Ch 4C - Aeronautical Charts Flashcards

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Aeronautical charts

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Maps that provide a detailed portrayal of an area’s topography and include aeronautical and navigation information

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Reference lines

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Based on great and small circles are used to define locations on the earth’s surface

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Each section chart covers

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6-8 degrees of longitude and 4 degrees of latitude and is named the after the primary city within it

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MEFs

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Maximum elevation figures; Are based on the highest known feature within a quadrangle bounded by lines of latitude and longitude

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Special conservation area

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National parks or wildlife refuges; should fly no lower than 2,000 feet AGL

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WAC’s

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World aeronautical charts; use a scale of 1:1,000,000; commonly used by pilots of high performance aircraft

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Tick marks extending from an airport diagram

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Indicate that fuel is available at an airport and it is attended at least during working hours

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A star above an airport diagram

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Indicates an airport beacon normally operates from sunset to sunrise

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Colors of airport diagrams

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Blue = control tower, magenta = all others

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A VORTAC navigational facility

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Is depicted by a blue triangular symbol on aeronautical charts

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A circle H, located in the top right corner of a communications box indicates

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That the weather service HIWAS is transmitted over the navaid frequency

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