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DOD/DMA (NIMA) Aeronautical Charts

DOD/DMA charts are incomplete without a Supplement when used in lieu of available civil aviation charts. VFR charts below are produced for military requirements and become unavailable when inventory shrinks to a readiness minimum. Due to a strained defense budget DOD charts may remain unavbl for civil distribution as long as 2 years.

Visual Navigation Charts

Type	Area(s)	Scale	Revised	Cost	Remarks
Tactical Pilotage Chart - TPC	Entire World, except Can, Australasia & Ant.	1:500,000	avg ~ 10 yrs 7% 15+ yrs	$5.75	649 chts. Covers 100%, except 70% Arctic, 20% Grnld, 80% Africa, 75% S Amer, Aus-Asia 70%, 50% Pac Is.
.Operational Navi- gation Charts - ONC	Entire World, except Can, Australasia & Ant.	1:1,000,000	avg ~ 15 yrs 10% 20+ yrs	$4.00	256 chts. Covers all land areas of the world, except Canada, Australasia & Antarctica. .
Jet Navigation Charts - JNC	Entire World except Can, Australasia & Ant.	1:2,000,000	avg ~ 11 yrs 17% 15+ yrs	$4.00	146 chts. Covers all land and sea areas, except Canada, Australasia & Antarctica. .
Joint Operations Graphics - JOG chts	ConUS, Alaska, Hawaii	1:250,000	avg ~ 10 yrs 30% 15+ yrs	$5.75	557 chts. Covers 97% Alaska, 86% ConUS, 50% Hawaii. Charts containing non-US areas are unavbl.

Important Note DOD Visual Charts are incomplete without aSupplement. Due to revision intervals DOD charts omit critical data liable to change. Navaids display name and type only - no comm or nav freqs. Airports show name, paved Rwy pattern, and elevation - no freqs, ident, Rwy length, fuel, lighting, etc. Military & prohibited airspace is shown, but no civil airspace or airways. The omitted data and age make military charts unacceptable to FAA. However, lack of airspace data allows more rapid and accurate assessment of topo and surface features. All DOD Visual or Planning charts are printed one side only on thick, durable paper. They are ~ 42x57 inches (re-fold them to follow route before flight).
ONCs are the most popular VFR chart in the world (often the only VFR aero chart available). Even when more comprehensive WACs are available the ONCs are also used for planning and/or terrain awareness.
TPCs are favored in the US by glider, crop duster, helicopter and other pilots who may fly off-airports at low altitudes. In other areas of the world they provide greater detail for more accurate visual navigation. Throughout the world they are used by bikers, hikers, and riders for inexpensive terrain info.
JNCs were developed to give jet fighter pilots a more manageable chart than 4 or 5 WAC or ONC charts. They show runway patterns when longest is over 4000ft, other (emergency) airports between the 'jetports', terrain at 1,000ft contour intervals plus airport and spot elevations, Navaids, city patterns, major roads, railroads, plus large lakes, rivers and swamps. The JNCs provide a sobering view of how the jet engine has shrunk the world and rendered many of its small individual features inconsequential.
JOGs are an aviation chart for close air support - making them ideal for water bombers (fire-fighting). They provide the ultimate in detail (including private airports) making them popular for glider, helicopter, med-evac, crop-dusting and ultra-light fliying. Full coverage is available in Alaska, but some areas of the ConUS may not be available. These charts are also popular for outdoor recreation.

