User-friendly explanations of instrument approach charts, planviews, profiles, minimums, airport diagrams, departures, arrivals, and visual procedures.
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Top Margin Information:
The city and state with which the airport is associated are located on both the top and bottom margins.
At the center of the top margin is the FAA numbering system. This Approach and Landing (AL) number is followed by the organization responsible for the procedure in parentheses, e.g., AL-18 (FAA). Military procedures do no show an AL number, but do show the appropriate authority for the procedure, e.g., (USAF).
The procedure title is located on both the top and bottom margins. It is derived from the type of navigational facility that is providing the final approach course guidance. The title is abbreviated, e.g. ILS, RNAV, NDB, etc. For airports with parallel runways and simultaneous approach procedures, “L”, “R” or “C” follows the runway number to distinguish between left, right, and center runways.
The airport name is shown on both the top and bottom margins below the procedure title. The airport identifier is shown in parentheses following the airport name. Civil and joint-use airports outside the contiguous United States will be shown with the FAA airport location identifier followed by the ICAO location indicator. Military airports that are not joint-use will be shown with only the ICAO location indicator.
The Date of Latest Revision is shown on the top margin above the procedure title. The Date of Latest Revision identifies the Julian date the chart was last revised for any reason. The first two digits indicate the year, the last three digits indicate the day of the year (001 to 365/6).
Date of Latest Revision code — 15344 (year/day-of-year) — source page 100.
Year|Day of Year
The side margins show the volume identification, i.e. SW-3, followed by the current issue date and the next issue date, e.g. SW-3, 21 JUL 2016 to 15 SEP 2016.
The FAA Procedure Amendment Number, located on the left bottom margin below the City, State, represents the most current amendment of a given procedure. The Procedure Amendment Effective Date represents the AIRAC cycle date on which the procedure amendment was incorporated into the chart. Updates to the amendment number and effective date represent procedural/criteria revisions to the charted procedure, e.g., course, fix, altitude, minima, etc.
Example: Original Procedure Date
Original Procedure Date — Orig 10DEC15, RNAV (GPS) RWY34L Manassas — source page 100.
Example: Amendment Procedure Date
Amendment Procedure Date and airport-reference coordinates — Amdt 1B 28MAY15, 38°43′N–77°31′W, RNAV (GPS) RWY16R Manassas — source page 100.
The coordinates for the airport reference point are located at the center of the bottom margin.
RNAV (GPS) RWY34L Manassas top briefing strip — source page 100.
RNAV (GPS) RWY34L Washington/Manassas chart header — source page 100.
Top Margin Information: The city and state with which the airport is associated are located on both the top and bottom margins. At the center of the top margin is the FAA numbering system. This Approach and Landing (AL) number is followed by the organization responsible for the procedure in parentheses, e.g., AL-18 (FAA). Military procedures do no show an AL number, but do show the appropriate authority for the procedure, e.g., (USAF). The procedure title is located on both the top and bottom margins. It is derived from the type of navigational facility that is providing the final approach course guidance. The title is abbreviated, e.g. ILS, RNAV, NDB, etc. For airports with parallel runways and simultaneous approach procedures, “L”, “R” or “C” follows the runway number to distinguish between left, right, and center runways. The airport name is shown on both the top and bottom margins below the procedure title. The airport identifier is shown in parentheses following the airport name. Civil and joint-use airports outside the contiguous United States will be shown with the FAA airport location identifier followed by the ICAO location indicator. Military airports that are not joint-use will be shown with only the ICAO location indicator. The Date of Latest Revision is shown on the top margin above the procedure title. The Date of Latest Revision identifies the Julian date the chart was last revised for any reason. The first two digits indicate the year, the last three digits indicate the day of the year (001 to 365/6). Year|Day of Year Side Margin Information: The side margins show the volume identification, i.e. SW-3, followed by the current issue date and the next issue date, e.g. SW-3, 21 JUL 2016 to 15 SEP 2016. Bottom Margin Information: The FAA Procedure Amendment Number, located on the left bottom margin below the City, State, represents the most current amendment of a given procedure. The Procedure Amendment Effective Date represents the AIRAC cycle date on which the procedure amendment was incorporated into the chart. Updates to the amendment number and effective date represent procedural/criteria revisions to the charted procedure, e.g., course, fix, altitude, minima, etc. Example: Original Procedure Date Example: Amendment Procedure Date The coordinates for the airport reference point are located at the center of the bottom margin.
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