Airway Map The Azores to Berlin

USAF Navigational Flight Chart NF-16: The Azores to Berlin Main Map (1948)

This rare vintage military flight chart presents the complete, high-detail main map for the USAF Navigational Flight Chart NF-16 (“The Azores to Berlin”), published in October 1948 by the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Chart Service. Designed for long-range transatlantic military aviation, the map spans from the Azores in the North Atlantic—highlighting the historic Santa Maria Control Area—across Western Europe, Portugal, Spain, France, and Great Britain, extending straight into Central Europe and Berlin, Germany.

Cold War Transatlantic Aviation Cartography & Historic Flight Routes

Created during the pivotal era of the 1948 Berlin Airlift, this detailed aeronautical map showcases military air corridors, radio range beacons, magnetic variation lines, and airway communications networks across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. Printed in classic mid-century cartographic style with precise grids and navigational markings, this historical document is ideal for collectors of WWII and Cold War military history, aviation art enthusiasts, pilots, and vintage map framing projects.