Visual and Instrument Navigation Planning Charts

Type	Area(s)	Scale	Revised	Cost	Remarks
Jet Navigation Charts - JNCA	ConUS = Contiguous United States (only).	13,000,000	avg ~ 12 yrs oldest 13 yrs	$4.00	Only Chart 1(Arctic) & 5 (ConUS) are in print. Charts 2-4 (Arctic), 6 (Carib) & 8 (Europe)are OP, limited stock.
Jet Navigation Charts - JNC	Entire World except Can. Austrlasia & Ant.	1:2,000,000	avg ~ 11 yrs 17% 15+ yrs	$4.00	146 chts. Covers all land and sea areas (except Canada). #43,44,45 cover ConUS. #16 covers almost all Alaska.
Area Planning Chart - AP/1B	ConUS (3 sheets) & Alaska (1 chart)	1:2,188,800	56 days	$2.00 ea $7.00/set	MTRs & helo refuel by track, altitude(s), IFR / VFR, use times. Airports, FSSs, cities, Restrictd Areas.
Global Nav & Plan- ning Chrt - GNC	Entire World - 26 + 1 charts	1:5,000,000	avg ~ 12 yrs 15% 15+ yrs	$4.00	13 chts cover N or S hemisphere. + Tinian-Tokyo. Like JNCs but terrain by shading & spot elev. 27 chts total.
Oceanic Planning Chart - OPC	N Atlantic; Mid & S Atlantic, N Pacific	~ 1:14, 1:20, 1:10mil resp	1982, 1982, 1987, resp	.20, .20, 2.00, resp	#1 N Atlantic, #2, 3 Mid & S Atlantic, #4, 5 Western & Eastern N Pacific. #1/#1, #2/3 & #4/5 per cht sheet.
Aerospace Plan- ning Chts - ASC	Entire World - 7 charts	1:9,000,000 1:18 million	avg ~ 18 yrs oldest 19 yrs	$4.00	Lambert #1 Eur & Asia, #2 USA; Polar #6 Antarctic, #7 Arctic: Mercatr #3 Latin Amer, #4 Africa, #5 Aus-Asia.
Weathr Plotting & Station Locatr Chts	Entire World - various projections	1:1million to 1:37 milln	avg ~ 24 yrs	WPC 2.00 SLC 17.50	With large scale coverage of vast areas these are often the only charts to depict long range flights on 1 chart.

There are no DOD charts for IFR route planning. IFR routing is developed from enroute charts and then related to navaids on visual charts to see what's under the IFR route (terrain, airports, roads & towns - for survival). DOD charts are only available folded, except the ASCs are only avbl flat/rolled. A limited selection of the DOD Weather Charts are also stocked both for weather stations and long-range routing.
JNCAs & JNCs are the only planning charts defining terrain by contours. Eventually all JNCAs will be gone except JNCA5 - covering ConUS on one chart 58x41 inches. The JNCs 43, 44, 45 are extended vertically to measure 42x58 inches. They provide more detail (e.g. state borders) and overlay to form a 4x8 ft wall chart. JNCs are the only VFR charts displaying international FIR boundarys. JNCs 62,63,64,50 and 78,79,65,66 lieing N and S of the equator are the preferred charts for a South Atlantic crossing. For long range flights, jet or piston, the JNCs can be an "eye opener" in choosing the best routing.
AP/1Bs are a cheap and effectrive way to reduce odds of a mid-air (collision). Pilots flying Military Training Routes are often too damn busy to keep "heads up" for other aircraft. They often fly high speeds at low level flight (in IMC too). The VFR helicopter refueling tracks deserve the privacy of (and have as much risk as) an illicit affair. If you can't give MTRs a wide berth, call a FSS to find out if it's "hot". A detailed text description of the MTRs is given in the AP1B book below. MTR charts are printed on both sides (except Alaska is printed on one side only).
GNCs are finding favor with "heavy iron" intercontinental jets for situational awareness of terrain and "is that the Congo River down there?" questions. You can't beat them for really long flights whether you are going halfway around the globe non-stop or in a Piper Cub.. The GNCs in general and GNC-2 covering ConUS and Canada are already described under Canadian Planning Charts. GNC-3 covers crossing the N Atlantic. GNC-9 covers most of ConUS and Latin America south to the equator. They're also great gifts and give everyone something other than TV or the web to learn geography from.
ASCs are basically line drawings of continents with rivers, lakes, and borders shown. Only ASC 1 (Europe & Asia) and #6 (Antarctica) are in color and show terrain and cultural features. These 2 charts easily hold their own with commercial charts costing 5 to 10 times as much. The other charts and weather charts (next/below) are basically "bare bones" charts useful for planning and overlays. A significant fraction of the weather charts are scanned to create a base for computer-developed charts. All are normally shipped rolled.
WPC and SLC Weather Charts are printed in light brown on a vellum (transparent) paper. Most are based on continental coverage, like the preceding ASCs, but they usually have a wider range of scales and often cover more adjacent area. Many of them are unique in providing hemispheral coverage N-S and/or spanning oceans E-W to include part or all of additional continents.

