Learning to Fly with Flight Simulator

by John Rafferty

CHAPTER 5
Airport Approaches

This section provides the FAA-designated approach procedures for airport runways that are available on the basic Flight Simulator disk. The charts are reproductions of the actual approach plates published by the U.S. Department of Commerce (NOAA) and available by geographic region by annual subscription.

Organization. The original government plates are published by geographic region, but to make it easier for you to locate individual approaches, the airports on all four Flight Simulator Area Charts are combined here in a single listing. The approaches are in alphabetical order by location (city).

Victor Airway Planning Charts. The first four charts in this section are Planning Charts. Each corresponds to one of four Area Charts provided in the program package. Each chart shows the major victor airway routes in the respective area, with mileage between selected points. Victor airways and how to use them is dealt with in Flight 15.

Airport Diagrams. For the largest airports, separate diagrams are provided, showing the runway and taxi-strip layout in full detail. Additionally, all individual approach plates include a small diagram of the respective airport's runway layout.

Interpreting the Plates. At first glance, the official airport approach charts will probably look confusing. But it's largely just a matter of knowing what to look for, since any given chart will contain a lot more data than you actually need.

As you try the flights in Chapter 4, you'll start out by using simplified versions of these approach charts provided in the text. This will make you familiar with the type of information that appears in the official charts; you'll gradually begin referring to the official charts while still depending mainly on the simplified versions. Before you know it, you'll find yourself reading and interpreting the official plates with no trouble at all.

Coverage. The collection of plates provided here includes all the instrument approaches published by the government for all of the airports available on the program. With very few exceptions, these plates include all the FAA-authorized instrument approaches for all the airports available on the basic Flight Simulator disk. The published approaches that are not included here are those for which a VOR, beacon, or some other required navigational facility is not available on the program.

Warning. Instrument approaches are revised at regular and frequent intervals; the approach plates provided here are therefore not current for use in actual aviation.

Airport Approaches

Chicago Area Planning Chart
Los Angeles Area Planning Chart
New York and Boston Area Planning Chart
Seattle Area Planning Chart
Aurora Muni (ARR)
Bloomington-Normal (BMI)
Bloomington-Normal (BMI)
Block Island State (BID)
Boston/General Edward Lawrence Logan INTL (BOS)
Boston/General Edward Lawrence Logan INTL (BOS)
Boston/General Edward Lawrence Logan INTL (BOS)
Boston/General Edward Lawrence Logan INTL (BOS)
Bremerton National (PWT)
Bridgeport/Igor I. Sikorsky Mem (BDR)
Bridgeport/Igor I. Sikorsky Mem (BDR)
Carlsbad/Mc Clellan-Palomar (CRQ)
Carlsbad/Mc Clellan-Palomar (CRQ)
Champaign-Urbana/University of Illinois-Willard (CMI)
Champaign-Urbana/University of Illinois-Willard (CMI)
Champaign-Urbana/University of Illinois-Willard (CMI)
Champaign-Urbana/University of Illinois-Willard (CMI)
Champaign-Urbana/University of Illinois-Willard (CMI)
Chester (3B9)
Chicago Midway (MDW)
Chicago-O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
Chicago-O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
Chicago/Merrill C Meigs (CGX)
Chicago/Du Page (DPA)
Chino (CNO)
Corona Muni (L66)
Danbury Muni (DXR)
Danielson (5B3)
Danville/Vermilion Co (DNV)
Danville/Vermilion Co (DNV)
Dwight (DTG)
El Monte (EMT)
El Monte (EMT)
Everett/Snohomish Co (Paine Fld) (PAE)
Everett/Snohomish Co (Paine Fld) (PAE)
Farmingdale/Republic (FRG)
Frankfort (C18)
Gibson City Muni (C34)
Hartford-Brainard (HFD)
Hartford-Brainard (HFD)
Joliet Park District (JOT)
Kankakee/Greater Kankakee (IKK)
Kankakee/Greater Kankakee (IKK)
La Verne/Brackett Fld (POC)
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Los Angeles International (LAX)
Los Angeles International (LAX)
Los Angeles International (LAX)
Martha's Vineyard (MVY)
Martha's Vineyard (MVY)
Martha's Vineyard (MVY)
Meriden Markham Muni (MMK)
Morris Muni (C09)
New York/John F. Kennedy Intl (JFK)
New York/John F. Kennedy Intl (JFK)
New York/John F. Kennedy Intl (JFK)
New York/John F. Kennedy Intl (JFK)
New York/La Guardia (LGA)
New York/La Guardia (LGA)
New York/La Guardia (LGA)
New York/La Guardia (LGA)
Oceanside Muni (L32)
Olympia (OLM)
Olympia (OLM)
Ontario International (ONT)
Plainfield/Clow Intl (1C5)
Riverside Muni (RAL)
Riverside Muni (RAL)
Romeoville/Lewis University (LOT)
San Diego Intl-Lindbergh Field (SAN)
Santa Ana/John Wayne Arpt-Orange Co (SNA)
Santa Ana/John Wayne Arpt-Orange Co (SNA)
Santa Monica Muni (SMO)
Seattle-Tacoma Intl (SEA)
Seattle-Tacoma Intl (SEA)
Seattle-Tacoma Intl (SEA)
Shelton/Sanderson Fld (SHN)
Spanaway (S44)
Tacoma Narrows (TIW)
Torrance Muni (TOA)
Urbana/Frasca Fld (C16)
Urbana/Frasca Fld (C16)
Van Nuys (VNY)
Van Nuys (VNY)
White Plains/Westchester Co (HPN)
Willimantic/Windham (5B0)
Windsor Locks/Bradley International (BDL)

Table of Contents | Previous Section | Next Section