What is a spot elevation? - ANSWER It is an FAA-approved elevation in MSL. It is
depicted in black with a black dot next to it
What are the color gradient cubes for? - ANSWER They are color gradient cubes that
show all elevations within a range will be depicted as that color
What does 30' indicate? - ANSWER It is the halfway point between a latitude or longitude
degree
On the sectional, what is the size of each grid square? - ANSWER 30' by 30'
On the sectional, what is the frequency of the larger tick marks? - ANSWER 10 minutes
On the sectional, what is the frequency of the smaller tick marks? - ANSWER 1 minute
What does a blue airport mean? - ANSWER It has an FAA regulated control tower
What does a magenta airport indicate? - ANSWER It does not have an FAA regulated
control tower
What symbol is a circled H? - ANSWER Heliport
What airports have no circle around their runways? (Open configuration) - ANSWER
They have at least one runway greater than 8069 feet
What is a white box that says TAC? - ANSWER It denotes the Terminal Area Chart exists
, which is around all Bravo airspaces
How are other than hard surfaced runways depicted as? - ANSWER Open circle
What does a filled in circle with a runway in it depict? - ANSWER Hard surfaced runway
at least 1500-8069 feet in length
What is an open dot within a hard surfaced runway indicate? - ANSWER VOR, VOR-DME,
or VORTAC is located there. The dot indicates where it is actually located
What does a circled R indicate? - ANSWER Private airport
What is a double ringed circle indicate? - ANSWER Military - other than hard surface
What is a circled U? - ANSWER Unverified
What is a circled X - ANSWER Abandoned - Paved 3000 feet or greater
What do the tic marks on the outside of an airport indicate? - ANSWER Services and fuel
available during normal working hours. Check chart supplement
What does a star with a dot inside it signify? - ANSWER Rotating beacon in operation
from sunset to sunrise
What does FSS stand for - ANSWER Flight Service Station
What does NO SVFR signify? - ANSWER Fixed-wing SVFR is not authorized
What does CT mean? - ANSWER Control Tower primary frequency
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