Planning Publications grouped by Global Theatres and Regions

Global Theatre	Publication	Revised Chg Notc	Cost	Size Pages	Remarks
The World	General Planning - GP	32 weeks 16 weeks	$3.25	8x11 140p	Terms, pubs, Flight Plans, Pilot SOPs, ICAO, Opns & Fring over ocean, Weather Codes, Acft Codes, LoranC, pub sched
	Flight Info Handbook - FIHB	32 weeks as req'd	$2.50	8x11 207p	Genl Info, Emerg Proc, Natl & Intl Data & Proc, Weather Info, Conversions, Time Signals, Abbrev, ICAO Interception SOP.
N & S America	Area Planning AP/1	24 weeks 8 weeks	$5.00	8x11 215p	Theatre SOPs, N Atlantic, Canada, US, Caribbean ( includes Mexico & Central Americ), South America. ADIZ for theatre.
Westn Hemisphere	Specl Use Airspc AP/1A	48 weeks 16 weeks	$9.00	8x11 135p	Lists by country all restricted airspace with ident #, name, altitude, days of wk, hours, VMC/VFR/IFR/IMC, Ctlg Agency
	Specl Use Airspc AP/1B AP/1B chts in table abov	56 days	$6.00	8x11 499p	Mil Trng Routes, spcl procs, contrlng agencies, phone #s, nearby FSSs, freqs, hrs of use. Only Canada, ConUS & AK.
Europe, Africa & Middle East	Area Planning AP/2	24 weeks 8 weeks	$13.25	8x11 319p	Routes, procedures, opnl restrictions, SOPs. FIRs & training areas. Airport procedures. Includes Eastern Eur & Russia
	Specl Use Airspc AP/2A	48 weeks 16 weeks	$14.25	8x11 184p	Restricted Areas by Number, Name, Altitudes, Days of wk, Hours, Weather, and Controlling Agency. Alph by country.
Pacific Australasia Antarctica	Area Planning AP/3	24 weeks 8 weeks	$15.25	8x11 116p	Notices. Regions: Africa-Indian Ocean; Midl East/Asia; Pacific (& Antarctic). Refueling Tracks. MTRs. ADIZ.
	Specl Use Airspc AP/3A	48 weeks 16 weeks	$5.75	8x11 82p	Restricted Areas by Number, Name, Altitudes, Days of wk, Hours, Weather, and Controlling Agency. Alph by country.
Eastern Europe & Asia	Area Planning + Special Use Airspace AP4 & 4A	48 week 16 weeks	$3.25	8x11 74p	AP4 - Procs, CDRs, & Air Routes: Europe; Middle East/Asia. Special Use Airspace organized as in AP/3A above.

Note - These publications are for military use. Usually 10 to 20% of the content has little or no application to civil flying, but the remainder is well organized and cohesive. For pilots whose background does not include military flight training or a thousand hours of progressivley challenging flying the basic knowledge and insight is enlightening and invaluable.

