chart Legend?
This is another name for lines of latitude.
What are parallels?
The highest part of usable runway surface, measured in feet above mean sea level.
What is airport elevation?
Airports that have control towers are shown in this color.
What is blue?
This represents 11,100 feet.
What is 111
Indicate when the chart is effective and when it is scheduled to become obsolete for navigation.
What is the Effective Dates?
You should fly no lower than this over special conservation areas.
What is 2,000 feet?
Frequently used to create aeronautical charts because it offers minimal distortion on the comparatively small area covered by an individual chart.
What is the Lambert Conformal Conic projection?
This symbol represents a rotating airport beacon in operation from sunset to sunrise.
What is a star?
This symbol represents an obstruction that is 1000 feet or higher.
Draw
Displays adjoining charts. If your route is near the edge of a chart, carry adjacent charts during flight.
What is the Chart Index?
This is another name for lines of longitude.
What are Meridians?
When flying around busy airports, this will help you significantly with orientation and navigation.
What is VFR terminal area charts, or TACs?
This symbol represents Private or "Pvt"
What is a circle with an "R" in it?
This symbol represents an obstruction that is between 200 and 1000 feet.
Draw
Provides access to the Aeronautical Chart Bulletin.
What is the QR Code?
This type of line displays the degrees of variation which are added or subtracted from a true course to determine a magnetic course.
What is the isogonic line?