Definition
Aeronautical Navigation Products (AeroNav Products) is the FAA office responsible for producing, maintaining, and distributing the official aeronautical charts and related navigation publications used by U.S. pilots, including sectional charts, terminal area charts, instrument approach procedure charts, en route charts, and the Chart Supplement.
Plain English
It is the part of the FAA that makes the official paper and digital charts pilots use to navigate. When you look at a sectional chart or an instrument approach plate, AeroNav Products is the group that drew it up and keeps it current.
Context Anchor
You will see this term when FAA handbooks refer to official charts and publications, including charts that show special use airspace.
Derivation
"Aeronautical" comes from the Greek aer (air) plus nautikos (relating to ships or sailing) — literally "air-sailing." So Aeronautical Navigation Products simply means "products for finding your way through the air."
Why Pilots Care
These are the current, authoritative publications pilots must use to meet regulatory requirements for IFR flight and to maintain situational awareness.
Intuition Check
Do not read “products” here as ordinary consumer items. In this FAA context, it means official aviation charts, publications, and data used for navigation.
Example Sentence 1
Before the cross-country flight, she downloaded the latest sectional from AeroNav Products to make sure her chart was current.
Example Sentence 2
AeroNav Products provide the sectional charts and terminal procedures needed for the cross-country flight.