GP The 48-page Explanation of Terms covers essential gems from Pilot/Controller Glossary, Military and ICAO sources. A complete summary of all FLIP Enroute (Hi & Lo), Terminal (Hi & Lo), Arrival, and SID/STAR charts; and Supplements. FLIP details for each of 7 areas or theatres (of operation) comprising world coverage. The ICAO, FAA domestic and FAA Intl Flight Plans. Pilot Procedures is a summary of operating in the IFR environment. ICAO, its standards (e.g. Airspace & minima, ICAO table vs Blue table stnds, etc.) - a mini AIM. Opns & Firings Over the High Seas gives you the rules & policies. Aviation WX codes: METAR - domestic & intl. LORAN-C coverage worldwide. Chart (future) effective dates & data cut-off dates
FIHB Basic information, not subject to frequent change. For the military, world-traveler pilot. About half is useful to a ConUS private pilot, but that half is an invaluable reference to emergency and routine procedures.and basic aviation data. For international flying over 90% of the handbook is a "keeper".
AP/*.* All Area Planning books have in common: Intro - Describing content, area coverage and additional referneces. Revisions & updates. Contributing Agencies, their address, phone numbers, and e-mail address, arrangement of data. Table of Contents. Theatre Supplementary Notices/Procedures - Basic Stnds, Special procedures, Hazards, Resrictions, Conditional Routes, etc peculiar to the Region(s). Regional Supp Procedures - Additional Stnds, Procedures, Routes, etc. for each Region (168p on U.S.) in the Theatre. Sub-Areas are grouped in separate chapters. Next to last chapter will cover Bird Hazards (if avbl). Last chatper is ADIZ. Areas are often grouped under common FIR. Transitions altitudes, often much lower than in the US, are noted.. National holidays listed for most countries. Unusual, misunderstood or hard-to-find data are noted below.
AP/1 Covers Greenland & Greenland sea of N Atlantic only (Bermuda, Iceland and Azores are in AP-2). Oceanic flights and FIR requirements and support. The 168p US coverage is a worthwhile text for intermediate IFR-rated pilots and a good review for "old hands". Coverage of military and large civil airports (in all the Americas) often with high VFR minima and resrictions could save your pride if not your fanny, if you fly near them. Jan 1 1998 issue has significant updates for Havana & Kingston FIRs, Bogata, and Netherlands Antilles areas. Chng 1 updates freqs for hi & lo inbound to Miami CTA/FIR from Havana FIR; and requires VFR flight plans, position reports, and Mode A and C Xpndr for flight within Fort de France & Pointe A Pitre CZs.
AP/2 European Region Chapter includes Azores, Balkans, Baltics, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iceland, Israel, U.K., Israel, Morocco, Scandanavia. Covers IFPS of CFMU by Euro nations (3-4hr PNR for flight plans from UK); CDR 1, CDR 2 and TSAs. 49p, 43p, 31p and 18p cover the complex and unusual VFR and IFR stnds and airspace for flying thru U.K., France, Germany and Italy, respectively.. The Africa-Indian Ocean and Middle East/Asia (Mid-Asia) Regions/Chapters are more easily digestible and contain expected nations. The North Atlantic Region/Chapter covers Greenland, Iceland, Azores, and Bermuda. It is an excellent compilation of the current status, requirements, and options for operation in or outside the MNPS airspace for North Atlantic crossings. The Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum program, requirements, and interim measures are included. The Bodo (Norway), Gander, New York, Reykjavik, Santa Maria, Shanwick FIRs are covered. (Sondrestrom hardly covered and should contain a footnote to "see AP-1 Chapter 2"). The Jan 29, 1998 issue inclludes many changes in the Belgium-Luxembourg and Netherlands CDRs; Sweden routes; and changes & additions to North Atlantic Region.
AP/3 The Africa-Indian Ocean Region/Chapter is confusing since Africa and Madagascar are in AP/2. Madagascar is considered an African island nation, while other islands in the Indian Ocean and south of Africa are not. The "Africa-" prefix may be added because Madagascar FIR is repeated here in detail since (as noted in AP/2) it also covers Comoro and Reunion islands and part of the Seychelles. Western Australia (Brisbane and Melbourne FIRs) and Afghanastan are included in the Middle East/Asia(MidAsia) Region/Chapter. Details of PACOTS (Pacific Organized Track System). Monsoon warniings. The Feb 28 1998 issue describes hazards of the nonstd IGS (ILS) Rwy 13 at Hong Kong and Route changes/additions for the area. Restricted Areas are emphasized and extensive student pilot training are noted in MOAs for [South] Korea. Transponders shall be ON whether in 2ndary Radar area or not within Calcutta, Delhi, Chennai, Guwahati and Mumbai FIRs. New volcanic activity warnings for 3 active volcanoes are noted along with restrictions below 12,000MSL for a blasting site for New Guinea.
AP/4 & /4A Eastern Europe includesAzerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakstan, Moldova, Poland, Roumania, Russia to the Urals, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Middle East/Asia(Mid Asia) includes China, Kazakstan, Krgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia east of the Urals and Siberia, Taikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Russia continues to set standards, but independent states and/or nations may have variations, e.g. Slovakia where "a translator is necessary because local ATC units use Slovak language only". Overflight in some areas is by 3hr PNR on an ICAO Flight Plan. Entry is by flight plan with ATC contact (usually 108, 81, or 54nm) prior to crossing into the airspace and/or using designated corridors and altitudes. Surprisingly there are no ADIZs for the entire area. The Feb 28, 1998 issue changes include an Azerbaijan region off limits to all U.S. Gov't acft; new or revised CDRs for Czech Republic; Flight level changes between Kazakstan & China; updated vertical limits; several CIS FIRs are administered by neighbors; border crossings notifications & details.
AP/#A All Special Use Airspace books are similar in layout. Country ICAO identifiers. Restricted or Prohibited airspace is listed by country and defined by number, area name (includes co-ords and last update date), effective altitude(s), days of week, time used, weather, controlling and/or using agency. PAJAs and/or other special areas.
AP/1A has entries for essentuially all nations in the western hemisphere. There is an extensive listing of PAJAs. U.S. MOAs are listed by name, scheduling authority and its location and military (and sometimes also civil) phone number. No unusal changes in the 17 Jul 1997 edn..
AP/1B The text description of MTRs with addtl special operating procedures. Chapters on IFR routes, 188p; VFR Routes, 153p; SR (Slow Speed - at/under 250K and at/blo 1500ft), 39p; (Aerial) Refueling Tracks, 114p. No unusual changes in 23 Apr 1998 edn.
AP/2A 94 countries. Routine, except Democratic Republic of the Congo appears between Yemen and Zimbabwe. A listing of Mediterranean Coastal Control Areas follows the PAJA section. No unusual changes in the 29 Jan 1998 edn.
AP/3A 40 nations. North Korea is not listed. Some countries apparently list civil airspace around busiest airports as restricted airspace controlled by their FAA equivalent. No uinusual changes in the 26 Feb 1998 edn.
AP/4 & AP/4A 32 countries. 6 countries grouped under China; and 11 CIS grouped under Russia. No unusual changes in 26 Feb 1988 edn.

