Airport/Facility Directory
The Airport/Facility Directory (abbreviated A/FD), now identified as Chart Supplement in the
Description
The directory is published in seven volumes that cover the
The Airport/Facility Directory also provides a means for the FAA to communicate, in text form, updates to visual navigation charts between their revision dates — VFR Sectional and Terminal Area Charts are generally revised every six months.
Volumes are side-bound at 5+3⁄8 by 8+1⁄4 inches (140 mm × 210 mm), and colored a distinctive green.
As technology has improved, several vendors have started to offer some or all of the information from these guides in electronic form (see links below).
Chart Supplement (A/FD) sections
The seven volumes the A/FD is published in are:
- Northeast U.S.
- Southeast U.S. (includes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)
- East Central U.S.
- North Central U.S.
- South Central U.S.
- Northwest U.S.
- Southwest U.S.
The facility descriptions in each book are ordered by state, and then by city within the state. Separate A/FDs are contained in the Alaska Supplement and the Pacific Chart Supplement.
Chart Supplement (A/FD) sample
This sample page shows the entry for a small airport, Forrest City Municipal, in Arkansas (click on the image for a clearer view).
The airport's FAA location identifier is FCY. It is 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the city, its
The airport's elevation (at the ARP) is 249 feet (76 m), it has a rotating beacon at night ("B"), and both 100-octane avgas ("100LL") and jet fuel are available although there is no mechanical servicing facility. There is one runway, 18–36 (that is, approximately magnetic north–south); it is hard-surfaced using asphalt, 3,014 feet (919 m) long and 50 feet (15 m) wide, and can bear aircraft with single-wheel landing gear up to 20,000 pounds. There is medium intensity runway lighting. Runway 36 (oriented north) has trees obstructing its approach. Free-text remarks follow.
There is no
Associated navigational installations are the Gilmore low-altitude VOR on 113.0 MHz (channel 77 for military operations), with an identifier of GQE, at the location indicated, and a non-directional beacon on 332 kHz, identified by FCY, on the airfield. This beacon is not monitored by the FAA for continuous operation during the hours shown.
Finally a sketch map provides a visual orientation of the airport's layout and nearby obstructions, primarily trees.
This article contains text taken from public-domain from the National Aeronautical Charting Office and FAA-H-8083-25, the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge.
See also
- Canada Flight Supplement – Canada's version of the same document.