FAA Part 107 Study Guide [How To Read A Sectional Chart]

hey outstanding university my name is ryan i am a commercial pilot and flight instructor and today we're going to go over some questions that you're going to see on your part 107 knowledge test i know a lot of you guys have been asking about an example or kind of a run through of how you'd go about taking this test using the testing supplement so today that's what we're going to do today we're going to focus on just 10 questions on airspace and reading of the chart supplement if this is something that you find helpful and it is successful we can definitely do more down the line so let's get started so when you sit down for your knowledge test they're going to give you a testing supplement which is the what i have here it's going to be a book about 100 pages of just all images that is used to reference some of the questions that you're going to have on your exam in the top right corner there's going to be a code you want to make sure you match that code with the images that they're referencing today i have the h version which is like the newest one the questions that i'm using are from the previous version but don't worry i double checked that this will all make sense today and that will the images um still work but for your exam please double check that the code is correct because some testing centers could still have an outdated book but the new exam so the first question what does the line of latitude at area 4 measure so it says refer to figure 26 the way this book is laid out and so you go to the appendix just show you guys scroll there's legends and then there's figures they go in order they start with the legends and then go to figures uh we're gonna go to figure 26 put that on page 59 so i'm going to cheat just because i'm on my computer but when you flip through they go in order so it makes sense figure 26 so this is asking about the what does the line of latitude at area 4 measure so at area 4 so regardless of this area let's first talk about what latitude measures so latitude think about laterally with the earth's surface so it goes around the earth latitude lines are parallel to the equator so when you're at the equator it is zero when you go north uh and you go up to 90 degrees north that is the north pole and you go 90 degrees south that is the south pole and there's everything in between with these latitude lines they are depicted on the chart uh like i said parallel to the equator so they go east to west and they're written every 30 minutes so when i say minutes i don't mean minutes isn't time i mean minutes as in coordinates so with each degree that is 16 minutes so every 30 minutes they have a line so this is 47 degrees north if i continue up here the next would be 47 and 30 minutes north so area 4 let's go back to our question there we go what does the line of latitude area 4 measure the degree of latitude north and south of the equator is your answer a talks about the prime meridian line that is used for the longitude lines so longitude lines is what is based off of the primary line primarily in line excuse me and then that line goes through greenwich england which c talks about that line as well so a and c are the same essentially the same answer your correct answer is b because we are using the equator for latitude all right all right so another question we have is what airport is located approximately 47 degrees and 40 minutes north uh latitude and 101 degrees and 26 minutes west longitude so first we're going to the figure 21 slide over i'm at 26 so 25 4 3 2 and 1. all right so we're in figure 25 sorry figure 21 and it said 47 degrees and 40 minutes north we'll start with that one first so we're 47 what i see here let me zoom in to make life easier i see the 48 right here and remember how i said that the lines are depicted every 30 minutes so if i go south close to the equator the number gets less so this is going to be 47 and 30 minutes now how do we determine where 10 is so each of these dashes let me zoom in a little bit more each of these dashes is going to be one so we have one two three four and five six seven eight nine and ten so the ten is going to be a big line or big compared to the other ones and then the five actually every five let me zoom in here on this one because easy to see is going to be slightly uh larger than just the one and then you see how the 10 is the largest so it goes small medium to large to help you count every 5 and 10. so we got 30 the first notch here is 40. that's 47 and 40. so it's going to be along here see if i can draw there we go we're gonna come along like here just for a nice visual for you guys and then it says 101 degrees and 26 minutes west so we have 101 degrees which is right here and remember since we are going west we are going further from the prime meridian line so we're going to go this way just like how with the latitude lines every 30 minutes the longitude lines are the same way so right here would be 101 degrees and 30 minutes so it said 26 so we're going to go back four one two three and four which is gonna lead us right here so if i drop my cursor one two three four that's just about right here so right here is where we want and this is going to be that airport right there so garson airport is our answer all right let's go to the next one what is the floor of the stefan savannah class charlie airspace at the shelf area the outer circle so we're going to go to figure 23. we've seen that way too much i'm going to go out here i know figure 23 is on page 56 right here let's do that with the class charlie remember there are usually two shelves and i see usually there are some exceptions but for the most part there's always going to be two shelves of the class charlie the inner circle is going to be closest that is close to the airport is always going to go to the surface the outer circle is going to be a little bit higher think about it the point of this airspace is to kind of really control the airplanes around that are going in and out of that airport when they're further from the airport they're going to be higher up so they don't really need the surface when they're 10 miles out but they do need it at the surface when they're 5 miles out just for that extra safety so we look at this outer circle we see that 41 over 13 that means it goes up to 4 100 feet and then down to 1300 feet now this is all msl altitudes that are depicted for airspace are always going to be msl in this case so what we have 1300 feet msl the other answer is 13 agl like i said when we're looking at the class charlie airspace it's always going to be in msl that's because planes use msl we don't really use agl when we're flying because that's a lot of math that we don't want to do so our engine our sorry instrument gauges are always going to read msl means above sea level all right we'll go to the next question what chart shows a gray line with vr1667 vr1617 vr1638 and 1668. could this area present a hazard to the operations of a small ua so let's go to figure 59 and our figure 59 is page 90. so i'm gonna go all the way down all right so we have figure 59 and i'm gonna look for let's see it says area two so i'm gonna go around area two which is what i have over here and let's zoom in so we can show you guys a little bit better all right when we have these vr um with this gray line that's going to be a military route when those are those four digits like this that's going to tell me that they are doing military or they're clear to do military activity at or below 1500 this means they're probably traveling very fast at a high velocity which is why it's designated at this area the speed restrictions for aircrafts are 250 uh knots below a certain altitude so since we are really low