Section Six: Charts and Aeronautical Information
Ordering Canadian Charts
- Canadian VFR and IFR charts, as well as the Airport Facilities Directory, can be ordered online from vendors such as Sporty's and Map Town or from various official Canadian sources. Don’t be surprised, however, if the charts are not available by the scheduled valid date. For some reason, NavCanada’s printer doesn’t always deliver the charts to the vendors in a timely fashion, so it’s often advisable to check availability by phone.
Online Source for Canadian Aeronautical Information
- This site contains a comprehensive online selection of Canadian aeronautical charts and information. Some of the files are quite large, however, so where possible they have been extracted and presented in this Alaska Flying Guide under a specific airport name.
- General information from the Canadian Airport Facilities Directory should be consulted when reading the legends for a given Canadian airport. Please note that most gravel fields do not have fuel service available; in fact, an airport in Canada does not have fuel unless it specifically says so in a given airport’s directory information.
Index of Canadian Airports and IAPs
- Listed below is airport information and, where available, IAPs and airport diagrams, for the Canadian airports mentioned in Sections Two, Three and Four in this Alaska Flying Guide. Please note that these are copyrighted materials, have valid dates from mid-2004, and are presented for informational purposes only.
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Alberta |
British Columbia |
Manitoba |
Saskatchewan |
Yukon |
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Calgary (CYYC) |
Bella Bella (CAF2) |
Piney Pinecreek Border
(48Y) |
Regina (CYQR) |
Beaver Creek (CYXQ) |
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Edmonton City
Centre (CYXD) |
Fort Nelson
(CYYE) |
Winnipeg (CYWG) |
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Burwash (CYDB) |
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Edmonton
International (CYEG) |
Fort St. John
(CYXJ) |
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Haines Junction
(CYHT) |
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Grande Prairie
(CYQU) |
Fort Ware (CAJ9) |
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Pine Lake (CFY5) |
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Peace River (CYPE) |
Lillooet (CAR3) |
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Teslin (CYZW) |
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Port Hardy (CZT) |
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Watson Lake
(CYQH) |
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Prince George
(CYXS) |
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Whitehorse (CYXY) |
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Prince Rupert
(CYPR) |
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Vancouver
International (CYVR) |
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Victoria International
(CYYJ) |
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Canadian Low Enroute IFR Charts
- Shown below is a map of the various regions for Canadian enroute low altitude IFR navigation charts. Click on the links below the map to see a specific chart (each is roughly 1.5MB, so expect slow download); then use Adobe’s magnification tool at 300-400% to see it in readable detail.
LO 1 LO 2 LO 3 LO 4 LO 5 LO 6 LO 7 LO 8 LO 9 LO 10
Canadian VFR Charts
- Shown below are maps of the various regions for Canadian VFR, WAC and terminal area navigation charts. These may be helpful in deciding which charts to take along on a trip (note that there is a specific VFR chart for the Alaska Highway, which incorporates parts of Fort Nelson, Fort Simpson, Atlin and Whitehorse). There do not seem to be any readable copies of these charts available online, as was the case with the Canadian IFR charts.
Alaska VFR Charts
Shown below is a map of the various regions for Alaska VFR navigation charts. These may be helpful in deciding which charts to take along on a trip. There do not seem to be any readable copies of these charts available online, as was the case with the Canadian IFR charts
Index of Alaskan Airports and IAPs
- Listed below is airport information and, where available, IAPs and airport diagrams, for the Alaskan airports mentioned in Sections Two, Three and Four in this Alaska Flying Guide. Please note that these are copyrighted materials, have valid dates from mid-2004, and are presented for informational purposes only.
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Anchorage Lake Hood
(PALH) |
Gulkana (PAGK) |
Kodiak (PADQ) |
Sheep Mountain
(PASP) |
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Anchorage Merrill
Field (PAMR) |
Healy River
(PAHV) |
McCarthy (PAMX) |
Sitka (PASI) |
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Anchorage Ted Stevens
Int’l (PANC) |
Homer (PAHO) |
McKinley
Park (PAIN) |
Soldotna (PASI) |
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Barrow (PABR) |
Juneau (PAJN) |
Nome (PAOM) |
Talkeetna (PATK) |
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Eureka/Skelton
(PAXK) |
Kenai (PAEN) |
Northway (PAOR) |
Valdez (PAVD) |
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Fairbanks
(PAFA) |
Ketchikan (PAKT) |
Seward (PAWD) |
Yakutat (PAYA) |
Index of Charts Required for Specific Routes
- Listed below are the charts required for the recommended routes in Section Two: Getting There
Route One: Flying from Eastern/Central US
IFR: Canadian LO 1, LO 2, LO 4 and LO 5
VFR: Canadian Winnipeg, Regina and Edmonton; and NOAA Whitehorse and Anchorage
Route Two: Flying the Coastal Route from Western US
IFR: NACO L-1
VFR: Canadian Vancouver, Kitmat and Atlin; and NOAA Ketchikan, Juneau and Anchorage
Route Three: Flying the Trench and the Alaska Highway
IFR: Canadian LO 2
VFR: Canadian Vancouver, Prince George, Fort Nelson, Atlin and Whitehorse (or substitute the Canadian Alaska Highway chart for the last four)
Route Four: Flying the Alaska Highway from Edmonton to Whitehorse
IFR: NACO L-1 and L-9; and Canadian LO 1 and LO 2
VFR: Canadian Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Prince George, Fort Nelson and Whitehorse (or substitute the Canadian Alaska Highway chart for the last three)
Route Five: Flying the Alaska Highway from Whitehorse to Anchorage
IFR: NACO L-1
VFR: Canadian Whitehorse or Alaska Highway chart; and NOAA Anchorage
- Listed below are the charts required for the recommended routes in Section Four: Getting Back to the U.S. from Alaska
Route One: Flying the Coastal Route
IFR: NACO L-1
VFR: NOAA Anchorage, Juneau and Ketchikan; and Canadian Atlin, Kitmat and Vancouver
Route Two: Flying the Inland Route along the Alaska Highway
IFR: NACO L-1 and Canadian LO 1 and LO 5
VFR: NOAA Anchorage and Whitehorse; and Canadian Whitehorse, Atlin, Fort Nelson, Prince George and Edmonton (or substitute the Canadian Alaska Highway chart for the first three)
Route Three: Flying the Combination Coastal Route and
Inland Route through the Trench
IFR: NACO L-1 and Canadian LO 2
VFR: NOAA Anchorage; and Canadian Whitehorse, Atlin, Fort Nelson and Prince George
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