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What does the T in RVR-T stand for?
From page 5-1-7, contractions in the AIM:
RVRT . . . . . . . . . RVR Touchdown
The full list is:
RVR . . . . . . . . . . Runway Visual Range
RVRM . . . . . . . . RVR Midpoint
RVRR . . . . ....
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Do sectional charts indicate which runways have lighting installed?
There is no way to tell which runway is lighted from the sectional chart. You have to check the Chart Supplement. From the FAA Chart Users' Guide (27 January 2022) p. 16:
The lighted runway may not ...
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Published VHF frequency shown in parentheses on a Sectional Chart. What does this indicate?
There is a VOR/DME for BUF on that frequency, BUT it's either been, or is in the process of being partially decommissioned, leaving just the DME portion.
And when you've got just a DME you put the ...
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What do different runway depictions mean in the Chart Supplement?
The glossary I'm looking at (page 13 from the current South Central US Chart Supplement) says that that style of dashed line indicates Runway Centerline Lighting. So runways that have the dashed ...
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What is magnetic variation under RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION in FAA Chart Supplement, and How to use it?
Conceptually, VORs (and VORTACs) emit radials which are fixed lines radiating out from the VOR. One of those radials is designated "north" (0º, 360º) and all of the other radials are ...
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What does the T in RVR-T stand for?
Runway Visual Range - Touchdown
From FAA 6560.10C
Touchdown RVR VSs are located 0 feet to 2,500 feet (0 meters to 750 meters) from the runway threshold, normally behind the instrument landing ...
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What does Airspace 24 mean in this chart supplement?
It looks like a mistake of some kind. The next release of the Chart Supplement is valid from 2021-04-22 and the airspace line has been removed completely from the KJYO entry.
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What is SVC CTC on a chart supplement?
FAA Aeronautical Chart Users' Guide web page has a link to pdf guide (22MB), lists the abbreviations as follows:
svc = service
ctc = contact
APP = approach control
abbreviation con is not listed.
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When did this content first appear in the "Airspace" entry of the "Legend" section of the Airport/ Facilities directory?
Earliest I could find is from the Chart Supplement Pacific, 17 May 2001. Section 22 "airspace" has the phrase you seek.
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Where to find the parking coordinates of the aircraft in the Apron?
The airport charts usually contain the coordinates of all parking positions. The charts that are available from the FAA AIP (e.g. here for JFK) only contain a single ground chart with the airport ...
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When is this Class D airspace not Class D airspace?
Great question. The short answer to your question is "Full Time." Ultimately that Class D airspace will be incorporated into the LAX Class B, but there is a lot of red tape involved so step ...
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What does ® mean in the Chart Supplement (A/FD)?
According to the Chart Supplement (formerly the A/FD) legend:
APP CON—Approach Control. The symbol ® indicates radar approach
control
And:
DEP CON—Departure Control. The symbol ® indicates ...
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Victor route using an unusable sector of a VOR
When a victor airway is established, FAA flight test pilots verify the VOR can provide adequate / acceptable navigation along that route through (1) the halfway point to the next VOR or (2) changeover ...
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When are "winter months" when referring to runway closure?
It's just a legal butt-cover statement put there by the airport owner to absolve the owner of any liability if someone prangs their plane after it snows, or tries to land when it's soggy and flips ...
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What does ® mean in the Chart Supplement (A/FD)?
According to this legend for the A/FD, the symbol indicates that the approach/departure control has radar. This means that ATC can more accurately locate, track, and provide guidance to pilots.
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Where can I get airport diagrams of non-towered airports?
Many non-towered airports have diagrams in the Chart Supplement, and there is an airport diagram for X26 but not for X59. The difference appears to be that X26 has instrument approaches but X59 doesn'...
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Why is Dulles Airport (KIAD) not in any chart supplement?
It’s in there. Look under Washington, District of Columbia.
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Where can I get airport diagrams of non-towered airports?
Does anyone have a better idea about where to find the airport diagrams?
For U.S. airports, consider using the AOPA Airport Directory. It's searchable by anyone without charge. I just checked, ...
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How to use airport panel information on sectional chart?
This is a partial answer. I have not succeeded so far in finding an answer regarding the "3B". However, the "A" is addressed in the Chart Supplement.
According to the front matter in the Chart ...
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How can pilots obtain runway length information for airports that do not appear in the chart supplement?
If an airport does not appear in the Chart Supplement, the only official information about it seems to be in the relevant Sectional Chart.
In the case of Horseshoe Acres (FA24), the sectional shows ...
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What is the traffic pattern altitude at KSQL?
I am based at KSQL, the TPA is 800 AGL. The A/FD er, excuse me, I mean the Chart Supplement, says "Helicopter TPA--806(800)" which seems like a typo; it's the TPA for fixed-wing also.
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Why is the TPA listed on the Chart Supplement (AF/D) sometimes lower than 1,000 AGL?
B19 is close to the Portland class C airspace, which starts at 1500 MSL, so a TPA of 995 MSL provides 500ft of vertical separation.
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When did this content first appear in the "Airspace" entry of the "Legend" section of the Airport/ Facilities directory?
This is a dismal answer, but:
Instrument Rating Test Prep 2004, published 2003, contains a paragraph closely matching the one mentioned in the question: "NOTE: AIRPSACE SVC "TIMES" ...
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When did this content first appear in the "Airspace" entry of the "Legend" section of the Airport/ Facilities directory?
Here is a source that establishes the use of the specific phrase you mention coincident with the 'airspace redesign'. It seems to clarify the timeframe you seek but is not in the publications you ...
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Is this wording that appears in the legend of the "Chart Supplement" re "airspace" actually used in any entry in the Chart Supplement?
Is this wording that appears in the legend of the "Chart Supplement"
re "airspace" actually used in any entry in the Chart Supplement?
No, it isn't. I would have noticed it by ...
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