Jeppesen Charts

Air Navigation

Teaching & Research Section

CAFUC FTS

Chapters and Sections

Chap1 Jeppesen Charts Airway manual overview

Chap2 Enroute and Aera Charts

Chap3 Introduction of Terminal Charts

Chap4 Standard Instrument Departure Charts

Chap5 Standard Instrument Arrival Charts

Chap6 Instrument Approach Charts

Chap7 Airport Charts

Chap8 Difference between Jepp Nav Databases and C

harts

Chapter 1

Jeppesen Airway Manual Overview

Chapter 1 Jeppesen Airway Manual Overview

§1.1 Briefing Bulletin

§1.2 Introduction of Usage

§1.3 Chart Change Notices

§1.4 Enroute

§1.5 Radio Aids

§1.6 Meteorology

§1.7 Tables and Codes

§1.8 Air Traffic Control

§1.9 Entry Requirements

§1.10 Emergency

§1.11 Airport Directory

§1.12 Terminal Charts

§1.13 Airway Manual Services Revision

BackgroundElrey B. Jeppesen(1907～

1996), a pilot, began recording aeronautical information in the early 1930s.

For over 70 years Jeppesen chart services have set the standard for current, complete, reliable flight information worldwide.

It’s important to recognize that Jeppesen dose not c

reate aviation procedures. The charts Jeppesen c

reates are graphic representations of the procedu

res designed by aviation authorities in compliance

with the governing regulations . Jeppesen extract

s the basic information for the charting and Nav D

ata services from public documents and dissemin

ated by worldwide civil aviation authorities.

All of the charts are bound in

leather binder. Jeppesen airway

manuals divide into different

standard manuals according to

geographical region on the

world, such as EEU—Europe

Manual, CHI—China Manual,

PBN—Pacific Manual, etc.

Generally, the contents o

f Standard Jeppesen

airway manual are divi

ded into thirteen main

sections, seperated by

tabs. Each section will

be introduced briefly in

this lesson.

§1.1 Briefing Bulletin

Briefing Bulletins are the important tab of airway manual. Bulletins often notify the customers by means of NOTAMS. They are normally used to convey information concerning such item as:

• Major specification changes, such as new IAP formats, symbols and glossary, etc. For example, In stead of “Chart NOTAMs”, “Chart Change Notices” has been used from 28th september, 2007.

• Major events affecting IFR operations, such as the Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) for the European region, and temporary events such as air shows and sporting events that involve specific IFR requirements.

• Changes in a State’s rules and regulations with a major impact on charting.

Briefing bulletins are numbered consecutively throughout each year:

JEP + two-digit year + sequential letter

（ a）

§1.2 Introduction

The introduction tab provides many tools that help you interpret Jeppesen charts, including:

• A glossary which provides definitions for most of the terms and abbreviations commonly used on Jeppesen instrument charts.

• A list of abbreviations used on Jeppesen instrument charts.

• Legend pages for enroute and terminal charts, airport sins, and runway markings.

When referring to this book and Jeppesen charts, keep in mind the following conventions:

• Speeds are in knots.• Times are in coordinated Universal Time (UTC).• Vertical distances are given in feet unless

otherwise specified.• Horizontal distances are given in nautical miles

unless otherwise specified.• Bearings are magnetic, unless suffixed by T for

True.• Chart Projections are Lambert Conformal=True

angles/True areas.

§1.3 Chart Change Notices

Notices to Airman, contain time-critical, aeronautical information that could affect your decision to make a flight. The information is either temporary in nature, or unknown in time for publication on aeronautical charts and/or in other documents.

Examples of information that may be in Change Notices include:

• Airport or primary runway closures.• Changes in the status of navigational aids.• Radar service availability.• Other data essential to enroute, terminal, or landin

g operations.

Chart Change Notices are revised and reissued every one or two weeks. As your preflight planning, you should obtain all the current Change Notices which affect your route of flight.

It is important to note that Jeppesen Chart Change Notices highlight only significant changes affecting Jeppesen Charts, also regularly updated at www.Jeppesen.com.

§1.4 Enroute

Enroute tab usually includes airway structures and routes, ATS textual and graphic information concerning entire enroute flight phase.

The airway structure, routes, and controlled airspace may be depicted on combined high/low altitude enroute charts. If congested airspace does not allow a combination of high/low altitude charts, the low and high altitude airspace depiction is separated into low altitude and high altitude enroute charts.

§1.4.1 Textual and Graphic Information

Textual and graphic information provided by Jeppesen Airway Manual will be varied by coverage. This may include:

• Stockholm Radio in European Coverage• AIRNC Services and Communications in North

American Coverage• Oceanic Long Range Navigation Information• Designators of ATS Routes and Its Use in Voice

Communications• Airline Operation Control (AOC)

• Enroute chart index• Preferred IFR routes

In many locations, a system of preferred IFR routes has been established:

to guide pilots in planning their route of flight to minimize route changes during the operati

onal phase of flight, and to aid in the efficient, orderly management of

air traffic using existing airways and routes.

• Route Availability Documents (RAD)

• Conditional Route (CDR)

• Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) Procedure

§1.4.2 Enroute Charts

Enroute charts help you keep track of your position and provide the information you need to maintain a safe altitude and ensure navigation signal reception. The large number of navaids and the complexity of the airway and airspace system has made specialized enroute charts a necessity for IFR flight.

