Airspace & ChartsQuestion 47 of 100
While comparing two airports on the same sectional chart, a remote pilot notices that one airport symbol is printed in blue and the other in magenta. What does the color difference indicate?
a.Magenta airports have an operating control tower while blue airports do not
b.Blue airports are restricted to military traffic and magenta airports to civil traffic
c.Blue means the airport has an operating control tower and magenta means it does not
d.The color shows whether fuel and maintenance services are available at the field
Explanation
Sectional charts print airports with an operating control tower in blue and non-towered airports in magenta, which tells a remote pilot at a glance whether the field is likely to sit inside Class B, C, or D airspace. The convention is not reversed, and it says nothing about military versus civil use, which is shown by the airport name and other symbols. Fuel and services are indicated by tick marks and the airport data block, not by color.
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