The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National
Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO), publishes and distributes
United States government civil aeronautical charts and flight
information publications. Public sales of these charts and publications are available through a network of
Chart Agents
conveniently
located at or near principal civil airports. NACO is also responsible for the public distribution of
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service (NOAA/NOS)
U.S. nautical charts and
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
worldwide aeronautical and nautical charts and publications. Agents who sell
charts and publications of foreign areas are so indicated in the
listing. Because the FAA publishes a wide variety of items, not all
will be readily available locally. Your local agent may place a
special order for you or you may order directly from the FAA.
USE OF OBSOLETE CHARTS OR PUBLICATIONS FOR NAVIGATION MAY
BE DANGEROUS.
Aeronautical information changes rapidly, and
it is vitally important that pilots check the effective dates on
each aeronautical chart and publication to be used. Obsolete
charts and publications should be discarded and replaced by
current editions. To make certain a chart or publication is
current, refer to the next scheduled edition date printed on the
cover or consult the Dates of Latest Editions
. Pilots should also consult the
Aeronautical Chart Bulletin
available online or contained in
an Airport/Facility Directory and Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs)
for changes, essential to the safety of flight, that may occur during the effective dates of a chart or
publication.
