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Charts & Pubs Notices & Unscheduled Changes or Revisions

FAA (formerly NOS) Notices & Changes

The AC&C (Aeronautical Charting & Cartography) office became NACO (National Aeronautical Charting Office) and was transferred from NOS (National Ocean Service) to the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) effective October 1, 2000.
This change is not expected to produce any significant differences in the production and distribution of aeronautical charts.

Price Changes effective Oct 1, 2000 were selective, from nil to 6.25%! ConUS Sectional and WAC charts increased from $7.50 to $8.00. Terminal Area Charts and TPPs went from $4.15 to $4.25. Enroutes stayed $4.10 and A/FDs increased from $4.10 to $4.20. Alaska Sectionals jumped from $4.40 to $4.75. The AK-TPP remained $5.35 and Supplement Alaska went from $4.90 to $5.00. These increases are reflected throughout the web pages. Please call any errors or omissions to our attention at 800-869-7453 or contact us here.


NOS Unscheduled or Revised VFR Chart Revisions in past 12 months (in chronological order)

Chart

Revision/Effective Date

Scale

Edition

Airspace Info to

Prior Expiry Date

Fairbanks Sectional

Shortened to 11/30/2000

1:500,000

66

March 25, 1999

December 28, 2000

Fairbanks Terminal Area Chart

New Chart !!

1:250,000

1

November 30, 2000

New Chart

Note - the new Fairbanks TAC (Terminal Area Chart) will be printed on the back of the Anchorage TAC with its' next, 46th edition


Canada Notices & Changes

Effective 6/1/99 or 4/1/00 Geomatics Canada all VFR chart prices increased 5% to 15.00 ea; Designated Airspace Handbook is now $44 ea or $88/yr; Canada Flight Supplement now $27 ea or $96/yr; Water Aerodrome Supplement now $40 ea. Canada Air Pilot [TPP charts] $18 ea. Enroute charts remain at $5.50 ea. Geomatics International Handling Charge now $25/order. They really want you to buy from Dealers or Distributors! Note - APS bills Canadian charts at these prices in US $ to absorb Canadian S&H and non-returnable charts, but is able to offer higher than usual discounts at current exchange rates.

Visual Charts are revised as needed, Instrument Charts are revised every 56 days. For dates click on Visual Charts or IFR Charts


NIMA Notices & Changes -
Effective July 12, 2001 the U.S. High Altitude IAPs, or "FLIPs", will be reduced to 3 volumes by consolidating the Northeast and Soueast volumes into one East publication. A new Change Notice will be issued at the 4-week midpoint of the 8-week cycle for these FLIPs. The first Change Notice will appear effective September 6, 2001.

An Unscheduled Revision for Baltimore-Washington Terminal Area Chart (TAC) was distributed be FAA on Aug 22, 2002. This chart depicts additional airspace areas in a Special Flight Rules Area around the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area (SFAR 94); and a 5nm radius TFR around 39 deg 38' 53"N, 77 deg 28' 0"W (aval Support Facility). This new chart is a reprint of the 65th edition which became current 8/8/02.; and is most readily distinguishable from it by a large blue dot above the the blue "65TH EDITION" on the chart "cover" (when folded). The 2-week old chart without the blue dot should be destroyed immediately and replaced by the "blue dot special".

NIMA Charts Revised in the past 18 months (in chronological order of ship dates)

Ship Date

 

Chart

Edition

Air Info to

Scale

Area Covered

1/19/01

 

TPC F1B

7

6/13/89

1:500,000

Central & Western France (to ocean) 44 to 48-10'N, 5W - 3+20'E.

1/30/01

 

ONC E2

20

3/1/99

1:1,000,000

E UK, N France, Germany, W Poland, Denmark, Sweden. 48-56N 2W-16E

2/6/01

 

JNC 37

5

5/26/00

1: 2,000,000

China: Guangzhou to Tibet, India, Bangladesh, N IndoChina 18 - 35N, 86-114E

"

 

TPC J7A

5

7/10/00

1:500,000

SE Arabian desert, and W UAR., 20 - 24.1N 40 to 54-20'E (lots of sand!)

