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Chapter 9 — Chapter 9

Chapter 9 — Chapter 9

AIM Basic with Changes 1, 2, and 3 (2026)

AIM 7/9/26

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Chapter 9. Aeronautical

Charts and Related

Publications

Section 1. Types of Charts

Available

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Chapter 10. Helicopter

Operations

Section 1. Helicopter IFR

Operations

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Section 2. Special Operations

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Chapter 11. Unmanned

Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Section 1. General

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Section 2. Small Unmanned

Aircraft System (sUAS)

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Section 3. Large UAS

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Section 4. Airspace Access for

UAS

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Section 5. UAS Pilot Testing,

Certification and

Responsibilities

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Section 6. Advanced Air

Mobility

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Section 7. UAS Operations on

Airports

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Section 8. Other Information

and Best Practices

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Appendices

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Env N/A

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U.S. Department

of Transportation

Federal Aviation

Administration

AERONAUTICAL

INFORMATION

MANUAL

Change 3

July 9, 2026

DO NOT DESTROY

BASIC DATED

February 20, 2025

7/9/26 AIM

Aeronautical Information Manual

Explanation of Changes

Effective: July 9, 2026

a. 4−7−4. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATONS WITH A SINGLE LONG−RANGE NA VIGATION

SYSTEM

This change updates all references from the B054 authorization to be replaced with B036 authorization.

b. 5−1−1. PREFLIGHT PREPARATION

5−4−5. INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE (IAP) CHARTS

This change updates AIM paragraph 5−4−5 to clarify that PPR requirements may also apply to civil airports, not

just military locations, based on NOTAM publication. These updates promote standardization across FAA

publications and provide clearer guidance to users of the NAS. This change also adds a reference to 5–1–1 for

added support and understanding.

c. 5−1−2. FOLLOW IFR PROCEDURES EVEN WHEN OPERATING VFR

This change adds the recommended practice of preloading intended GPS waypoints into the GPS receiver while

the aircraft is on the ground.

d. 5−5−5. MISSED APPROACH

This change reverts the text to a previous version, which matches the tense and context of the Pilot/Controller

Roles/Responsibilities. The information being removed is contained in the referenced Chapter 7, Section 3, and

in paragraph 5−1−17.

e. 7−1−6. INFLIGHT A VIATION WEATHER ADVISORIES

This change updates language, stating the new forecast valid time and changes the outlook valid time period in

the example to 1 hour.

f. 10−1−4. THE GULF OF AMERICA GRID SYSTEM

This change updates language and removes some of the historical background, as the technologies involved are

more common than they were at the last update.

g. Editorial Changes

Editorial changes include adding 23 NM Lateral and 20 NM Longitudinal separation standards to TBL 4−16 in

Appendix 4; replacing the term Decision Height with Decision Altitude when referring to what minima is

published for a Precision Approach (PAR); removing the term Center Radar Approach Control (CERAP) and

adding Combined Control Facility (CCF) to Appendix 3, Abbreviations/Acronyms; updating verbiage in an

example in paragraph 5−2−9 for consistency; and replacing FIG 4−3−1 with a higher quality graphic.

h. Entire Publication

Additional editorial/format changes were made where necessary. Revision bars were not used because of the

insignificant nature of these changes.

Explanation of Changes E of Chg−1

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