Airienteering with 13MIKE

by Fred J. Calfior and Douglas W. Miller

AirLeg 37

1) When abeam “CAL STATE UNIVERSITY”, turn to parallel the length of the “SAN MATEO BRIDGE” westward

2) Descend to “1500” feet

3) San Francisco International airport's longest runway is about a length of 11,900 feet. The TACAN channel which serves San Francisco is 107. San Francisco airport's elevation is 11 feet. Metropolitan Oakland International airport has an airport elevation of 93 feet, having a total of 2 control tower frequencies. Its longest runway is shorter than San Francisco by about 1900 feet.

There are two mistakes in the previous paragraph, based on your San Francisco Terminal Area chart. Find the portion of the errors that are highlighted in the text.

According to the Federal Aviation Regulations manual, what does the abbreviation “VFR” stand for?

If your answer is “Visual Flight Rules”, go to the AirLeg described

by the first mistake

If your answer is “Visual Flight Reference”, go to the AirLeg

described by the second mistake

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