GEN 2.3   CHART SYMBOLS

1   TOPOGRAPHY

1

Contours


2

Approximate contours


3

Relief shown by hachures


4

Bluff, cliff or escarpment


5

Lava flow


6

Sand dunes


7

Sand area


8

Gravel


9

Levee or esker




10

Unusual land features appropriately labelled



Active volcano


11

Mountain pass


12

Highest elevation on chart




13

Spot elevation


14

Spot elevation (of doubtful accuracy)


15

Coniferous trees


16

Other trees


17

Palms


18

Areas not surveyed for contour information or relief data incomplete


2   HYDROGRAPHY

19

Shore line(reliable)


20

Shore line(unreliable)


21

Tidal flats


22

Coral reefs and ledges


23

Large river(perennial)


24

Small river(perennial)


25

Rivers and streams (non-perennial)




26

Rivers and streams (unsurveyed)


27

Rapids


28

Falls


29

Canal


30

Abandoned canal Note.-Dry canal having landmark value.


31

Lakes (perennial)


32

Lakes (non-perennial)




33

Salt lake


34

Salt pans(evaporator)


35

Swamp


36

Rice field




37

Spring, well or water hole

perennial


intermitten


38

Reservoir


39

Dry lake bed




40

Wash




41

Shoals


42

Glaciers and ice caps


43

Danger line (2 m or one fathom line)


44

Charted isolated rock


45

Rock awash


46

Unusual water features appropriately labelled


3   Culture

3.1  BUILT-UP AREAS

47

City or large town


48

Town


49

Village


50

Buildings


3.2   RAILROADS

51

Railroad (single track)


52

Railroad (two or more tracks)


53

Railroad (under construction)


54

Railroad bridge


55

Railroad tunnel


56

Railroad station


3.3   HIWAYS AND ROADS

57

Dual highway


58

Primary road


59

Secondary road


60

Trail


61

Road bridge


62

Road Tunnel


3.4   MISCELLANEOUS

63

Boundaries (international)


64

Outer boundary


65

Fence


66

Telegraph or telephone line (when a landmark)


67

Dam


68

Ferry


3.5   MISCELLANEOUS (Cont.)

69

Pipeline


70

Oil or gas field


71

Tank farms


72

Nuclear power station


73

Coast guard station


74

Lookout tower


75

Mine


76

Forest ranger station


77

Race track stadium


78

Ruins


79

Fort


80

Church


81

Mosque


82

Pagoda


83

Temple


3.6   AERODROMES

84

Civil

Land


85

Civil

Water


86

Military

Land


87

Military

Wate


88

Joint Civil and military

Land


89

Joint Civil and military

Water


90

Emergency aerodrome or aerodrome with no facilities


91

Abandoned or closed aerodrome


92

Sheltered anchorage


93

Aerodrome for use on charts on which aerodrome classification is not required

e.g. Enroute Charts


94

Heliport

Note.

Aerodrome for the exclusive use of helicopters


95

Note.

Where required by the function of the chart, the runway pattern of the aerodrome may be shown in lieu of the aerodrome symbol, for example:


4   AERODROMES (Cont.)

4.1  AERODROME DATA IN ABBREVIATED FORM WHICH MAY BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH AERODROME SYMBOLS

96


4.2   AERODROME SYMBOLS FOR APPROACH CHARTS

97

Aerodromes affecting the traffic pattern on the aerodrome on which the procedure is based


98

The aerodrome on which the procedure is based


4.3   RADIO NAVIGATION AIDS*

99

Basic radio navigation aid symbol

Note.- This symbol may be used with or without a box to enclose the data.


100

Non-directional radio beacon

NDB


101

VHF omnidirectional radio range

VOR


102

Distance measuring equipment

DME


103

Collocated VOR and DME radio navigation aids

VOR/DME


104

DME distance


105

VOR radial


106

UHF tactical air navigation aid

TACAN


107

Collocated VOR and TACAN radio navigation aids

VORTAC


108

Instrumentlanding system ILS





109

Radio marker beacon

Elliptical


Bone Shape


Note. Marker beacon may be shown by outline, or stipple, or both.

