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Aeronautical Chart Users’ Guide

FAA Chart Users’ Guide Version 9 July 2026
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VFR Sectional and Terminal Area Charts

Responsive VFR Sectional and Terminal Area Chart legends for airports, radio aids, airspace, procedures, culture, hydrography, and relief.

HYDROGRAPHY (Continued)

Permanent Snow and Ice Areas

Glaciers

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Glacial Moraines” (source page 40).
Glacial Moraines — source page 40.

Glacial Moraines

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Ice Cliffs” (source page 40).
Ice Cliffs — source page 40.

Ice Cliffs

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Snowfields, Ice Fields And Ice Caps” (source page 40).
Snowfields, Ice Fields And Ice Caps — source page 40.

Snowfields, Ice Fields And Ice Caps

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Foreshore Flats” (source page 40).
Foreshore Flats — source page 40.

Foreshore Flats

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Tidal flats exposed at low tide.” (source page 40).
Tidal flats exposed at low tide. — source page 40.
Tidal flats exposed at low tide.

RELIEF

Contours

FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Basic” (source page 40).
Basic — source page 40.
Basic
Approximate
Intermediate
FAA aeronautical chart visual associated with “Auxiliary” (source page 40).
Auxiliary — source page 40.