Introduction To Navigraph Charts

Introduction toNavigraph ChartsVersionDateRevision1.026 MAR 19Document created2.017 MAY 19Adapted to new user interface design3.021 MAY 19Adapted for public release

1. Introduction32. Prerequisites33. Feature Examples33.1. Enroute Chart33.2. Flight Panel33.3. Charts34. Guide44.1. Signing in44.2. Exploring the Enroute Chart44.3. Creating a Flight84.3.1. New Flight Specifying Airports84.3.2. Importing a Flight from SimBrief124.3.3. Importing a Flight Plan (PLN) File144.3.4. Manually adjusting a route144.4. Airport Charts164.4.1. Charts via Searching Airport164.4.2. Charts via Airport in Flight174.4.3. Airport Chart List194.4.4. Overlaying Airport Chart on Enroute Chart204.4.5. Viewing Chart in Windowed and Fullscreen Modes214.5. Moving Maps222

1. IntroductionNavigraph Charts is a software which allows you to search most airports, waypoints, airwaysand procedures in the world. Charts contains a worldwide coverage of airport charts,procedure diagrams and an enroute chart over high and low airways based on informationprovided by Jeppesen.Navigraph Charts is intended to be used with a flight simulator such as Microsoft FlightSimulator X, Lockheed Martin Prepar3D, or Laminar Research X-Plane. You can use Chartsseparately to look up information and build a route you want to fly, but you can also connectyour simulator to Charts and monitor the progress of your flight.2. PrerequisitesYou need an active Navigraph User account to log in to Navigraph Charts. You also need avalid Charts or Ultimate subscription to access all information. You can register an accountand purchase a subscription on the Navigraph website.Charts exists for Windows and Mac desktop, iPad1 and Android tablets, and can also beaccessed via most web browsers.3. Feature ExamplesHere are examples of some of the things you can do with Charts. For a more detailedinstruction, please continue further down in this document.3.1. Enroute ChartPan and zoom the enroute chart to explore high and low airspace. You can search by text orright click the mouse in a region to do a proximity search. Pick any object with the mouse toexplore it.3.2. Flight PanelUse the flight panel to plan a flight. You can create one from scratch by selecting waypoints;have one calculated for you; or import flights from Simbrief or a PLN file. You can also viewand select procedures that fit your route.3.3. ChartsThe software covers 6,800 airports around the world. The charts are color coded and dividedinto procedures, airport diagrams and reference texts. You can favorite airports and pincharts to a pinboard for quick access. You can also visualize procedures from and to aparticular airport. If you connect Charts to your simulator using Simlink you can also monitoryour flight with the moving maps function.1iPad version is delayed, please use Charts Cloud in Safari or Chrome on iPad3

4. Guide4.1. Signing in1.2.Find the link to download Navigraph Charts on this page:https://navigraph.com/ChartsApps.aspx alternatively use Navigraph Charts in a webbrowser via this link https://charts.navigraph.com/Sign in using your Navigraph username and password. You also need to have aNavigraph Ultimate subscription associated with your Navigraph account.2.1.If you need to sign out to sign in with another account, you will find the link inthe upper right corner under the profile icon.4.2. Exploring the Enroute ChartThe first thing you will see after signing in is the enroute chart. It is a big chart window whereyou can move around and explore airspaces.1. Click and drag the enroute chart with the mouse to pan it.2. Use the zoom wheel on the mouse zoom in and out. You may also use the plus andminus buttons in the lower left corner.3. Switch between upper and lower airspace with the drop down menu in the upper rightcorner.4. Switch between low contrast night mode and high contrast day mode with the buttonin the upper right corner that looks like a moon.4

5. Have a quick look at the symbology.IFR airportA blue cogwheel meansan IFR airport. If there isa blue dot in the middle,there is chart coverage.VFR airportA green cogwheel meansa VFR airport. A hollowcenter means there is nochart coverage. VFRcharts will be added in afuture version of Charts.WaypointA star denotes an RNAVwaypoint. A waypoint withcompulsory reporting isfilled.WaypointA triangle denotes acombined RNAVwaypoint and airwayintersection.WaypointA waypoint withcompulsory reporting isfilled.5

NDBA circle denoted an NDBnavaid.DMEA box denotes a DME.The circle around it is acompass rose whichshows the magneticdeviation at the location.VOR/DMEA hexagon inside a boxdenotes a VOR/DME.The circle around it is acompass rose whichshows the magneticdeviation at the location.The numbers on theairways denote the radialrelative to the VOR.TACANA three pointed stardenotes a TACAN.VORTACA three pointed star withbanded points denotes aVORTAC.Restricted AirspaceA purple circle or polygondenotes restrictedairspace.6

MORAThe large numbers in themap grid are minimumoff-route altitudes.Holding PatternA race track denotes aholding pattern. Theinbound holding course isshown in the middle.There are too many symbols to list here, but for the most part it follows the Jeppesenstandards explained in detail siness/ifr-paper-services/glossary-legends.pdf6. Now click the text field in the top left corner where is says “Search ” and type:“ESSA” and hit enter. As you can see, the search results return the Arlanda airport(whose ICAO code is ESSA) as well as the Odessa airport (because Charts searchesthe full name of the airport too). In the search result you can also see other waypointsand navaids. You can use the drop box in the top of the search result list to filter theresults according to type.7. In addition to searching by text, you can also search by proximity. You can test thisby right clicking with the mouse on the enroute chart. Make sure you are zoomed in abit, because the diameter of the search region is only 20 km (12.5 miles). The resultsare returned in a list next to the red circle which denotes the search region.7

