Part 107 Test Prep: Latitude and Longitude on Sectional Charts

This video will teach you how to identify the latitude and longitude of landmarks on sectional charts through two different practice problems.
1) Refer to Figure 20, area 3. Determine the approximate latitude and longitude of Currituck County Airport.
2) Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 21. What airport is located approximately 47 (degrees) 40 (minutes) N latitude and 101 (degrees) 26 (minutes) W longitude.
Timstamps:
Intro: 00:00
Identifying info on chart: 1:20
What is Latitude?: 02:27
What is Longitude?: 03:47
Minute marks: 04:08
What is a minute?: 04:57
Solving the first problem: 07:11
Solution to the first problem: 08:27
Why the other answers are wrong: 08:49
Another practice problem: 09:32
Solving the second problem: 10:18
Solution to the second problem: 12:23

[@sethenglish3657]

This is by far the most helpful video on the subject. Thank you so much.

[@OlgaAndreevaVideos]

Thank you! Good luck with your studying :)

[@rexiser9994]

Thank you so much for this video! I was struggling to understand how to read sectional charts until I came across this video. Thanks to you once I finally understood how to go about it because of this video and today I passed my test on the first try, 88%! Thank you!!

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Congrats!! Happy to have helped out! :)

[@misaelgarcia4621]

Thank you so much, I was struggling to understand how to read sectional charts until I came across this video.

[@Justin_McElhannon]

I’ve been studying for this test and your videos are an absolute game changer! Thank you!

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Great to hear! Best of luck studying :)

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This video has really simplified things!! Thank you!!

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You're welcome! Best of luck studying :)

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[@pilotliz]

Thank you Olga! I couldn’t figure this out to save my life and finally understand!!!!

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You're welcome! Good luck with the rest of your studying :)

[@DoronBond]

Thank you Olga!

[@AJHodgeman]

WOW. This helped me understand so much better! Thank you for this.

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Happy to hear! Best of luck with your studying :)

[@OttoRascon]

Hi Olga. I passed my part 107 with an 88 thanks to this video. I needed a bit more clarity on reading the sectionals. I would encourage others to watch as many videos as possible and study for a couple of weeks at least. I also paid for a class on Udemy to help out. Thank you!

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[@Interloper783]

Thanks, this was helpful!

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Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your studying :)

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im taking my part 107 at the end of the month and so far your videos are very helpful, looking forward to more fo them

[@OlgaAndreevaVideos]

Happy to hear that and best of luck with your studying! I should have some more videos coming out soon. Any topics in particular you'd like to see a video on?

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Olga, thank you so much! I passed the exam! 😇

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These are tremendously helpful videos, thank you for posting them. Do you have any plans for creating IFR training videos?

[@OlgaAndreevaVideos]

Cheers! Unfortunately at this moment, I don't have any plans to create IFR training videos :(

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Once again, outstanding explanation! Are you a Teacher? ☺️

[@OlgaAndreevaVideos]

Thank you! I used to be a teaching assistant in college, but now I just make these videos when I have time :)

[@kevinriemer6913]

I don’t understand where you got the 47 from when you started on the 48… Wouldn’t it be 48 and 40 minutes south?

[@OlgaAndreevaVideos]

Hello! Remember that since the FAA will only be showing maps from the Northern Hemisphere, latitude will increase going north and decrease going south. This means the equator is 0 degrees latitude and the north pole is 90 degrees latitude. I started at the 48 since I knew that would be a good reference point to find where 47 degrees and 40 minutes was on the map. If we had started at 47 degrees, we would have had to count out 40 minutes north of that, as opposed to starting at 48 degrees and counting south 20 minutes. 48 degrees and 40 minutes would be 40 minutes north of the 48 degree line of latitude.

[@kevinriemer6913]

@@OlgaAndreevaVideos thank you… so as soon as you went below 48, it became 47 and then whatever minutes it ended up being to find the airport… I have to get the hang of the longitude and latitude… I love the way you explain everything with your hand written notes… Thanks again

[@OlgaAndreevaVideos]

Yep, exactly! Good luck with your studying :)

[@Lookin4Things]

Maybe Im seeing 40 minutes from 47 and you kept saying 20? And then crossed at 20 rather than 40 like the question says???? Mercer was my answer

[@luxurycommerciale]

I think the same

[@Lookin4Things]

@luxurycommerciale mercer it was. Sill confusing. I passed with 89. You must study because there were several trick questions. Use up the entire 2 hours and the faster you answer the questions AI will make the questions more difficult.

[@Feat_Forward_Jake]

Nope - you guys confused the heck out of me for a second. YES, She's saying 20' SOUTH of 48⁰. Since 48⁰ is essentially 47⁰60'..(I know, it doesn't exist, just trying to oversimplify).... to get to 47⁰40' you need to SUBTRACT 20' from 48⁰ or, (for point of explanation) SUBTRACT 20' from 47⁰60' What do you get? 46⁰40' She kept saying 20 minutes and crossed at 20 minutes because that was the SUBTRACTION amount FROM 48⁰ Again, giving you 47⁰40' I don't know what you saw in your test... if it was the exact question. If you received a checklist of wrong and correct answers from your test, but either you or the test was wrong. In this SPECIFIC example. She is 100% correct.

[@Lookin4Things]

@@Feat_Forward_Jake yes she had the correct answer that was on the same on test

[@Feat_Forward_Jake]

See, now I'm REALLY confused... Your comment says "mercer it was"... However she said.. ' Garrison' ... Which would be the correct answer... 🤔

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