How To Read A VFR Sectional Chart - MzeroA Flight Training 

I passed my test in June of 2020 with 82%. Thank you for all your help.

As a Canadian pilot living near the border this is a great help. US VFR charts are so close in nature but different. This clears up a lot. You might post a Canadian VFR chart showing the subtle differences. It is always a treat to visit and experience American hospitality.

Hi Jason. Loved the video. One thing with the video I had a problem with was the symbology part of the video. You were taking about the symbols but you did not put an arrow or a square around the symbol you were taking about. So as a new pilot I was a little lost. The second part where you showed an example of a chart was fantastic. You highlighted the symbols you were talking about and it was made more clear

"Big number is on the Altimeter, small small is far you'll fall" ....OMG THIS HELPS SOOO MUCH!!!

@18:41 How do you remember which is MSL vs AGL for tower/obstruction symbols? Well, the number on top (MSL) is the number your altimeter will read if you hit it, the bottom number (AGL) is how many feet you're about to fall (to the ground) ~ LOVE IT..! (Makes sense on a few different levels too!!) Kind of like my driving instructor (once upon a time) taught us how to never forget how to remember and never forget which way you're supposed to point your steer tires when parallel parking UP vs DOWN hill... "UP UP AND AWAY"...! Parallel parking on an uphill? Wheels point AWAY from the side of the road..! Parallel parking on a downhill? Wheel point TOWARD the side of the road..! Thanks for helping me along my path to my Part 107..!

Jason mentions (1:31) a link would be available for VFR symbology but there's only a link to your online courses. Is the symbology still available?

I used the King courses back in the 90s all loaded on CDs. Things have changed just a little. Glad to see videos on using a sectional.

Jason, You do a great job with your explanations but at 15:27 you mention 123.0 is UNICOM for OCF but that number does NOT appear on the chart you are using as your learning example.

I can't find 123.0. Where is that thing located? Love the videos Jason. Hope your plane is going to be ok, broke my heart seeing that.

Hi Jason-excellent video (where's 123.0?). Here's a word about MOA's and Restricted areas. If you fly from Los Angeles to Las Vegas the path is 'strewn' with all sorts of military flight test areas. In a seminar I attended a test pilot said they do steep vertical as well as horizontal extreme performance testing. An F-18 or the like can climb (or descend) 25-30,000 feet in a matter of seconds. You won't see him at this velocity. A GA pilot has to be 'talking and squawking' constantly through these areas to stay safe.

ADF's are great for listening to the Indians games on freq. 1100 In The Giant area around Cleveland that is AM 1100 covers.

thank you thank you, seriously, for us poor boys who are training to become pilots, and cant afford the manuals and books, plus those of us like me who are visual / kinesthetic / hands on thinkers and learners visual vids are the next best thing to being in person with instructor, i am doing as much as i can online with visual stuff like the RU-vid vids and of course doing my flight in seat hours in the plane, so yes please do keep em coming as the youtube vids that groups put out are a huuuge help for my ground school portions to prep me for the tests, much thanks brother !

Video begins at 2:16

Is the symbology standardized internationally or is this only applicable to US?

Thankyou just started ground school and this is what they started last week! Great video!!!!

this will help me with my 107 certifications for Commerical drone services.

Great information, but the image is just too blurry even at the highest video playback quality. This is an opportunity to remake this in 4k and use high(er) resolution images.

Very helpful. No Netflix tonight just charts!

I will be honored to meet you and absorb more of you knowledge

I'm watching in 1080p and connected to hispeed WiFi and the slides are blurry when viewing and I'm able to zoom as a RU-vid premium member and can't read a thing. Wanted to take screenshots. Gonna have to find another channel

Thank you really helpful to get ready to go to school

Hello Jason, l passed my written yesterday the 14 th with 80 percentage. Thanks for your help.

yea, at minute 15:28 there is a reference to the last number "123.0 Unicom" i rewound and replayed this over and over then paused the video looking and looking for that it's not there ????? can you clarify this ? are you using a different chart than one you may be looking at during narration that might have more info on it?

Great video. ATIS is a SERVICE provided by atc. Automated Terminal Information Service.

Enjoyed meeting y'all at Oshkosh. Like I said there, Keep up the Great work!

Hahaha! Looking for VFR sectional chart videos I just watched the the remote pilot 101 video. Good stuff on both these channels!👍🏽

You have questions that need answered here. At 15:30 you mention "UNICOM 123.0". That frequency is NOT on the example chart. WHAT GIVES?