8. Now you can select the Arlanda airport to explore it. The details are displayed in thedetail view in the lower right corner.4.3. Creating a Flight4.3.1. New Flight Specifying AirportsIn this version of Charts there has been a significant change in how a flight is organized. Toaccess flights, open the flight dialog window by clicking the flight icon at the top.1. Open the flight dialog window by clicking the button where it says Flights.2. Click New Flight and select Manual Input.3. Select which chart format you want to use: Standard IFR charts or AirlineCAO chart. CAO charts are mainly for category C and D aircraft. More /why-jeppesen-charts/Jeppesen Airline Charts Series.pdf4. Enter Origin and Destination airport by typing the ICAO code, the name of thecity, or the name of the airport. You may want to try flying from ESSA toENGM.8

5. Check the checkbox next to “Auto generate my route” to have Chartscalculate a route for you.Here is a very simple route from Stockholm (ESSA) to Oslo (ENGM). Theenroute chart centers on the route and the flight panel opens. Note how theflight panel contains a string of colorful pills indicating the airports, waypointsand airway segments.6. Proceed by clicking the blue Runway button on the origin airport to select adeparture runway. Let’s select RWY 19L.(If you are not familiar with the runways at ESSA you can have a look at chart10-9 by clicking ESSA, go to charts list, bring up Taxi charts and scroll downto AIRPORT 10-9.)9

7. Click on Departures. You can see that Charts suggests that you use ARS4Eto connect from runway RWY 19L. You can select ARS4E by clicking theradio button (the circle) next to it. Note how Navigraph Charts only shows thetwo procedures for departing from RWY 19L at the very top.If you click on the text “ARS4E” instead of the radio button the procedure ishighlighted as a purple line on the enroute chart.A details box with moreinformation also appears in the lower right corner.If you click the icon that looks like a stack of papers with an arrow in thedetails box you can superimpose the departure procedure chart on top of theenroute chart.10

8. If you want a to see all SIDs that are available to you, pull the slider to “showvisual overview”. The departure procedures from RWY 19L are now shown onthe enroute chart and the ARS4E connecting to ARS is clear to see.If you want to see SIDs departing from another runway, use the runwayselector to the left.9. When the ARS4E has been selected, the pink dashed line turns solid and twomore pills have been added to the route: a blue runway 19 pill and a pink SIDARS4E pill.10. Now let us move over to the destination airport. You can click the destinationairport code or scroll to the end of the sequence of pills to see ENGM. Noticehow the leg from ESEBA to ENGM currently is a dashed green line.11

11. Click on Arrivals. You can see that Charts suggests ESEB4L and ESEB4M asthey connect from ESEBA. You can also see that you can turn on a visualoverview to see the STAR procedures.12. Let’s select ESEB4L. Watch the green dashed line turn solid.13. Now let’s select an approach by clicking the Approaches. Charts suggest afew approaches to Runway 01. You can click on their names to visualize themon the chart, or you can again drag the slider to turn on a visual overview.14. Let’s select the ILS RWY 01L (INSUV). Notice how the last part, the orangeline, now turns solid and that the route now has an orange approach pill.12

15. The route can be copied from the flight panel by pressing the T icon where itsays Type route. The resulting route string is:ESSA/19L ARS4E ARS N623 ESEBA ESEB4L ENGM/INSUV.I01LIf you didn’t succeed in completing the steps above you can paste this stringinto the type route interface to see the finished result.13

4.3.2. Importing a Flight from SimBriefIn this version of Charts we have interfaced with SimBrief making it possible to fetch yourlatest flight plan.1. First, go to Settings which is under the profile icon in the top right corner of thewindow.2. Make sure you have entered your SimBrief username and press Save.3. Open the flight dialog window by clicking the button where it says Flights in the topbar.4. Click New Flight and select From SimBrief.5. At this point Charts will try to contact SimBrief and fetch the latest Operational FlightPlan you have created in SimBrief.6. In the case above we are fetching ELLX to LIMC. The route is imported, includingSID and STAR if those were specified in SimBrief. We can now manually specify theapproach by clicking the Approaches button as described above. In this example wesee the approaches that are suitable given the STAR ODIN1G.14

4.3.3. Importing a Flight Plan (PLN) FileIt is also possible to create a flight by importing a PLN file as created by Microsoft FlightSimulator X (XML formatted).1. Press New in the flight panel to create a new flight.2. In the window which appears, click the second button to create a flight from PLN file.3. In the next window, click select flight plan and locate the PLN file on your computer.4.3.4. Manually adjusting a routeThe existing route can be edited either by editing the text route string or by interacting withthe route pills. To edit the text, click the Type route button in the flight panel. To edit theroute interactively, follow the steps described below.1. Click to explore a waypoint or navaid in the enroute chart and press the Add to routebutton in the bottom right corner.15

2. On the next screen, specify where to add the fix.3. Here is the modified route after adding LEGPO “after” IBGAX.16