PLT064: Information on a Sectional Chart
What code PLT064 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Information on a Sectional Chart before your checkride.
Interpret information on a Sectional Chart
What this means for your checkride
A sectional chart is the primary visual navigation chart. It shows terrain and elevation with color and contour, airports and their data, airspace boundaries, navigation aids, and obstructions with their heights. Reading it means translating those symbols into what you will see out the window.
Every VFR cross-country starts with the sectional, so the FAA tests whether you can extract airspace, elevation, frequencies, and obstacle heights from the chart symbols and legend.
Candidates read obstruction heights as height above the ground only. The bold number is height above sea level (MSL) and the lighter number in parentheses is height above ground (AGL); confusing them misjudges clearance.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.