Just passed my 107 with 87% thanks

would like to be getting the new courses. I've been with you guys since 2017 and passed Part 107 Certification plus renewals. We registered one of our VOs to get her Part 107 . I was supposed to be able to use the courses with that one registration years ago. Is that still on? Feels like I'm not seeing the new courses.

Hey Jason, I found one thing on this chart that I'm not familiar with. What is the "street pattern" to the southwest of the field?

It is possible if you can make a video of how I can understand what the control tower is telling me to do From the moment I start the engine? I'm sorry I'm a student I'm starting

Thanks for the tutorial on how to read the map, @ 19:08 good to know.

I will probably use digital VFR maps but have back up paper maps too. Also I’m a noob, I’m only booking my introductory flight in a week or two 😅

Thank you so much for this video, so much work and knowledge for the good and safety of us.

Jason - please add links to Chart, thanks

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Curious why KIGM is depicted without being inside a circle? The runways are 6,800' and not over 8,069'. Yet, KIFP is an 8,500' runway and is depicted in the filled in blue circle. Why?

No chart link?

Hi Jason. I have a question. What is the Spencer nolf(NRQ) symbol means?

Just started the video, and it suggests downloading the available legend. However, I don't see it in the description. Can you point us in the right direction, @MzeroA ?

At 15.01 , what do you mean by we are looking at traffic pattern at 1100 Feet MSL? as the number indicated was 90 feet. Looking forward for the explanation.

I'm looking at Logansport,IN help out with that? Take a look, looks like has restricted where acreage is that I'm want to buy and put a PVT runway in.

Great videos, also nice to meet you at AirVenture. Sent link to friend who's in need of ground school training.

Video says there's a link to download a symbology guide. No link?

Many other items needed to be spoken to!

FAA Aeronautical Chart User's Guide: www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/aero_guide/media/editions/cug-complete.pdf From this website: www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/aero_guide/

Thank you so much. Very helpful.

Why is every picture on every video about aviation charts taken with a flip phone? Even on practice tests the charrs are so dang fuzzy.

Thank You sir!!

Hey....Where did u see the unicom frequency

Great explanations of all the symbols but the quality of the video picture quality is pretty bad even with the 1080p setting.

Would this be helpful for the drone part 107 test?

What do the numbers next to a private airport mean?

At 15:26 "that last number 123.0" i don't see that. 74 is the last number

What is the blue circle with notches around the airport that isn't airspace designation? The circle that has degrees written on some of the notches?

Is the symbology link available in another location? It would be really helpful when studying this vid..

Are you planning to be in the lantana airport anytime soon.

Alright, I'm gonna be this guy since no one else mentioned it: The "www" is not implied. The subdomain is either configured by the webmaster or not configured, in which case the website will not be accessible using the "www" subdomain. There's very few good technical reasons to configure a "www" subdomain nowadays. It's longer for visitors to type and can be slower if a redirection is required. On the other hand, the "" is implied since the web browser will automatically add the protocol to the URL before trying to load a website. That would have been a better example but I think we got the idea nonetheless ;)

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very informative, thank you very much,

9:10 - a VORTAC is shaped like a medieval shield. A Roman shield is a large blocky rectangle. The medieval, or "heater" style has the classic rounded bottom and point.

Bro, you are awesome

How do I download the charts?

Love your content .

Sorry if it has been addressed in another comment, I couldn’t locate the link for the symbology document.

Where I can get these legends?

Great video! You guys should do one of these for IFR low charts also!

Thank you ‼️‼️‼️‼️🙏🏼

also looking for chart

It's harder to fold the chart back up properly than it is to read all the symbols.

I couldn’t see the 123.0.

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basically the whole test is on sectional charts.

Please point at what you're talking about.

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This is not a complete overview of vfr charts.

As a "preview" of what your course offers, it really doesn't look good that all your images are scaled up and super blurry hard to read. Just being honest here. The information seems solid, the presentation doesn't make me want to go buy your course though if it is all like this.

trial just give some part of the course free

No longer valid for 6 months 😒

I think you should syndicate investors and get licensed to build Cessna 152 aircraft. Many people trust you and I think you could get this done. Many flight schools around the country are using old beat up aircraft that beginners are not finding attractive. These existing flight schools are not reinvesting in their business. I’ve witnessed some junky looking airplanes. A Garmin or two will not overcome the trashiness of poor looking interiors. If I had millions I’d sponsor you in this project.

Astricks? 😂

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