Who must monitor FLIPS or revised charts for changes in local magnetic direction?

• A. Weather operations
• B. Security leadership
• C. Weather leadership
• D. Flight operations

Answer: (C)

Magnetic variation changes over time, so navigation charts must reflect the current local magnetic direction to keep flight planning and execution accurate. That monitoring and coordination of updates to FLIPS and revised charts is a responsibility of the weather leadership. They ensure aircrews and units have current magnetic variation information, so compass-based navigation and course calculations stay correct. Weather leadership handles these chart updates because they oversee the weather and related navigation data that aircrews rely on; other roles focus on security or operations but not the ongoing monitoring of magnetic direction changes on navigation charts.