The navigation is done by following terrain features and comparing them to VFR aeronautical charts. Altitude, direction of flight and speed are decided by the pilot as well as the responsibility to ...

When viewing the aeronautical map layer, ForeFlight will display both VFR checkpoints and VFR waypoints, two common symbols found on FAA Sectional and Terminal Area Charts (TAC) in and around Class B ...

That was the topic of discussion among many pilots this week in response to an announcement from the FAA stating that the agency was planning to make a change to VFR aeronautical charts ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has chosen to remove areas outside the United States on all its visual flight rules (VFR) aeronautical charts, according to a notice the agency issued late ...

The sectional chart legend portrays aeronautical symbols with a simple description of what each symbol depicts. Topographic information on VFR aeronautical charts identifies major railroads ...

Digital aeronautical charts, including instrument flight rules (IFR) and visual flight rules (VFR), is a high-quality knowledge-based product which was solely produced by Jeppesen Company and was not ...

the total removal of all of these charts would have left aeronautical information coverage gaps, especially for flights in Alaska and the Caribbean. Fortunately the FAA recently released two new ...

Since 1930, the standard paper navigation chart for VFR pilots has been the venerable sectional, originally produced by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, whose aviation department has since become the ...

Using visual flight rules, I could set the display to show the VFR sectional, world aeronautical chart (WAC), or terminal area chart. The digital chart gave me clarity as good as with a paper copy ...