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TERMINAL PROCEDURES PUBLICATION SYMBOLS

AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION
STANDARD TERMINAL ARRIVAL (STAR) CHARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
DEPARTURE PROCEDURE (DP) CHARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
AIRPORT DIAGRAM/SKETCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES PLAN VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES PROFILE VIEW . . . . . . . . . . 63

GENERAL INFORMATION
Symbols shown are for the Terminal Procedures Publication (TPP) which includes Standard Terminal Arrival Routes
(STARs), Departure Procedures (DPs), Instrument Approach Procedures (IAP) and Airport Diagrams.
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STANDARD TERMINAL ARRIVAL (STAR) CHARTS STANDARD TERMINAL ARRIVAL (STAR) CHARTS
DEPARTURE PROCEDURE (DP) CHARTS DEPARTURE PROCEDURE (DP) CHARTS

RADIO AIDS SPECIAL USE

VOR TACAN AIRSPACE
TO NAVIGATION

VOR/DME NDB/DME
ALTITUDES
VORTAC LOC/DME

LOC

NDB (Non-directional Beacon)

LMM, LOM (Compass locator)

Marker Beacon AIRPORTS

Localizer Course
SDF Course
NOTES

REPORTING
POINTS/FIXES
WAYPOINTS

WAYPOINT FLYOVER WAYPOINT

ROUTES
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APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM
RUNWAY TOUCH- SHORT APPROACH
DOWN ZONE AND LIGHTING SYSTEM
CENTERLINE LIGHT- SALS/SALSF
ING SYSTEMS (High Intensity)
SAME AS INNER 1500' of ALSF-1

SIMPLIFIED SHORT
APPROACH
LIGHTING SYSTEM SSALR
WITH RUNWAY
ALIGNMENT INDICA-
TOR LIGHTS

APPROACH LIGHT- SSALR

ING SYSTEM

ALSF-2
(High Intensity)
LENGTH 2400/3000 FEET

MEDIUM INTENSITY
(MALS AND MALSF)
OR SIMPLIFIED MALS, MALSF,
SHORT (SSALS AND SSALS, SSALF
SSALF)
APPROACH LIGHT-
ING SYSTEMS

MALS
MALSF
SSALS
SSALF

APPROACH MEDIUM INTESITY

LIGHTING SYSTEM APPROACH
LIGHTING SYSTEM MALSR
WITH RUNWAY
ALIGNMENT INDICA-
ALSF-1 TOR LIGHTS

MALSR SAME LIGHT CONFIGURATION

AS SSALR.

OMNIDIRECTIONAL
APPROACH
LIGHTING SYSTEM ODALS
ODALS
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APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM
VISUAL APPROACH VISUAL APPROACH
SLOPE INDICATOR SLOPE INDICATOR
VASI
VASI VASI VASI

PRECISION
APPROACH PATH
INDICATOR PAPI
PAPI
"T"-VISUAL
APPROACH SLOPE
INDICATOR "T"-VASI

"T"-VASI
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APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM
PULSATING VISUAL
APPROACH SLOPE
INDICATOR PVASI
PVASI

TRI-COLOR VISUAL
APPROACH SLOPE TRCV
INDICATOR

TRCV

ALIGNMENT OF
ELEMENT SYSTEMS

APAP APAP
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AIRPORT DIAGRAM/SKETCH AIRPORT DIAGRAM/SKETCH
ARRESTING GEAR NOTES
uni-directional

bi-directional

Jet Barrier

REFERENCE
FEATURES
Buildings

Tanks

Obstruction

Airport Beacon

Runway Radar Reflectors

Control Tower #

Helicopter Alighting Areas

Negative Symbols used to

identify Copter Procedures
landing point

Runway TDZ elevation

Runway Slope
(shown when runway slope exceeds 0.3%)
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AIRPORT DIAGRAM/SKETCH
RUNWAYS
Hard Surface Closed Runway

Other than hard surface Closed Taxiway

Stopways, Taxiways, Under Construction

Parking Areas
Metal Surface
Displaced Threshold
Runway Centerline Lighting

Airport Facility
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INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES PLAN VIEW INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES PLAN VIEW
TERMINAL ROUTES REPORTING
POINTS / FIXES/
Procedure Track WAYPOINTS
Missed Approached
Visual Flight Path
Procedure Turn
(Type degree and
point of turn
optional) Radial line
and value
Lead Radial

Lead Bearing

WAYPOINT

MAP WAYPOINT

FLYOVER WAYPOINT

WAYPOINT COLLOCATED
WITH NAVAID

RADIO AIDS TO
VOR VOR/DME
NAVIGATIONS
TACAN VORTAC
NDB NDB/DME

LOM/LMM (Compass locator

at Outer/Middle Marker)
HOLDING
PATTERNS Marker Beacon
Localizer
(LOC/LDA) Right side shading-Front Course;
Left side shading-Back Course
Course
SDF Course

LOC/DME
LOC/LDA/SDF/MLS Transmitter
(shown when installation is offset
from its normal position off the
end of the runway.)
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INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES PLAN VIEW INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES PLAN VIEW
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL USE
AIRSPACE

OBSTACLES

FACILITIES / FIXES

MINIMUM SAFE
ALTITUDE

ALTITUDES

TERMINAL ARRIVAL
AREAS

Minimum MSL altitudes are charted

within each of these defined
areas/subdivisions that provide at least
1,000 feet of obstacle clearance, or more
as necessary in mountainous areas.
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INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES PROFILE VIEW
PROFILE VIEW