Knowledge Requirements for Maps and Charts

In plain language

You must be able to read VNC and VTA charts, identify controlled and uncontrolled airspace, determine ground elevation, use the Canada Flight Supplement (CFS), verify unofficial data against official sources, and plot coordinates.

Requirement as structured

RPA pilots operating within level 1 complex operations must be able to determine publication validity, interpret VNC/VTA charts, identify airspace, determine ground elevation, use the CFS, reconcile nonofficial data, and plot/find locations using latitude and longitude.

Original regulatory text

Maps and charts The RPA pilot operating within level 1 complex operations must be able to: - Determine validity of an aeronautical publication. - Demonstrate the ability to interpret Aeronautical charts: VNC, VTA. - Identify a controlled or uncontrolled airspace on an aeronautical chart. - Determining ground elevation from a map. - Use the CFS or other publication to identify airport operators and air traffic control agencies. - Demonstrate the ability to reconcile and validate nonofficial data sources to official ones. - Demonstrate the ability to plot latitude and longitude on aeronautical charts. - Demonstrate the ability to find locations on aeronautical charts using latitude and longitude.

Applies when

country

Canada

operation

level_1_complex_operations

regulatory category

Specific