Instrument Navigation Enroute Charts, Terminal Publications and Supplement Sets by Area

Area	Chart or Publication	Revised	Cost	Remarks
ConUS	VFR Supplement	24 weeks	$4.50	1,100+ selected civil & mil airports & heliports (3,000ft Rwy min.). A/FD data and airport diagram. X-ref by city to airport name.
"	IFR Supplement	56 days	$6.50	~3,400 Navaids & selected civil & Canada + all mil IFR Airports in ConUS. 39 Mexico navaids/airports. Names x-ref. SOPs. Hazards.
"	Civil STARs (Only 1 vol, SIDs replaced by DPs)	56 days	$2.50	Civil airport STARs are not included in Low or High FLIPs below (as they are for NOS TPPs). 3 vols: West, Central, East.
"	Low Altitude IAP/FLIPs	56 days	$2.00 ea	Selected civil and all military IAPs. 12 vols defined by state lines (borders). Covers under 1/3 civil IAP without their SIDs/STARs.
"	High Altitude IAP/FLIPs	56 days	$1.50 ea	Selected civil and all military IAPs. 4 vols for NE, SE, NW SW ConUS.. Covers under 1/5 civil IAP airports No SIDs/STARs.
Canada & N Atlantic	IAPs / FLIP booklet	168 days	$3.50	54 airports. Coverage is minimal, but inadequate for Greenland.
Latin America	Supplement	112 days	$5.00	Covers Caribbean, Central & South America - airports/navaids.
Carib, Mex & Cen Amer	Low Altitude Enroute	56 days	$3.75 ea	5 enroute and 1 Area Chart (4 cities + Miami-Nassau) [3 sheets]
South America	Low Altitude Enroute	56 days	$3.75 ea	12 enroute & 2 Area Charts [7 sheets]
Latin America	High Altitude Enroute	56 days	$3.75 ea	6 enroute Charts. US Hi 2 & 5 needed for north Mexico. [3 sheets]
"	IAPs / FLIP booklet	112 days	$5.00	Coverage is inadequate Mexico/Cuba, minimal elsewhere.
Europe, North Africa & Middle East	Supplement	28 days	$4.50	Gt Britain & Ireland, Western Europe, N Africa, Balkans, Middle E (thru Iran) & Africa above 10N. ~1200 civil arpts & navaids, cntrs.
"	VFR Arrival/Dep Routes	112 days	$7.25	Helo/Light Acft mil & civil pads/airports. Mostly Germany + a few in Belgium, London CZ, Netherlands, Spain. 214p. ~ 70 airports.
"	Low Altitude Enroute	28 days	$2.00 ea	20 enrte + 4 Area charts. + N Atlantic awys E of Iceland & Azores.
"	High Altitude Enroute	28 days	$2.25 ea	16 charts. + connections to Atlantic, Polar & Siberian airways.
"	7 IAP / FLIP booklets	28 days	$4.25 ea	7 vols. Set costs approx half of 7 x $7.75.
Africa (S of ~14N)	Supplement & IAP/ FLIP	112 days	$14.75	Supp & FLIP are in 1 book. FLIP Coverage is sparse (19 airports).
"	High/Low Enroute	112 days	$7.50 ea	4 enroute charts with Area insets [2 sheets].
Eastern Europe & Asia	Supplement & IAP/ FLIP	112days	$21.00	Supp & FLIP in 1 book. FLIP Coverage is sparse (22 airports).
"	High/Low Enroute	112 days	$16.25/	9 enroute + 1 selected Areas charts [5 sheets]
Pacific Australasia & Antarctica	Supplement	112 days	$7.75 ea	Intro, legend etc 28p. A/FD 277p. Flight Data/Procedures 46p. Airport/Island sketches 11p. Arrvl/Dep Routes 29p.
Korea	VFR Arrival/Dep Routes	112 days	$12.50	Helo/Light Acft mil & civil pads/airports. Scale 1:50, 1:100, 1:250 thsnd enables detailed proceures & routes 186p..
Pacific Australasia & Antarctica	High/Low Enroute 1/2	56 days	$3.00	HL 1 covers N Pacific area N of equator from US & AK to Sri Lanka. HL 2 covers Hawaiian Islands [1 sheet]
"	High/Low Enroute 3 - 20 + T1/T2 Area chts [10 shts]	112 days	$3.00 ea	HL 3-10 cover western Pac island nations SE asia & India. 11-18 Pac nations blo requator. 19/20 Antrtc & Indian Ocn. + T1/2 Area
"	3 IAP/FLIP booklets	168 days	$8.00 ea	Vol-1 is N Pac; Vol-2 is Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines; Vol-3 is Afghanistan thru SE Asia, S Pac & Indian Oceans, Australia, Ant.

