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TheDifferencesBetweenJeppesenandFAA
charts:Part1
February19,2016BySarahFritts

Iamguessingyoustumbleduponthisarticlebecauseyouneedtomake
thetransitionfromFAAtoJeppesenplates.Maybeyouarestudyingfora
regionalairlineinterview,oryouareinthemilitaryflyingoverseas?
Whateverthereason,switchingtodifferentplatesisapainatfirst.The
informationisthesame,itisjustlocatedindifferentplaces.
Iamnotheretoarguewhichisbetter.Ihaveusedbothextensivelyformy
jobwitharegionalairlineandforthemilitary.Theybothhavetheirups
anddowns.
Thisarticlewillcoverthedifferencesintheairportdiagrams.Youcan
learnmoreaboutapproachplatesinPart2andSIDsinPart3.

AIRPORTDIAGRAMDIFFERENCES
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First,youneedtounderstandthemaindifferencebetweentheJeppesen
andFAAchartsistheJeppesenchartspackEVERYTHINGontoone
page(ortwopagesforbigairports).
TheFAAcharts,ontheotherhand,distributethesameinformationin
severaldifferentlocations.YouwillneedtogotheAirportFacility
Directory,theTakeoffminimumsandAlternateMinimums,LAHSO,and
AirportDiagramtogetthesameinformationyouwillfindononepageofa
Jeppesenplate.
Checkitout.HerearethetwoplateswiththeJeppesenplatesatthetop
andtheFAAchartsonthebottom.
Takeaminuteandlookatthedifferences.

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Difference#1:Chartnumbers
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Youwillnoticethechartnumbersaredifferent.Eachorganizationusesits
ownlabelingsystemsoyoucantmovebackandforthbetweenthem.A
15232FAAchartmeansnothingintheJeppesenworld.
Checkitout:

Difference#2:Frequencylocation
Lookattheexamplesabove.Thefrequenciesabovearejammedintothe
lefthandcorner.
TheJeppesenplateslayouttheimportantfrequenciesinaneasytoread
chartatthetopoftheairportdiagram.ThisisanicefeatureJeppesen
carriesovertotheapproachplatesaswell.

Difference#3:Sizeoftheairportdiagramandlat
longlines
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TheJeppesenplatessubstantiallyreducethesizeofactualdiagramso
theycanjamawholebunchofinformationinonelocation.
TheJeppchartsputthelat/longlinesofftothesideofthechartinan
efforttokeeptheclutteroffthediagram.
NoticetheFAAchartsrunthelat/longlinesthroughtheplate,whichis
kindofnicebecausethatshowmapslook,butitdoesaddclutter.
Also,theofficiallat/longoftheairportisatthetopoftheJeppplate,butin
theFAAchartyouhavetodigfortheofficialairportlocationintheA/FD.

Difference#4:AirportElevationandRunway
heading
Whenyoulineupontherunway,mostofthetimetherunwayisoffafew
degreesfromtheactualrunwayheading.
Forexample,inSalem,therunwayis310,butwhenyoulineup,ifyou
centeredyourHSIsbug,itwouldactuallybe313degrees.
TheJeppplatesasseenbeloweasilyhighlightthis,buttheFAAcharts
putthisnumberofftotheside.SurprisinglytheFAAandJeppchartshave
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todifferentnumbersfortheactualrunwayheading.

Jeppesenairportelevation

AboveisaJeppchartwiththeactualrunwayheadingunderneaththe
runway.Italsohastherunwaylighting.
Whileitdoesnotetheelevation,itdoesntprominentlydisplayitasthe
officialfieldelevation.Youhavetogotothetopoftheairportdiagramto
gettheofficialfieldelevation.

FAAfieldelevation

FAAchartwiththeFieldElevationprominentlyboxed.Theactualrunway
headingis314.5whichisonthesideoftherunwaynotundertherunway
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direction.
Notetheabsenceoftherunwaylightingsystem.Youhavetogotothe
approachplatetogetthetypeoflightingforrunway31.

Difference#5:AirportRemarks
TheJeppesenputsimportantairportremarksrightonthefrontofthe
plate.Checkoutthisone:

TheFAAchartsburythesameinformationintheA/FD:

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IhavenoticedtheJeppchartsdoleaveoutalotofinformationfromthe
A/FD.Forexample,theJeppesenchartstellyoutocalltheairport
managertogetaPPR,butnowhereontheJeppchartwillyoufindthat
phonenumber.TheFAAsA/FD,thoughdoeshavethephonenumberin
theairportremarkssection.
IpresumewiththeJeppesenchartsyouwouldhavetogo
toSkyvector.com,orsomewhereelsetogetthatinformation.Icant
findanequivalentAirportFacilitiesdirectoryforJeppesenplates.
Bytheway,youcangototheFAAswebsitetogetalltheA/FDfor
free:Airport/FacilityDirectory.

Difference#6:AdditionalRunwayInformation
YouareoutofluckifyouwantadditionalrunwayinformationontheFAA
charts.YouneedtodigthroughtheAirportFacilitydirectortogetthe
information.YoualsoneedtodeciphertheFAAinformationonceyoufind
it.
HereistheFAAsA/FDforKSLE.Iunderlinedsomeoftheinformation
alsofoundintheJeppchart.

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Hereisthesameinformationrightundertheairportdiagramonthe
Jeppesenplate:

Difference#7:TakeoffandObstacleDeparture
Procedure(ODP)
Actually,themoreIlookattheJeppesenchartsthemoreIfallinlovewith
them.HavingtheODPontheairportdiagramisace!
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EvenwithForeflight,youstillhavetoscrollthroughtonsofpagestogetto
theODPfortheairport.IfthereisonethingIcouldchangeabout
Foreflight,IwouldmaketheODPimmediatelyinsteadofscrolling.
Anyway
TogettotheODPintheFAAchartsyouhavetogotothispublicationand
scrollthroughpagesandpagestofindyourairport:

andwhenyougetthereitlookslikethis:

But,withtheJeppesenplate,theinformationisrightthereforyouina
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