3/16/01

 

ONC J18

2

4/3/00

1:1,000,000

Johnston Atoll S edge. French Frigate Shoals NE edge. 16-24N 174-162W

4/23/01

 

TPC D1B

5

7/3/95

1:500,000

Faroe Islands near cntr. Shetland Islands SE corner. 60 - 64N & 11W - 1E

"

 

TPC D2A

7

9/21/93

"

North Sea + rigs & Norway (Bergen to Steinkjer) . 60N & 64-10'N and 0 to 12E

4/27/01

 

JOG NI 18-2

3

4/27/01

1:250,000`

NC outer banks from Oracoke to Kitty Hawk + Roanoke Is. 35 - 36N, 77 - 74 W

5/10/01

 

TPC C2B

6

3/6/00

1:500,000

Nmost Norway (Batsfjord) & Finland. NW Russia (Murmansk) 68-72N 22.5-38E

"

 

TPC D1C

9

3/13/95

"

Scotland, Hebrides & Shetland Islands, St Kilda inset. 55 to 61N, 8W to 0.

"

 

TPC D3B

5

5/19/98

"

NW Russia. Segezha, Lk Onega, Plesetsk, Vel'sk, Konosha. 60-64N & 33-44E

"

 

TPC J7B

6

7/13/00

"

Oman, Saudi Arabia & UAR. Gulf of Oman, Arab Sea 20 - 24-10'N, 54 - 60-20'E

"

 

TPCJ7D

4

7/10/00

"

SE Arab desert, W Oman (Salalah). NE Yemen (Al Ghaydah) 16 - 20N 48 - 54.3E.

6/6/01

 

ONC N18

3

2/21/01

1:1,000,000

American Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis & Futana, N Cook Islands 16 - 8S 178 - 166W

6/25/01

 

ONC M4

5

8/4/94

"

Zaire, NE Angola, SW Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, W Tanzania. 8S - 0, 19 - 31E

6/26/01

 

TPC G11A

5

11/30/00

1:500,000"

Toyama bay in SE Corner. Ulreung, Taki & Oki Gunto Is. 130-137.5E 36 - 40'N

"

 

TPC J12A

4

12/7/00

"

Hong Kong to Fotan China coast. W coast Taiwan + islands. 20 - 24N 114 - 120E

8/16/01

 

TPC M10A

2

4/17/89

"

Central Sumatra & SW coast + Kepuklau islands & chain. 4S to 0 97 - 103E

Ship Date

 

Chart

Edition

Air Info to

Scale

Area Covered

8/23/01

 

TPC D4C

4

1/2/01

"

Russia. Cntrd 100nm N of Yekaterinburg & Ural Mtns. 56 - 60N 55 - 66E

9/17/01

 

TPC E2A

7

4/12/96

"

Lower N Sea & rigs. UK E coast. The Hague to E Frisian Is. 52 - 58N 1W - 6.5E

10/11/01

 

ONC G11

10

2/12/01

1:1,000,000

Japan home Is (lee N & S extremities). Ulreuno Is. (S Korea) 32 - 40N 130 - 144E

"

 

ONC H13

7

"

"

Southern Kyushu + Ryukyu chain to Sakishima Islands 24 - 32N 125 - 137E

11/17/01

 

JNC 51

4

6/13/01

1:2,000,000

N Africa SU,ET,ER; E CD & CAR; N ZR, UG, KE; W SO, YM. 0-18N & 18-44E.

12/5/01

 

TPC H5D

6

7/4/01

1:500,000

Egypt, cntrd on the Nile from Aswan to Al Minya + North end of the Red Sea.

12/23/01

 

TPC B2A

2

8/3/01

"

Russian Arctic: S Franz Josef Land & Novaya Zemlya edge. 42 - 80+10'N 42-65E

"

 

TPC K10C

2

6/19/01

"

Cam Ranh Bay sliver. Shoals, reefs & tiny Is. in S China Sea. 8 - 12N 109-115E

2/20/02

 

TPC H5B

6

7/4/01

"

SE Egypt, Western & northern shores of the Red Sea. 24 - 28N 29 - 35.4E

3/22/02

 

TPC E2B

10

10/3/94

"

SE 1/4 N Sea; N GE, NW PL, W Baltic, So DA & SW. 52 - 56N & 6.5 - 16.5E

4/2/02

 

TPC J6B

3

4/25/01

"

Central Saudi Arabia, desert and modern development. 20 - 24N 42 - 48.3E

5/24/02

 

TPC J6C

4

5/17/01

"

SW Saudi Arabia & NW Yemen + Red Sea & desert. 16 - 20+N 42 - 48.2E

8/6/02

 

TPC J6A

4

9/12/01

"

Cntrd on Thuwai SA on E shore of Red Sea, + Egypt & Sudan on W shore.

Ship Date

 

Chart

Edition

Air Info to

Scale

Area Covered
Note. The current dates of all DOD charts with non-scheduled revisions are in the NIMA (formerly DMA) "Dates of Latest Editions" issued Quarterly. This 9-page publication is free; and usually ships free when ordered with DOD aeronautical charts.

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