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Aeronautical Chart Users’ Guide

FAA Chart Users’ Guide Version 9 July 2026

Helicopter Route Charts

Helicopter Route Chart airports, radio aids, airspace, navigation, procedure, and cultural symbols.

Source page 50

Helicopter Route Charts

GENERAL INFORMATION

Helicopter Route Charts are three-color charts that depict current aeronautical information useful to helicopter pilots navigating in areas with high concentrations of helicopter activity. Information depicted includes helicopter routes, four classes of heliports with associated frequency and lighting capabilities, NAVAIDS, and obstructions. In addition, pictorial symbols, roads, and easily-identified geographical features are portrayed. The scale is 1:125,000. These charts are updated every 56 days.

AIRPORTS

Landplane

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Landplane airport symbols — public, private, unverified, abandoned, foreign” (source page 50).
Landplane airport symbols — public, private, unverified, abandoned, foreign — source page 50.
All recognizable runways, including
some that may be closed, are shown for visual identification.
Public
Private
Unverified
Abandoned
Foreign

Seaplane

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Seaplane-base symbol” (source page 50).
Seaplane-base symbol — source page 50.

Heliport

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Heliport symbols — public/private, medical center, major-airport helipad” (source page 50).
Heliport symbols — public/private, medical center, major-airport helipad — source page 50.
Heliports public and private
Medical Center