Step 1: Using the Sectional Chart Legend There are numerous non-FAA publications from flight schools and aviation experts explaining the symbols and depictions on Sectional Charts.

Terminal Area charts or TAC (may be pronounced like “tack”) charts are the most detailed Chart available from the FAA for navigation, scaled at 1:250,000 (vs the 1:500,000 scale for sectional ...

Since 1927, pilots have navigated U.S. skies by using paper charts produced by what is today called the Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography (AC&C), part of the National Oceanic and ...