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Sectional Chart Reading Quiz

19 questions over six real extracts of the Charlotte Sectional (edition effective 2026-07-09). Each one asks you to read something a checkride examiner will point at: the airport data block, the bracketed Class D ceiling, Class B shelf labels, obstacle height pairs, the Maximum Elevation Figure, the part-time tower star. Pick an answer and the verified explanation appears immediately — with the FAA source it was checked against.

Chart imagery is public-domain FAA raster from a single pinned edition. Educational use only — not for navigation. Verify everything against current official publications before you fly.

Concord–Padgett Regional (JQF)

Charlotte sectional chart extract: Concord–Padgett Regional (JQF). Educational use only — not for navigation.

On the Concord–Padgett Regional (JQF) airport data block, you read "CT - 134.65 ★ Ⓒ". What frequency is the CTAF at this airport?

The bottom line of the JQF data block reads "704 *L 74 122.95". What is the field elevation?

In the same JQF data block, the "74" tells you the longest runway is about how long?

The boxed figure [32] just southeast of the JQF airport symbol indicates what?

When the Concord tower is closed, what does the Class D surface area become?

What does the star (★) after "CT - 134.65" mean?

Hickory Regional (HKY)

Charlotte sectional chart extract: Hickory Regional (HKY). Educational use only — not for navigation.

The boxed [37] inside the Hickory Regional Class D means the ceiling is:

Hickory’s Chart Supplement AIRSPACE entry reads "CLASS D svc 1200-0200Z‡; other times CLASS E." Outside tower hours the surface area is therefore:

Northeast of Hickory you read an obstacle marked "1654 (486)". The parenthesized 486 is:

Smith Reynolds, Winston-Salem (INT)

Charlotte sectional chart extract: Smith Reynolds, Winston-Salem (INT). Educational use only — not for navigation.

Smith Reynolds (Winston-Salem) carries a boxed [35]. Its Class D extends from the surface to:

Winston-Salem’s AIRSPACE entry reads "CLASS D svc 1145-0230Z‡; other times CLASS G." At 0900Z (before the tower opens), an arriving VFR flight is operating in:

Charlotte — under the Class B

Charlotte sectional chart extract: Charlotte — under the Class B. Educational use only — not for navigation.

Near Charlotte you read the Class B label "100 over SFC". It means:

Southeast of the city you read "1633 (872)". How tall is that structure above the ground?

The wide solid magenta circle around Charlotte at 30 NM (the Mode C veil) means that inside it, from the surface to 10,000 ft MSL, your aircraft must have:

Stanly County, Albemarle (VUJ)

Charlotte sectional chart extract: Stanly County, Albemarle (VUJ). Educational use only — not for navigation.

Stanly County (Albemarle) shows a boxed [31]. The Class D there runs from the surface to:

The small parachute canopy symbol just northeast of the Stanly County airport marks:

Reading the quadrangle

Charlotte sectional chart extract: Reading the quadrangle. Educational use only — not for navigation.

The large "2²" figure printed in this quadrangle (a big 2 with a smaller raised 2) is the Maximum Elevation Figure. What altitude does it represent?

What exactly does a Maximum Elevation Figure include?

Also visible here is the shelf label "100 over 18". Under that shelf, the Class B begins at:

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Want to interrogate the airspace itself — any point, any altitude, any time? Open the Charlotte Sectional Explorer. The same verified data answers every click.

Airspace is the area examiners probe hardest. The Private Pilot Quick-Review Study Guide covers it with every claim cited to the same current FAA sources.