§1.5 Radio Aids

Radio aids are important with regard to flight. Air navigation of aircraft must rely on communication, navigation and surveillance services provided by radio aids. Radio Aids tab of Jeppesen airway manual provides radio aid information in textual and graphic format.

§1.5.1 General Information on Radio Facility

Radio facility information varies by coverage area. The information includes normally the following:

• General Information• Air Navigation Radio Aids Such as NDB, VOR, TACAN, VORTAC, DME, ILS,

SDF, MLS, listing of NAVAID, LORAN, IRU/INS/AHRS, GPS, WAAS, GLS, etc.

• RNAV and RNP• Radar Surveillance System• Radio Navigation Aid Direction Finding Procedures• Radio Navigation Aids Legend

§1.5.2 Radio Aids Information

The Radio Aids in the World Wide Airway Manual includes listings of all radio aids within the coverage area, including identifier, frequency, and coordinates. This information is grouped state-by-state. At the end of each state listing, you’ll also find an ILS listing, alphabetized by city name.

§1.5.3 LORAN–C Chain with Limits of Coverage

Maybe Radio Aids tab include LORAN-C Chain with Limits of Coverage.

§1.6 Meteorology

The Meteorology tab in the Worldwide Airway

Manual includes selected chapters and

paragraphs extracted from ICAO Annex 3-

Meteorological Service for International Air

Navigation.

§1.6.1 General Information

• Selected chapters and paragraphs extracted from ICAO Annex-3

• Decode of selected meteorological information

§1.6.2 Specialized Information

(1)National Differences from International Meteorological Code Forms

(2)Availability of MET Broadcasts

The location desired for weather information is shown along with the station (s) broadcasting for that area.

(3) MET Broadcasts in Plain Language

(4)Automatic Terminal Information Service

(5)Telephone/Fax Numbers and Hours of Operation of MET Stations

§1.7 Tables and CodesThe Tables and Codes tab in the Worldwide

Airway Manual and the Jeppesen Aeronautical Information Manual includes a selection of reference tables.

The main contents of the Tables and Codes tab include:

(1)Reference Information of Tables• Altimeter Setting, such as QFE,QNH,QNE• Phonetic Alphabet and Morse Code• Metric Units• Wind Component Table

• Pressure Altitude Tables• Conversion Tables• Volume/Weight Tables(2) NOTAMS(3) SNOWTAM(4) Standard Time Signals(5) Radio Time Signals(6) Sunrise and Sunset Tables(7) Local Time all of the World(8) Country Code Directory

§1.8 Air Traffic Control

Worldwide Airway Manual Service is designed to provide pilots with ICAO Standards, Recommended Practices and Procedures for International Operations. On a state-by-state basis, flight rules and procedures are included which are either unique to each state, or different from the published ICAO rules and procedures.

§1.8.1 General Information• Introduction• ICAO definitions• Flight Procedure (ICAO DO8168)• ICAO Rules of the Air (Annex-2)• ICAO ATS Airspace Category (Annex-11)• ATM (ICAO DO4444)• Aeronautical Communication• Aircraft TIS-B• Mach Technology• RNP—RNAV• JAA Airport Operation Minimum Requirement • RVSM, 8.33MHz, B-RNAV

§1.8.2 Country Rules and Procedures

§1.9 Entry Requirements

The Entry Requirements tab in the Worldwide

Airway Manual and the Jeppesen Aeronautical

Information Manual contains information about

entering, departing, and over flying a country.

This includes customs, passport, visa, health, and

special requirements, as well as airports of entry,

and embassies.

§1.10 Emergency

The Emergency tab in the Worldwide Airway Manual provides pilots with emergency information extracted from numerous ICAO publications. ICAO differences, or state special procedures, may also be included.

§1.10.1 General Information

• Definitions and abbreviations• Emergency procedures• Unlawful interference• Emergency descent• Distress and urgency radiotelephony

communication• Communication failure• Interception• Search and rescue

§1.10.2 Search and Rescue Regions and Facilities

§1.11 Airport Directory§1.11.1 General Information

• Legends and explanations

• Fire fighting/rescue system

• Load Classification Number/Group (LCN/LCG)

• Aircraft/Pavement Classification Number (ACN/PCN)

§1.11.2 Airport Directory

§1.11.3 Country Airport Directory

§1.12 Terminal Charts

• Instrument approach procedure (IAP)

• Airport

• Standard instrument arrival (STAR)

• Standard instrument departure (SID)

• Noise abatement

• Taxiway

• Parking facility

• Vicinity

§1.13 Airway Manual Services evisionRevision Letter

Jeppesen issues chart revisions one or two week according to different geographic area. The revision date is almost Friday.

The revision letters is in an easily-to-read, two-column format. The contents in the revision letters include Airway Manual Code, Revision Number, Revision Date, Action Required and Revised Information.

The symbology and letters represent different revised action as following:

• A — Added Charts

• D — Destroyed or Deleted Charts

• # — A Folded Charts

Terminal charts are revised once or twice a week. For enroute charts, area charts, B-class airspace charts, and J-AID, the revision interval is 28 or 56 days. Where necessary, FAR will be revised.

Handbook Number

Revised Date

Revised Method

Revised Content

Record of Revisions

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