A brown symbol on a low altitude enroute chart indicates that the airfield does not have what?

A brown symbol on a low altitude enroute chart indicates that the airfield does not have what?

• A. A published instrument approach
• B. A circling only approach
• C. A VOR approach
• D. An ILS approach

Answer: (A)

A brown symbol on a low altitude enroute chart shows that the airfield has no published instrument approach procedures. This means there isn’t any instrument-based way to align and descend to the runway from IFR altitudes, including ILS, VOR, or any other published approach. If you’re planning IFR operations, you’d need to divert to a field with a published instrument approach or operate under VFR to land. Since there are no instrument approaches at that field, the other options don’t apply.