General Comments DOD IFR charts are printed both sides. DOD approach charts are "FLIPs" in the military. Technically all DOD pubs above are FLIPs (Flight Information Publication), but we retain this useage rather than calling them military TPPs. DOD IFR chart coverage has grown in the past three or four years. The Europe - N Africa - Middle East FLIP has grown from 2 volumes to 7 volumes, and Eastern Europe, the CIS and China were added with basic airways now charted through China and Siberia. Area Arrival Charts are similar to the 10-1 Jepp chart for portraying the environment around an IFR airport. They provide exceptional detail at 1:500,000 scale and cost $2.25 ea (2 airports), except Latin America are $3.75 and Pacific are $3.00 ea. The few airports covered are listed as AACs at the end of paragraphs below. Military tradition honors fallen airmen by listing airports alphabetically by name instead of by their associated city. This is opposite from the FAA and Jeppesen listings. The problem is partially addressed by (usually) incomplete cross-reference or index lists in FLIPs and Supps. When a X-ref for the city isn't there, then go to a VFR or IFR chart, find the city, get the airport full name and look for it in the FLIP under the first or last name(s) of the honored person. Enroute Reporting Points are all CNFs - for lat/long of navaids/airports see the Supplements.
CONUS The military uses FAA (formerly NOS) enroute chaarts. No problem, since DOD uses theis format when it publishes enroute & FLIP charts worldwide. In Alaska the military uses FAA enroute and TPP charts. Supplement Alaska is a joint DOD & FAA pub. The ConUS VFR Supplement is somewhat a "poor man's Flight Guide" if you just need a good airport along your route and want a small A/FD-size book. The IFR Supplement has obviously better airport coverage and comes closer to being a valuable flight kit item. The comprehensive list of navaids by name (not location) is a Godsend when you need their ident and co-ordinates. Not all military airports are listed, some with 10,000ft Rwys but no SIAP are in the VFR Supp. Civil pilots using military Low or High altitude FLIPs must have the STARs booklet. The Low Altitude FLIPs do not contain an alternate minimums list (nor cover all civil airports) . The High Altitude FLIPs often contain unfamiliar teardrop and/or arcing approaches for the few civil airports covered. The ConUS FLIPS list VHF frequencies by Channel number. US FLIPS have limited use in civil aviation except when one must use military airports; or, as an emergency last resort for a GCA into a military airport. AACs charts cover Albuquerque, Colorado Springs, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Palmdale, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle; and, Anchorage, Adak, Fairbanks.
Canada & North Atlantic The FLIP coverage continues to grow and includes several Iceland aiports, Azores, Bermuda, 40+ Canadian, and 2 Greenland airports (BW2-Sondrestrom + Thule). In Canada DOD uses the Geomatics Canada VFR and IFR Charts (format like NOS). See also separate homepage link to Geomatics Canada. Canada. AACs cover Sondrestrom and Thule.
Caribbean and South America The Supplement lists all centers/freqs (in mHz) and mil/public navaids. Airports/heliports included have an IAP, or are an appropriate VFR airport on an enroute chart, or have a 3,000ft hard sfc Rwy (not prohib for DOD landings), or otherwise meet DOD opnl needs. Airport info is similar to NOS A/FD, but in different format and fewer remarks. Low-Set: T-2 Area charts are also on verso of L-3 (in lieu of an L4); Insets - Charlesdton-Bermuda on L-5, Galapagos on L-10, Ascension & Fernando de Noronha on L-14; T-18 has Falklands and south to the Antarctic peninsula. T1/T2 Buenos-Aires, Santiago, Lima, Rio, Guatamala City, Antigua-Ascension Is (overlaps ENAME L-19 & H-2 & Africa HL-2) / Miami-Nassau, Bogota, Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Panama. High Set: H-1 has