IFR ENROUTE CHARTS

IFR LOW ALTITUDE

EN-ROUTE CHARTS
IFR Low Altitude En-route Charts provide
aeronautical information for navigation
under instrument flight rules below
18,000 feet MSL.
Includes: airways, limits of controlled
airspace, VHF radio aids to
navigation (frequency, identification,
channel, geographic coordinates),
airports that have an Instrument
Approach Procedure or a minimum 3000'
hard surface runway, Off Route
Obstruction Clearance Altitudes (OROCA),
airway distances, reporting points,
special use airspace areas, and Military
Training Routes.

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 FEDERAL AIRWAY

The FAA has established two fixed route

systems for air navigation.
1. The VOR identified by a "V" (Victor)
2. New low altitude area navigation
(RNAV) "T" routes for the en-route
and terminal environments
From 1,200' and Above Ground Level
(AGL) to but not including FL 180 , is
shown on IFR en-route Low Altitude
Charts
Minimum En-route Minimum Reception
Altitude (MEA) Altitude (MRA)
Assures acceptable navigational Minimum altitude the navigation signal
signal coverage and meets obstacle can be received for the route
clearance
 Maximum Authorized Minimum Obstruction
Altitude (MAA) Clearance Altitude (MOCA)

Maximum usable altitude or flight level Lowest published altitude between fixes on
for an airspace structure or route VOR airways, off -airway routes, or route
segment segments that meets obstacle clearance
requirements for a VOR
 Minimum Crossing
Altitude (MCA)
Lowest altitude at certain fixes at
which the aircraft must cross when
proceeding in the direction
Minimum Turning
Altitude (MTA)
Providing vertical and lateral obstruction
clearance based on turn criteria over certain
fixes, NAVAIDs, waypoints
UNUSABLE AIRWAY/ROUTE
SEGMENTS
Airway/Route segments designated
by the FAA as unusable will be
depicted as shown below.
OFF ROUTE OBSTRUCTION
CLEARANCE ALTITUDE
(OROCA)
Represents the highest possible obstruction
elevation including both terrain and other
vertical obstruction
it provides an additional vertical buffer of
1,000 feet in designated non-mountainous
areas and a 2,000 foot vertical buffer.
IFR ENROUTE LOW SYMBOLS
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enroute-edition.pdf