110


5   AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES

111

Flight information region FIR


112

Aerodrome traffic zone ATZ


113

Control area Airway (CTA)

Controlled route (AWY)






114

Uncontrolled route


115

Advisory airspace ADA


116

Controled zone CTR


117

Air defence identification zone ADIZ


118

Advisory route ADR





119

Visual flight path

compulsory with radio communication requirement


compulsory, without radio communication requirement


requirement recommended


120

Scale-break (on ATS route)




significant Point depiction for conventional navigation

significant Point depiction for area navigation

121

Basic
Symbols
with
functionality

REPORTING
FLY-BY/FLY-OVER

On request
flyover
(N/A)

Compulsory
flyover
(N/A)

On request
fly-by

Compulsory
fly-by

On request
flyover

Compulsory
flyover

VFR reporting point







Intersection INT







VORTAC







TACAN







VOR







VOR/DME







NDB







Waypoint
WPT

Not Used

Not Used





122

Change-over point

To be superimposed on the appropriate route symbol at right angles to the route

COP


123

AIS/MEET

reporting point

MRP


124

Final

approach fix

FAX



125

Altitudes/flight levels

Altitude/flight level "window"


"At or above" altitude/flight level


"At or below" altitude/flight level


"Mandatory" altitude/flight level


"Recommended" procedure altitude/flight level


"Expected" altitude


Note. For use only on SID and STAR charts. Not intended for depiction of minimum obstacle clearance altitude.

6   AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATIONS

126

Airspace classifications


7   Aeronautical data in abbreviated form to be used in association with airspace classification symbols:

81




8   AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS

128

Restricted airspace

(prohibited, restricted or danger area)


Common boundary of two areas


Note. The angle and density of rulings may be varied according to scale and the size, shape and orientation of the area.

129

International boundary closed to passage of aircraft except through air corridor


9   OBSTACLES

130

Obstacle


131

Lighted obstacle


132

Group obstacles


133

Light group obstacles


134

Exceptionally high obstacle (optional symbol)


135

Exceptionally high obstacle- lighted (optional symbol)

Note. For obstacles having a height of the order of 300 m(1 000 ft) above terrain.


136


10   MISCELLANEOUS

137

Prominent transmission line


138

Isogonic line or isogonal


139

Ocean station vessel (normal position)


140

Wind Turbine-unlighted and lighted


141

Wind Turbine-Minor group and group in major area, lighted


11   VISUAL AIDS

142

Marine light

Note 2. Characteristics are to be indicated as follows:


Note 1. Marine alternating lights are red and white unless otherwise indicated. Marine lights are white unless colours are stated.





143

Aeronautical ground light



144

Lightship


12   SYMBOLS FOR AERODROME/HELIPORT CHARTS

145

Hard surface runway


146

Pierced steel plank or steel mesh runway


147

Unpaved runway


148

Stopway SWY


149

Taxiways and parking areas


150

Helicopter alighting area on an aerodrome


151

Aerodrome reference point


152

VOR check-point


153

Runway visual range (RVR) observation site


154

Point light



155

Obstacle light


156

Landing direction indicator (lighted)


157

Landing direction indicator (unlighted)


158

Stop bar


159

Runway-holding position

Pattern A


Pattern B


Note. For application, see Annex 14, Volume I, 5.2.10.

160

Intermediate holding position

Note. For application, see Annex 14, Volume I, 5.2.11.


161

Hot spot

Note. Hot spot location to be circled.


13   SYMBOLS FOR AERODROME OBSTACLE CHARTS - TYPE A, B AND C

Plan

Profile

162

Tree or shrub



163

Pole, tower, spire, antenna, etc.


164

Building or large structure


165

Railroad


166

Transmission line or overhead cable


167

Terrain penetrating obstacle plane



168

Escarpment


169

Stopway


170

Clearway


14   ADDITIONAL SYMBOLS FOR USE ON PAPER AND ELECTRONIC CHARTS

PLAN VIEW

Electronic

171

Minimum sector altitude MSA

Note. This symbol may be modified to reflect particular sector shapes.


172

Terminal arrival altitude TAA

Note. This symbol may be modified to reflect particular TAA shapes.


173

Holding pattern


174

Missed approach track


PROFILE

Electronic

175

Runway


176

Radio navigation aid

(type of aid and its use in the procedure to be annotated on top of the symbol)


177

Radio marker beacon

(type of beacon to be annotated on top of the symbol)


178

Collocated radio navigation aid and marker beacon

(type of aid to be annotated on top of the symbol)


179

DME fix

(distance from DME and the fix use in the procedure to be annotated on top of the symbol)


180

Collocated DME fix and marker beacon

(distance from DME and the type of beacon to be annotated on top of the symbol)


15   INSTRUMENT APPROACH CHART - FORMAT


16   INSTRUMENT APPROACH CHART - FORMAT(Cont)


17   IFR LANDING MINIMA - for FAA format


18   Aerodrome Operation Minima CONVERSION CHART



19   Procedure Coding Tables - for ICAO format