Aeronautical chart symbols are numerous, and pilot examiners love to quiz you on their meanings. What differentiates a VFR waypoint with a little flag from one that looks like a four-pointed star?
What does it mean when you see a small airplane with “UA” in a diamond? The answers all can be found in the FAA’s Aeronautical Chart User’s Guide eBook.
Along with many other FAA publications, the guide can be downloaded free from the FAA website (www.faa.gov), but ASA’s 88-page softcover version would be a nice addition to any pilot’s library. The twelfth edition covers symbology used on world aeronautical, sectional, terminal area, flyway planning, helicopter route, en route low- and high-altitude, area, and ocean route charts—as well as standard terminal arrival routes, standard instrument departures, and instrument procedures.
And the VFR waypoint with a flag? It’s one that is co-located with a VFR checkpoint. The “UA” in a diamond stands for unmanned aircraft activity.
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