VFR Chart Symbols User Guide

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Published by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)  National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO), this user guide contains the symbols and their explanations for the following:


VFR aeronautical chart symbols
Aeronautical information
Airports
Radio aids to navigation
Airspace information
Navigational and procedural information
Chart limits

Topographic information
Railroads
Roads
Populated places outlined
Boundaries
Miscellaneous cultural features
Shorelines
Lakes
Reservoirs
Streams
Miscellaneous hydrographic features
Contours
Elevations
Unreliable relief
Shaded relief
Area relief features
Miscellaneous relief features

Helicopter route charts
Airports
Radio aids to navigation
Airspace information
Navigational and procedural information
Culture
Hydrography
Relief

VFR flyway planning charts
Airports
Radio aids to navigation
Airspace information
Navigational and procedural information
Culture
Hydrography
Relief

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Introduction to VFR Chart Symbols

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This Chart User’s Guide is intended to serve as a learning aid, reference document and an introduction to the wealth of information provided on aeronautical charts and publications of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)  National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO). This guide can also serve as a basic reference of chart information for experienced pilots.

The chart legend lists various aeronautical symbols as well as information concerning terrain and contour elevations. The discussions and examples are based on the Sectional aeronautical charts. These charts include the most current data and are at a scale (1:500,000) most beneficial to pilots flying under Visual Flight Rules.

NACO charts are prepared in accordance with specifications of the Interagency Air Cartographic Committee (IACC), and are approved by representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense.


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