Definition
A visual aeronautical chart published for pilots flying under Visual Flight Rules in the Caribbean region. It depicts terrain, obstructions, airports, navigation aids, airspace boundaries, and other features needed for visual navigation across that area, at a scale suited to the long over-water distances typical of Caribbean flying.
Plain English
A pilot's map of the Caribbean made for flying by sight. It shows the islands, airports, radio navigation stations, and airspace boundaries you need to see when navigating visually in that region.
Context Anchor
Seen during preflight planning or cockpit navigation for VFR flights in the Caribbean region.
Derivation
“Aeronautical” comes from words meaning air and navigation. That helps because this is not a general map; it is a navigation chart made specifically for aircraft. “VFR” means visual flight rules.
Why Pilots Care
Provides the only practical visual navigation reference for the region where standard U.S. sectional charts do not extend.
Intuition Check
Do not treat this as a tourist or road map of the Caribbean. It is an aviation chart built for pilots flying under visual flight rules.
Example Sentence 1
Before the flight from San Juan to St. Thomas, she pulled out the Caribbean VFR Aeronautical Chart to check the airspace boundaries along the route.
Example Sentence 2
Because the Caribbean VFR Aeronautical Chart showed the location of military restricted areas, the flight stayed well clear of prohibited airspace.