here uh they have to depict that they're probably moving very fast so that's going to be a pretty big danger if a giant plane hits your drone at over 250 knots that would be a pretty bad day so the uh answer here yes this is a military training route for the surface to 1500 feet all right next question you have been hired by a farmer to use your small ua to inspect its crops the area that you are to survey is the devil's lake west moa east of area 2. how would you find out if the moa is active so we're going to go to figure 21. so i'm going to go back here figure 21 is page 54. all right here we are so we have the devil's lake moa so with an moa they're always depicted with this magenta dash and solid line and it's always going to say the name of it on the inside this is on your sectional chart and on the side of the section chart is going to be more of a detailed description of the altitude of that moa of the controlling agency and a phone number or a frequency to contact that controlling agency on to determine if it's hot or cold if it's hot it means it's active if it is cold it means it's inactive and you are able to uh to go through that so when we look here it says refer to the chart legend because that's the information that it's going to have on the side of who you can contact there is they aren't always active so they're not always going to be depicted as it's always hot or always cold that's why they're just going to give you the controlling agency to talk to them on all right how would a remote pilot or sorry a remote pic check notims as noted in the caution box regarding the unmarked balloon so we're going to go to figure 20. and just one up so this is area five public area five it says caution unmarked balloon on cable to 38 or sorry 3008 feet msl check nodums so when you check nodums uh nodems are a notice to airmen uh they come out sir for something that isn't always published say hey this is going to happen in this area at this time be aware a way to check those is a couple of different ways uh the best way which i would recommend which is also the answer is obtaining a weather briefing so you can go to 1 800 wxbrief.com that's also a phone number it's the same service you can call them or you can go online and you can do a nodum search and look up for your area of the where you're going to fly and it's going to bring the list of the active nodems the ones that are coming up so you can have a nice description of everything i like calling them just because it has a person tell me exactly what i what i need to know uh but another way the wx brief dot com is so you can see them and they print it out so you won't uh you won't forget them okay while monitoring the cooperstown ctaf you hear an aircraft announce that they are midfield left down wind runway 1-3 where would the aircraft be relative to the runway so we're going to figure 26 and area two so let me zoom out here go to 26 which is 59. all right and we're going to go to area 2. so cooper's town so first when they say runway 1-3 that means the direction of which the runway is facing if you are standing looking down that runway so for example let me get my handy dandy drawing cursor up here so runway one three they're taking off to the direction of 130 degrees so they're taking off in this direction now they said they're making a left downwind so when you're doing a left downwind or left traffic you are turning left so left for your crosswind now we have our downwind leg now we have our base leg and now we have final so again we have our upwind leg or departure and leg we have our crosswind we have downwind we have base and then lastly we have final so in this question it said they were midfield left the downwind so that tells me they're right here landing for runway 1 3 meaning they're going to come around and land right here so that means the aircraft is east because we are on this side of the area so the aircraft is east of that airport if the aircraft was making right traffic then they could be west or even southwest in this area but the answer here is the aircraft is east all right all right um at you know i'm not even going to try to pronounce this airport which frequency should be used as the common traffic advisory frequency or the known ctaf to monitor the airport traffic so we're going to go to figure 22. zoom out here 22 which i have on page 55. so when i zoom in at this airport a little bit more there we are so on the sectional it always gives you the name uh it says a wasp this is where how the pilots get the weather so the awos frequency the weather is going to be on 135.075 this is going to be the altitude of which the airport lies so the 2320 that l means there's lights at that airport with that asterisk so it's pilot controlled lighting the 74 is 700 7400 feet which is the longest runway and what you're looking for is the 122.8 with a c so whenever that c is in there that means it is the c tap frequency it's always going to have the frequency and then the letter c some airports will have multiple frequencies make sure you use the c tap frequency uh that is just prior to that c that is kind of bolded with the uh with the magenta circle so one two two point eight is your answer let's see if i'm right there that's an option there beautiful so one two two point eight is your c tap frequency designated as that bold c all right you have been hired to inspect the tower under construction at 46.9 north and 98.6 west near jameson or sorry jamestown regional uh what must you receive prior to flying your unmanned aircraft in this area so i'm gonna go to figure 26 at area four so i'm looking at figure 26 at area 4. so if i'm flying around an airport the controlling agency whether it's any airspace is always going to be atc so when we talk about airspace there's this authorization from atc even if it is a military area there is a controlling agency which is atc that is controlling the airspace so you always want to contact atc no matter where you are flying if you're flying over park and there is our national park or a marine sanctuary there's going to be definite there's definitely like more rules to fly over whether it's altitude-wise or noise abatement procedures but atc is always going to be the controlling agency air traffic control they do all the airspace in the united states so b then we have what atc authorization sorry with atc authorization you are operating your small unmanned aircraft approximately four south or sorry yeah let me start this one with atc authorization you are operating your small unmanned aircraft approximately four statute miles south east of elizabeth city regional airport what hazard is indicated to be in that area so i'm going to go to figure 20. amount here one figure 20 which is page 53. and they said we are looking at the elizabeth city airport just about four southeast so i'm going east and south which is going to be in this general area and then i have this line let me follow this line out here it says caution unmarked balloon on cable to 3008 feet msl check nodums i'm going to go back to the question what hazard is indicated it's an unmarked balloon you copy and paste whatever you see on that chart to your answer right here as it says unmarked balloon on a cable up to three thousand eight feet msl be careful it's always um or in this case it's depicted as msl so make sure you have that there as msl not agl so a little tricky there right and that concludes the 10 questions that we're going over today again if you found this helpful you find a better way that you or more a different topic please let us know and we'll be able to get that done for you you guys enjoy

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Length: 20min 11sec (1211 seconds)

Published: Tue May 11 2021