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JM - Approach Chart Legend

As with the SIDs and STARs questions will be set in the examination on selected Approach Charts. Students are advised to become as conversant as possible with the layout and content of this comprehensive legend. The subdivisions of this legend, which are a potential source of examination questions, are:

•Landing Minimums.

•Airport Chart Format and Plan View.

•Additional Runway Information.

•Lighting Systems.

•Take-off and Alternate Minimums.

•GPS Approach Charts

•ICAO recommended airport signs and runway markings.

Air Traffic Services (ATS) Routes/Standard Routes

(Ref: Current UK AIP ENR 1 and ENR 3)

In the United Kingdom ATS Routes are based upon significant geographical points which may or may not coincide with the location of a radio navigation aid. These significant points can be found in column 1 of the table at ENR 3.

Unless stated otherwise an airway is 5 NM either side of a straight line joining each two consecutive points shown in column 1 of the table. Upper ATS routes and Advisory Routes have no declared width but for the purposes of ATS provision are deemed to be 5 NM either side of a straight line joining each two consecutive points. The vertical extent is shown in column 3 of the table.

ENR 3 is divided into:

•LOWER ATS ROUTES which have an upper limit of FL245.

Ref. E(LO)1: See B1 ATS route, 279 and 085 radials from WAL VOR/DME at N5323.5 W00308.0.

•LOWER ATS ROUTES - (ATS ADVISORY ROUTES). These have a maximum upper limit of FL240. The route designator for an Advisory Route always ends with D, e.g. A1D, N562D. Ref. E(LO)1: See W911D Advisory Route, 242 and 058 radials from IOM VOR/DME N5404.0 W00445.7

Note: Advisory Routes, class F airspace, are thus not established within Controlled Airspace and are designated routes along which Air Traffic Advisory Service is available. An Air Traffic Advisory Service is a service provided within advisory airspace to ensure separation, in so far as is practical, between aircraft which are operating on IFR flight plans.

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Controlled Airspace is airspace of defined dimensions within which Air Traffic Control Service is provided to IFR and VFR flights in accordance with the airspace classification A, B, C, D and E. Thus an Air Traffic Control Service provides the much more complete service of:

	• Preventing collisions between aircraft.
	• Preventing collisions on the manoeuvring area between aircraft and obstructions.
	• Expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic.
• LOWER ATS ROUTES - (CONDITIONAL ROUTES (CDR)).
	These routes are usable only under specified conditions. (See ENR 1.1.1.1 para 1.5 and ENR
	3.2.2.1)
•	UPPER ATS ROUTES from FL245 to FL460. The route designator is always preceded by U,
	e.g. UA1, UB40.
	Ref. E(HI)4: See UG1 Upper ATS route, 295 and 111 radials from STU VOR/DME N5159.7
	W00502.3.
10	UPPER ATS ROUTES - (CONDITIONAL ROUTES (CDR))
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Questions

Example 1 (STAR)

Answer the following questions with reference to London Heathrow STAR 10-2E and the appropriate legend(s):

a.Decode *ATIS.

b.What is the Transition Level and Altitude? Define both terms and transition layer.

c.With reference to the OCKHAM ONE DELTA (OCK 1D) procedure: What is the descent planning clearance?

d.Explain the significance of the symbol 

e.State the holding speeds in the London TMA.

f.What is the elevation of the airfield?

g.Decode the triangular symbol at KENET.

h.Define the geographical position of KENET in relation to the LON and OCK VOR/DME beacons

i.Decode SLP.

j.Explain the symbols defined by the 275 radial (R275°) at 12 NM from the OCK VOR.

k.State the speed limiting procedures for this STAR.

l.What is the planned possible descent clearance for the OCK 1F procedure?

m.At what distance would this planned descent start from the OCK VOR/DME?

n.With reference to the HONILEY VOR/DME:

i.State its callsign.

ii.State its frequency.

iii.What does “D“ mean?

o.Detail the meaning of, and the flight procedure for, the oval pattern located at the OCK VOR.

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Example 2 (Approach Chart)

Answer the following with reference to the appropriate legend(s) and London Heathrow Approach Chart ILS DME Rwy 27L, 11-3.

PlanView

a.With reference to the top left-hand box decode:

•“HEATHROW Director (APP) (R) 119.72”.

•Alt Set: hPa. Rwy Elev: 3 hPa.

•Trans alt. 6000’ (5923’).

b.• Define MSA.

•What is the MSA to the East of the airfield?

c.Decode 

d.Decode LOC * 109.5 ILL.

e.Decode the information at BOVINGDON.

f.Describe the MISSED APPROACH HOLDING south of BNN VOR/DME.

g.State the difference between the route delineated by the 137 radial from the BNN VOR and its arrowhead at 19 NM from the BNN DME and the route and arrowhead delineated by the 096 radial from LON VOR/DME.

h.What is the inbound track of the ILS localiser beam?

i.Where can the details of the danger area EG (D) - 133 be found? Decode the details.

ProfileView and Landing Minimums

j.What is the elevation of the threshold of runway 27L?

k.What are the recommended height and altitude at 4 NM from the ILL ILS DME when the ILS glide slope is unserviceable?

l.Decode: OCA (H) RWY 27L. ILS D: 264’ (187’).

m.Decode TCH 56’.

n.Explain the meaning of the propeller symbol.

o.Decode GS 1405’ (1328’).

p.What does - - - - - M -  and  signify?

q.Quote the DA/H for the ILS precision approach and the MDA/H for the localizer only (glide slope out) non-precision approach.

r.What is the missed approach procedure?

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s.Define:

Non-precision approach and landing operations.

MDA/H.

Precision approach and landing operations.

DA/H.

Missed approach Point. Missed approach procedure. RVR.

t.Decode: ALS out; TDZ or CL out.

u.An aircraft has a ground speed of 150 kt during the descent on the ILS glide path. What is the glide path angle and the required rate of descent?

v.Describe the Missed Approach Point (MAP).

w.What is the visibility and authorized UK RVR for a C Category aircraft when the touchdown lights are out of service?

x.Define visibility.

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Example 3 (SID)

Answer the following with reference to the appropriate legend(s) and London Heathrow SID 10-3.

	a.	State the transition codes for runways 27R, 27L and 23.
	b.	What is the procedure after the 2 DME arc on the BROOKMANS PARK SIX HOTEL
		DEPARTURE?
	c.	With reference to the BPK 6H what does the symbol at N5130.1 W00037.4 signify and
		what are the direct and curved path ground distances to it?
	d.	State the frequency of BUR NDB.
	e.	Quote the altitudes required:
	10	i. Crossing the 302 radial.
	Questions	ii. Crossing the 320 radial.
		iii. At the BPK VOR
	f.	An aircraft, cleared for the BPK 6F procedure, is airborne at 0613 UTC. What is its ETA
		at BPK if its average ground speed is planned to be 240 kt? (use mental arithmetic).
	g.	State the SPEED CONTROL PROCEDURE.
	h.	What is the routing at D6 LON?
	i.	What is the minimum crossing height at the appropriate Noise Monitoring Terminal?
	j.	State the climb procedures thereafter.
	k.	If an aircraft’s ground speed is 240 kt what is its minimum rate of climb to comply with
		the noise abatement criteria?
	l.	What is the Minimum Sector Altitude for the BPK 6G departure to the CHT NDB, and
		what obstacle clearance does it provide?
	m.	What are the Transition Level and Transition Altitude?
	n.	State the departure control frequency.
	o.	What is the radius, and centre, of the Minimum Safe Altitude circle?

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