Right, let’s begin Chapter 10: Airways — Page 151, Lesson 147

Right, let’s begin Chapter 10: Airways. This chapter is all about the structured routes and charts that we use for instrument flight in controlled airspace. I’ll start with the table of contents so you know the landscape. First, we have an Introduction, then a section on the Jeppesen Manual, which is the standard chart provider we use in professional aviation. Within that, we look at the Chart Glossary — that’s the dictionary of symbols and terms used on Jeppesen charts. Then the En Route Chart Legend, which tells you how to read the high-altitude and low-altitude airway charts. After that, the SID and STAR Legend — Standard Instrument Departures and Standard Terminal Arrival Routes — and the Approach Chart Legend, for instrument approach procedures. Then we move into the regulatory side: Air Traffic Services Routes, also called Standard Routes. That’s the formal ICAO classification for airways and other ATS routes. Then we cover Area, Low and High Level Charts — the different types of en route charts based on altitude band. The rest of the chapter is practical exercises. There’s Airways Exercise 1 with a log sheet, then Exercise 1 itself. Then Airways Exercise 2 with another log, and Exercise 2. Finally, answers to all examples and exercises, including the log sheets. So, in this chapter, you’re going to learn how to read Jeppesen charts for airways, SIDs, STARs, and approaches, understand ATS route structure, and then apply that knowledge by completing navigation logs for airway flights. That’s the core of flight planning and monitoring — knowing exactly what the chart is telling you and how to use it to build a route. Let’s start with the first section: the Introduction. I’ll teach you what airways are and why we use them.