The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aeronautical Chart User’s Guide is a means of helping students and pilots understand FAA charts and publications. As visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR) have changed, FAA personnel have updated the guide. Now in its 12th edition, the FAA released the guide in an online version for pilots to access as part of their electronic flight bags (EFBs).
On the FAA website, the guide is broken into seven sections:
- Introduction
- VFR Terms
- VFR Symbols
- IFR Terms
- IFR Symbols
- Terminal Procedures Publication (TPP)
- TPP Symbols
Each of these sections offers an explanation of terms used as well as a “cheat sheet” of symbols that students can use as a study guide or experienced pilots can reference. A PDF version of the guide is also available.
According to Rob Mark in a Flying magazine article, the one failing of the new guide is that there are no practical quizzes to test new pilots’ knowledge. Despite this failing, the guide is a useful tool that all pilots at all levels should be familiar with.
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