Mexico City and Mexico inset (bridges gap to US H-2); H-2 includes Bermuda, H-1/2 cover Carib, Central Amer & Bolivia. H-3 South Atlantic inset covers routes from Buenos Aires to Fortaleza to W coasts of Africa, Europe & London (via ENAME H-3 & H-6 below). H-3/4 cover N & E coasts from Maricabo to Buenos Aires & ~800nm inland. H-5/6 W cost from Equador to 350nm past S tip & ~800nm E-ward; Galapagos inset on H5. Some low freq, NDB-based, airway legs are present on all enroute charts. The CSA FLIP covers 1/3 to 1/2 of the airports available in all countries except Mexico (now adding a resort-area city about every other issue). Many approaches are teardrop or arcing and/or NDB (only). Aircraft with range of 600-800nm may not always find sufficient airports to legally file.IFR. AACs cover LaPaz BL, Lima, Rio, Santiago CI.
Europe North Africa & Middle East The Supplement also includes ~200 mil arpts and/or hprts, 4p X-ref, 33p intro, 432p A/FD, 46p region data/procs, 11p Gibraltar graphics. Europe-N Afr-Midl East FLIPs (IAP/TPP) are in 7 volumes. VFR Arrival/Dep Routes: 9p intro; typically 2-4p of arrival routes, procedurres, traffic patterns, and airport/heliport layout details; ~21 AHPs, ~17 AAFs, 6 civ/mil hprts, 4 small civil airports, ~40 large civil airports [surprise!]. Low Altitude Enroutes L-1 routes Iceland eastward + Iceland (same as Canada T1), Jan Mayen, Azores insets. L-1/2 also cover Scandanavia & Baltic nations; NE France. L-3/4 Gt Britain, Scotland, Ireland. L-5/6 W Germany, Lowlands, E France. L-7/8 France. L-9/10 Switzerland, N Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Balkans. L-11/12 Portugal, Spain, S France, Med isles, Italy, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece. L-13/14 Madeiras, Canarys, S Spain, N Morroco, N Algeria, N Libya, NW Egypt, Med Isles. L-15/16 Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Iraq, W Iran, N Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, NE Egypt. L-17/18 Iran, N Persian Gulf nations. L-19/20 10-12N to 26-28N band from Atlantic to Indian Ocean. T-1,2,3,4 have 28 Area charts. On both Low and High Enroutes E Germany and former communist nations show as borders only with no "See EAA charts.." H-1 has same insets as L-1, H-1/2 have added trans-polar airways and cover same areas roughly as L-1 thru L-3. H-3 N Portugal, Brest, Ireland & W Britain. H-4 similar to L-6,9 & 10 + an Arctic/Polar Inset for PTS routes from Hawaii & Alaska to Euro-nations & E Europe/Russia. H-5/6 similar to L-5/6 but further N-S & W. H7 roughly like L-7/8, but displaced more to S and E. H-8 is blank. H-9/10 like L-13/14, but goes further E to Cairo. H-11/12 like L-19/20 but smaller scale, stops past Khartoum. H-13/14 like L15/16, 17/18 and E L-20. H-15/16 covers the Med except the Gulfs of Gabes & Sidra. H-16 also lists ~200 P-, R- and D- areas not on the chart. FLIPS vol 1 - 76 arpts - UK, Ireland, Scandanavia, Baltic nations; vol 2 - 45 arpts - Benelux, N Germany; vol 3 - 36 arpts - S Germany (sie-alles); vol 4 - 32 arpts - Austria, France, Hungary, Switzerld; vol 5 - 42 arpts - Azores, Canary Is, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia; vol 6 - 44 arpts - Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Serbia, Slovenia; vol 7 - 44 arpts - Bahrain, Cyprus, Greece, Israel. Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE. Many W Africa nations have no FLIP coverage, but FLIP coverage is adequate for thru-country flights in eastern Africa for aircraft with trans-Atlantic range. AACs cover Athens, Aviano, Bardufoss, Frankfort, Incirlik,Madrid, Naples, Pisa, Prestwick, Ramstein.
Africa , South of Dakar-Khartoum-Aden line: Supplement has ~480 arpts + ~245 nav/com entries for 48 African nations & islands. Enroute HL-2 has Cape Verde I & Ascension I insets. HL-4 includes Madagascar and a Johannesburg Area inset. Both charts include routes over the S Atlantic and Indian Oceans; and, a few remaining NDB airways. FLIP covers 20 African airprots + Ascension Is. AACs cover Johannesburg.
