Sadly, the WAC (world aeronautical chart, 1:1,000,000) is no longer available digitally or printed. Great map for a wall, just for casual planning and what ifs, for real and wannabe pilots alike.
The TAC (terminal area chart, 1:250,000). These are only available for congested areas.
All three are VFR charts sharing the same (or similar) legend.
From one of the examples in the article:
http://airnav.com/
click on the airports tab. Enter KATL then enter. Scroll down about 3/4 of the way (or search for jedi) and to the right you'll see pages 1 and 2 of the JJEDI THREE standard terminal arrival. In general, when your airline flight starts to descend, it's starting an arrival transition (from enroute to terminal). These are a bit more text oriented than terminal arrivals, essentially containing just speeds and altitudes at specific way points, so that ATC doesn't have to keep repeating the same arrival instructions to everyone.
Anyway, you do not need to download the entire TPP booklet for a region to find IAPs, SIDs, and STARs, you can navigate to an airport on airnav.com and they have individual "plates" kindof an archaic term today but no doubt at one time these were metal plates, rolled with ink, and pressed onto paper, before desktop publishing came along and turned everything into PDF.
Sadly, the WAC (world aeronautical chart, 1:1,000,000) is no longer available digitally or printed. Great map for a wall, just for casual planning and what ifs, for real and wannabe pilots alike.
The TAC (terminal area chart, 1:250,000). These are only available for congested areas.
All three are VFR charts sharing the same (or similar) legend.
From one of the examples in the article: http://airnav.com/ click on the airports tab. Enter KATL then enter. Scroll down about 3/4 of the way (or search for jedi) and to the right you'll see pages 1 and 2 of the JJEDI THREE standard terminal arrival. In general, when your airline flight starts to descend, it's starting an arrival transition (from enroute to terminal). These are a bit more text oriented than terminal arrivals, essentially containing just speeds and altitudes at specific way points, so that ATC doesn't have to keep repeating the same arrival instructions to everyone.
Anyway, you do not need to download the entire TPP booklet for a region to find IAPs, SIDs, and STARs, you can navigate to an airport on airnav.com and they have individual "plates" kindof an archaic term today but no doubt at one time these were metal plates, rolled with ink, and pressed onto paper, before desktop publishing came along and turned everything into PDF.
Another place for various aeronautical charts along with traffic is https://globe.adsbexchange.com/