AIM, AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL (w/CHANGE 1 AND CHANGE 1 ERRATA): OFFICIAL GUIDE TO BASIC FLIGHT INFORMATION AND ATC PROCEDURES (26 AUG 2010)

AIM, AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL (w/CHANGE 1 AND CHANGE 1 ERRATA): OFFICIAL GUIDE TO BASIC FLIGHT INFORMATION AND ATC PROCEDURES (26 AUG 2010)., This manual is designed to provide the aviation community with basic flight information and ATC procedures for use in the National Airspace System (NAS) of the United States. An international version called the Aeronautical Information Publication contains parallel information, as well as specific information on the international airports for use by the international community. This manual contains the fundamentals required in order to fly in the United States NAS. It also contains items of interest to pilots concerning health and medical facts, factors affecting flight safety, a pilot/controller glossary of terms used in the ATC System, and information on safety, accident, and hazard reporting. This manual is complemented by other operational publications which are available via separate subscriptions. These publications are: Notices to Airmen publication ‐ A publication containing current Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) which are considered essential to the safety of flight as well as supplemental data affecting the other operational publications listed here. It also includes current Flight Data Center NOTAMs, which are regulatory in nature, issued to establish restrictions to flight or to amend charts or published Instrument Approach Procedures. This publication is issued every four weeks and is available through subscription from the Superintendent of Documents. The Airport/Facility Directory, the Alaska Supplement, and the Pacific Chart Supplement - These publications contain information on airports, communications, navigation aids, instrument landing systems, VOR receiver check points, preferred routes, Flight Service Station/Weather Service telephone numbers, Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) frequencies, part-time surface areas, and various other pertinent special notices essential to air navigation. These publications are available upon subscription from the National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO) Distribution Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Riverdale, Maryland 20737.