Eastern Europe and Asia Covers Czech R., Poland, Romania, Slovak R, CIS & China. Supplement Airports: ~16 Czch+Slovak, ~38 Chinese, ~39 CIS, ~20 Poland; ~19 Romania; ~60 Russia; + ~895 Nav or Comm entrys. Enroute HL-1 thru HL-4 cover E Europre and W CIS. HL 5 S CIS from east of Black Sea to China and has Tblisi & Min Vody insets. HL-6 Kazakhstan & Russia/Siberia (some Mongolia & China). HL-7 China W of Tianjin-Hong Kong line & N of H.K. (no ccoastal cities) and bordering nation with Beijing, Shanghai & Guangzhou insets. HL-8 overlaps -7 to complete N-S coverage of all of E China adjacent Russia + a blank S and N Korea. HL-9 NDB-based awys in Russia FIRS from Japan & NE China to AK/Can/US via sub-arctic rtes, and E corner of trans-Siberian awys with turn S to Japan. T1 on back of HL-9 is Moscow, Kyiv, Warswawa & Praha Areas. Most of the airways in E Europe are based on VORs (with some remaining NDB awys). Almost all airways in the CIS are NDB-based, with exception of a growing VOR network in the oil-rich "--stan" states; and the sub-arctic VOR + ins/gps routes from 500nm NE OF Moscow to now 400nm ENE of Lk Baikal. Western (half of) China has only 2 airways: One from feeders to Urumqi then E to Beijing (mostly VOR legs) and from Ulaangong E & SE to Beijing (all NDB). Eastern China is in transition with almost helf the airways S of Beijing VOR-based.
FLIP IAPS: 4\Czech+Slovak; 2 China; 6 CIS; 5 Poland; 2 Romania; 3 Russia. In Siberia and China DOD IFR Airport coverage is inadequate for aircraft with range under ~ 2,000 - 2500nm. This is a moot point for piston aircraft since avgas is practically nonexistent east of the Urals. Air Tours or Races through Siberia have been accompanied by Soviet cargo aircraft carrying barrels of avgas! AACs none.
Pacific Australasia & Antarctica The Supplement lists ~54 Mil/Pvt + ~915 Civil arpts, and ~640 nav/com entries.for 60 nations. Enroute HL-1 covers equator N to W AK (& intl-waters airways to Japan); from US W coast thru N Pac & SE Asia to S India & Sri Lanka; and Guam and Japan OTR insets. VFR Arr/Dep Routes Mil & Civ arpts & hprts - 124p + 20p hprt A/FD (see similar pub for ENAME above). HL-1 is the only Awy chart for N Pacific to ~ 125E, but shows major routes W of ~125E (now also thru Laos & Vietnam). Likewise HL-11 is a planning and awy chart for S-Centrl & SW Pac; HL-19 for Antarctica; and HL-20 for Indian Ocean. HL-2 covers Hawaiian Islands with Honolulu inset. HL-3/4 Japan & S Korea. HL-5 Ryukus & Cheju S + China coast to Taiwan. HL-6 S Taiwan, N Philippines, S China coast & HK, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, E Thailand. HL-7 S Philippines, Borneo, Spratly, Singapore & S Vietnam HL-8 Singapore, Malaysia, N Sumatra, Indian Is, W Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), to Calcutta & Imphal (India). HL-9 N India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan + Skardu, Peshawar& NE India/NW Burma insets. HL-10 Awys across Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea to & within W & S India & Sri Lanka + Awys into Bay of Bengal. HL-11 Awys from Australia & New Zealand & Pac Islands to Hawaii & US + Tahiti to Easter Island, Pago-Pago, Nadi & New Caledonia insets. HL-12 New Zealand & overseas routes. HL-13/14 ~1N to ~14S: (Indonesia), Cocos I. to Darwin / Moluccas, New Guinea to Solomons & N Australia fingers. HL 15/16 Australia W of 144,30E. HL-17/18 E cost of Australia & Tasmania. HL-19 Antarctica awys & bases, McMurdo inset, New Zealand-Australia & -McMurdo awys, S Indian Ocean awys. HL-20 N Indian Ocean awys (above 22.5S). FLIPs vol 1 N Pac Islands 21Civ & 8Mil arpts. Vol 2 Japan, Korea, N Philippines 71 Civ & 16Mil. Vol 3 Afghanastan, Pakistan, India, Indochina, Australasia, Australia. New Sealand, Indian Ocean & S Pacific Islands 77 Civ & 3Mil.. AACs cover Atsugi, Fukuoka, Iwakuni, Kimhae, Kunsan, Kwangju, Osan, Pohang, Taegu, Tokyo, Yechon

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