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Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Enroute Low Altitude Charts

Portion of an Enroute Low Altitude Chart

Low Altitude Chart

Portion of an Area Chart


Area Chart

IFR Enroute Low Altitude Charts provide aeronautical information for navigation under instrument flight rules below 18,000 feet MSL. These four-color chart series includes:

  • Air Traffic Services
  • Airports that have an Instrument Approach Procedure or a minimum 3000' hard surface runway
  • Airways/Route Data
  • Cruising Altitudes
  • Fixes/ATC Reporting Points
  • Limits of controlled airspace
  • Military Training Routes
  • Off Route Obstruction Clearance Altitudes (OROCA)
  • Radio aids to navigation
  • RNAV Routes
  • Special Use Airspace Areas
  • Tabulations (MTRs, SUAs, MOAs, Airport data)

Area Charts, which show congested terminal areas at a large scale, are included with subscriptions to any conterminous U.S. Set Low (Full set, East or West sets). Charts are revised every 56 days.

Conterminous U.S. Low Altitude Area Charts

A-1 consists of Area Charts for

  • Atlanta (1" = 6 NM)
  • Detroit (1" = 5 NM)
  • Jacksonville (1" = 6 NM)
  • Miami (1" = 6 NM)
  • Minneapolis / St. Paul (1" = 6 NM)
  • St. Louis (1" = 6 NM)
  • Washington (1" = 7 NM)

A-2 consists of Area Charts for

  • Chicago / Milwaukee (1" = 6 NM)
  • Dallas / Fort Worth (1" = 6 NM)
  • Denver (1" = 7 NM)
  • Kansas City (1" = 5 NM)
  • Los Angeles (1" = 5 NM)
  • Phoenix (1" = 8.5 NM)
  • San Francisco (1" = 6 NM)

Alaska Low Altitude Area Charts

L-1 consists of Area Charts for

  • Juneau (1" = 14 NM)
  • Vancouver (1" = 8 NM)

L-2 consists of Area Charts for the Aleutian Islands

  • East / King Salmon (1" = 25 NM)
  • Central / Cold Bay (1" =2 5 NM)
  • West / Adak Island (1" = 25 NM)

Caribbean Area Charts

A-1 consists of Area Charts for

  • Buenos Aires (scale 1" = 13 NM)
  • Santiago (1" = 12 NM)
  • Lima (1" = 18 NM)
  • Rio de Janeiro (1" = 10 NM)
  • Guatemala City (1" = 17 NM)
  • Antigua Island-Ascension Island Inset (1" = 228 NM)

A-2 consists of area charts for

  • Miami-Nassau (1"= 19 NM)
  • Bogota (1"= 15 NM)
  • Mexico City (1" = 23 NM)
  • Panama (1" = 8 NM)
  • Central America-Pacific Ocean Inset (1" = 52 NM)

A-3 consists of an area chart for

  • Dominican Republic/Puerto Rico (1" = 16 NM)
Scale Information
Chart Type Nautical miles/inch
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Enroute Low Altitude Chart for the Conterminous U.S. Varies from 5 to 20

Product Name and FAA Product ID

Low Altitude Enroute (U.S.)
Product Product ID
L 1/2 ELUS1
L 3/4 ELUS3
L 5/6 ELUS5
L 7/8 ELUS7
L 9/10 ELUS9
L 11/12 ELUS11
L 13/14 ELUS13
L 15/16 ELUS15
L 17/18 ELUS17
L 19/20 ELUS19
* L 21/22 ELUS21
L 23/24 ELUS23
L 25/26 ELUS25
L 27/28 ELUS27
L 29/30 ELUS29
L 31/32 ELUS31
L 33/34 ELUS33
L 35/36 ELUS35
FULL SET ELUSSET
EAST SET ELUSE
WEST SET ELUSW
A 1/2 Area
* L-21 is intended for offshore navigation only. Detailed onshore information has been intentionally omitted. Refer to charts L-19/20, L-22, L-23/24 for detailed onshore information.
Low Altitude Enroute (Alaska)
Product Product ID
ALASKA 1/2 ELAK1
ALASKA 3/4 ELAK3
FULL SET ELAKSET
Low Altitude Enroute (Caribbean)
Product Product ID
CARIB 1/2 ELCB1
CARIB 3/A3 ELCB3
CARIB 5/6 ELCB5
CARIB A1/A2 ELCBA1
FULL SET ELCBSET

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