Learning Jeppesen Charts

[flyf15]

Hey guys,

I've been using NOS charts my whole life, want to learn Jeppesen charts. I've heard that there is some free interactive study program available to help learn these. If so, anyone know where to get it? And if not, what do all of you feel is the best guide/material/etc to really learn these charts well?

 

[FL420]

Hey guys,I've been using NOS charts my whole life, want to learn Jeppesen charts. I've heard that there is some free interactive study program available to help learn these. If so, anyone know where to get it? And if not, what do all of you feel is the best guide/material/etc to really learn these charts well?

This is one of the best websites ever for professional pilots:

http://www.wingfiles.com/

Jim Terpstra, Senior Corporate Vice President of Flight Information Technology for Jeppesen, wrote a series of articles appearing in AOPA Pilot Magazine on the subject of reading and using Jeppesen Airway Manual Navigational Charts.

1st in a Series (pdf)(460kb) Enroute Charts, Chart Layout, Revision Cycle, Enroute Text Pages.
2nd in a Series (pdf)(311kb) Within the Neatline, Chart Validity, Time Zones, City Location Guide, Cruising Altitudes, Zig-dex, Airspace, Restricted Areas.
3rd in a Series (pdf)(392kb) Navigation Aids, Reporting Points, Other Navaids.
4th in a Series (pdf)(199kb) Communications Tabulations.
5th in a Series (pdf)(244kb) Center Frequencies, Airport Information, NDB Navaids.
6th in a Series (pdf)(244kb) Controlled Airspace, Class B Airspace, Class C Airspace, Class E Airspace.
7th in a Series (pdf)(251kb) Special Privileges, Part-Time Controlled Airspace, Bases of Controlled Airspace, Special Use Airspace (SUA), Warning Areas, Military Operations Areas, Restrictive Airspace Symbology.
8th in a Series (pdf)(1172kb) Airway Designations, Minimum Altitudes, Mileages/Changeover Points, Intersections.
9th in a Series (pdf)(1091kb) Off-Airway Navigation, Precision Plotting, VORs for Direct Route Navigation, GPS for Direct Route Navigation, GPS as a Substitute.
10th in a Series (pdf)(325kb) Off-Airway Navigation, Determining Magnetic Courses, Long-Distance Flights.
11th in a Series (pdf)(580kb) MORAs Obstruction Criteria, Minimum Enroute Altitudes.
12th in a Series (pdf)(690kb) Worldwide Symbology, Airway Controlled Airspace, High and "Both" Altitude Airways, Low Frequency Airways, Airport Controlled Airspace.
13th in a Series (pdf)(356kb) Approach Charts vs. Approach Procedures, Approach Chart Sequence, Alphabetically by State, Alphabetically by City, Index Numbers, The Last Digit.
14th in a Series (pdf)(269kb) Heading Data - Briefing Strip, Minimum Sector Altitudes, Communications, Approach Control.
15th in a Series (pdf)(290kb) Tower, Ground Control, ARTC Center as Approach Control, UNICOM, Altimeter Settings, Legend Pages, Chart NOTAMs, Area Charts and Class B Airspace Charts, Approach Charts and Airport Diagram Philosophy.
16th in a Series (pdf)(379kb) Changes, Amendment Numbers, Plan View, Plan View Symbols, Thickness of Lines.
17th in a Series (pdf)(366kb) Terrain, Other Details on the Plan View, Procedure Turn.
18th in a Series (pdf)(287kb) Final Approach Segment, End of Final Approach Segment, Decision Altitude versus Decision Height, Making the Miss Early, Final Approach Descent Gradients.
19th in a Series (pdf)(283kb) Stepdown Fixes, Intermediate Segment, Initial Approach Segment, Feeder Route, Segments on Approach Charts.
20th in a Series (pdf)(517kb) Segments on Approach Charts, NoPT, Excessive Altitude, Intermediate Segment, Final Approach Segment, Missed Approach.
21st in a Series (pdf)(507kb) Marker Beacons, Procedure Turn, Precision FAF, Profile Distances.
22nd in a Series (pdf)(509kb) Shallow Final Approach Segments, Parenthetical Heights, Intermediate Segment, Visual Descent Point, Minimum, Maximum, etc.
23rd in a Series (pdf)(601kb) MDA Protection, Constant Angle Non-Precision Approaches, Descent Angles to Clear Stepdown Fixes, Using the MDA as a DA.
24th in a Series (pdf)(541kb) Minimum Altitudes, Visibilities.
25th in a Series (pdf)(575kb) VOR Approach Minimums, Complex Approach Minimums, Conversion Table.
26th in a Series (pdf)(1148kb) Sidestep Minimums, Night Minimums, Missed Approaches, Inset for Missed Approach Fixes.
27th in a Series (pdf)(737kb) Temperature Note, RNAV (Where is GPS?), Terminal Arrival Areas (TAA), Where is the MSA?, GLS PA, LNAV/VNAV.
28th in a Series (pdf)(770kb) Heading and Border Data, Communications, Special Notes, Airport Plan View, Additional Runway Information, Take-Off & Obstacle Departure Procedure, Obstacle DPs.
29th in a Series (pdf)(1160kb) Departure Procedure Names, Flying the DP, DP Transition.
30th in a Series (pdf)(1138kb) Heading and Border Data, Speed Limit, What's In a Name? Altitude Assignments, Noise Abatement.

This is just a small part of what is available on this website.

 

[five-alive]

Great site!

 

[mddg3581]

The legend in the Jep charts basically spells out all the terminology and symbology fro the enroute and iap's. Ive used bot and much rather would prefer Jeps. The Nos enroutes are so cluttered when compared to the Jep's. The plates are basically the same but the enroutes are just so much more user friendly

 

[NYCPilot]

The Jepp site has an interactive DVD available for the computer which gives you a tutorial of the charts.

 

[FL420]

Everything you wanted to know about Jepps:

http://www.jeppesen.com/wlcs/index.jsp?section=resources&content=publications_aopa.jsp

 

[Say Again Over]

FL420, Thanks for the links!

 

[FL420]

FL420, Thanks for the links!

You're welcome.

 

[xdays]

FL420, Thanks for the links!

I'd like to second that :beer: . The links went straight into my Favorites folder.

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