How big is a sectional map?

Dimensions will vary depending on the area specified, but the approximate size of the framed chart will be between 16” x 20” and 18” x 24” in either a horizontal or vertical orientation. Ready to display, it’s ideal for the office, game room, or flight planning area!

What are VFR sectionals?

Sectional Aeronautical Charts are the primary navigational reference medium used by the VFR pilot community. The topographic information featured consists of the relief and a judicious selection of visual checkpoints used for flight under visual flight rules.

How do you know if an airport has fuel on a sectional chart?

The current practice is to use tick marks around the airport symbol to indicate that fuel is available and the field attended Monday through Friday from 10h00 to 16h00, local time. Today, many airports have self-service fuel so there is no longer a need for an attendant to be present.

What is the benefit of having checkpoints so close together?

The airports when combined together allowed them to meet all of the cross country flight time requirements without having to do too many flight, while also accomplishing the required number of solo takeoffs and landings in a traffic pattern at an airport with an operating control tower.

What does VFR stand for?

Visual Flight Rules
Visual Flight Rules simply means that the aircraft is intended to operate in visual meteorological conditions (VMC, i.e. nice and clear weather). Clouds, heavy precipitation, low visibility, and otherwise adverse weather conditions should be avoided under VFR.

How often do sectionals come out?

Now, the issue dates of the 38 Sectional charts in the USA are spread out throughout the year, with at least some of them expiring and renewing every eight weeks. And, to complicate things further, I have to introduce you to the AIRAC cycle, or Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control cycle.

What does a blue airport symbol indicate?

A blue airport, indicates a tower within class G airspace.

How many airspace are there in a sectional chart?

There are 6 different classifications for airspace and each of them have a different way of being marked on a sectional chart. In this article, were going to walk through the different classes of airspace. This looks confusing at first, but breaking each airspace down and understanding it’s parts make reading the sectional pretty easy.

What do you call a sectional flight chart?

In United States aviation, a sectional chart, often called sectional for short, is a type of aeronautical chart designed for navigation under visual flight rules . In Australia, Canada and some other countries, the equivalent charts used for visual flight are called VFR Navigation Charts…

What’s the scale for a Sectional Aeronautical Chart?

This chapter covers the Sectional Aeronautical Chart (Sectional). These charts include the most current data at a scale of (1:500,000) which is large enough to be read easily by pilots flying by sight under Visual Flight Rules. Sectionals are named after a major city within its area of coverage.

What’s the difference between sectional and sectional charts?

Sectional Charts are meant to only show a section of a flight region. These charts emphasize only landmarks and features that would be important to a pilot for navigation during flight.