There will be phased in major changes to the CAP and RCAPs starting August 22nd, 2013 then October 17th, 2013.
Thoughts? Personally, I wish they would align more with the Jepp plates.
http://www.navcanada.ca/ContentDefiniti ... 013_19.pdf
A snippet, see link above to see examples of the plates.
On 22 August 2013 and 17 October 2013, NAV CANADA will be introducing an improved product
specification for the Canada Air Pilot (CAP) and Restricted Canada Air Pilot (RCAP) publications. In 2011,
NAV CANADA’s aeronautical information services (AIS) undertook an initiative to modernize the format of the
CAP and RCAP publications. The results of this initiative are structured products with increased consistency
and overall usability.
CHANGE AREAS
The publication improvements focus on several key areas:
• Restructuring the depiction of communication information;
• Introducing an Approach Summary section of information to Instrument Approach Procedures (IAP);
• Depicting all charts to scale;
• Establishing a new chart ordering and identification standard;
• Introducing Flight Safety Foundation Stabilized Approach Principles into the depiction;
• Introducing human factors into the depiction; and
• Increasing overall consistency.
Instrument Approach Procedures (IAP)
▪ Minimum Sector Altitude (MSA) Quadrants
▪ Expanded Plan View and Scaled Information
▪ Constant Descent Angle Info
▪ Replacement of Landing Chart with Lighting Diagram
COPTER
▪ Similar structure and information as IAP
▪ Accompanying Visual Approach chart
Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR)
▪ Splitting depictions into En Route Transition and Arrival pages
▪ Depicting information to scale
▪ En Route Transition identification box
▪ Removal of route description page
Standard Instrument Departure (SID)
▪ Splitting depictions into Departure and En Route Transition pages
▪ Depicting information to scale
▪ En Route Transition identification box
Aerodrome Charts
▪ Incorporation of lighting diagrams on runways
