MISINTERPRETING THE TERMINAL 'C' INDICATION ON THE COMMERCIAL ARPT CHART FOR THE 'C' TXWY INDICATION RESULTS IN HOLDING AT THE INCORRECT POSITION DURING LOW VIS CONDITIONS AT BOSTON.
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MISINTERPRETING THE TERMINAL 'C' INDICATION ON THE COMMERCIAL ARPT CHART FOR THE 'C' TXWY INDICATION RESULTS IN HOLDING AT THE INCORRECT POSITION DURING LOW VIS CONDITIONS AT BOSTON.
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PLEASE REFER TO COMMERCIAL CHART BOSTON LOGAN. LANDED ON RWY 4R AT BOSTON. TOOK ROMEO TXWY OFF THE RWY TO NOVEMBER-CLRED ACROSS 4L/22R TAXI DOWN NOV TO CROSS 15R/33L THEN LEFT ON KILO AND HOLD SHORT OF CHARLIE. THE VIS WAS POOR. ABOUT 1200 RVR. SOME PLACES BETTER BUT I COULD NOT SEE THE TWR AT ANY TIME. ANYWAY I FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOW VIS AND INFREQUENT VISITS TO BOS. AT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS CHARLIE ON THE CHART WE STOPPED AS DIRECTED. WAITED A FEW MINS THEN ASKED IF WE COULD CONTINUE. GND ACKNOWLEDGED WITH TAXI TO THE GATE. AT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS CHARLIE ON THE CHART; WE CAME UPON A ACR JET THAT HAD PUSHED BACK. IT TURNS OUT THAT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT ON THE COMMERCIAL CHART; WAS NOT TXWY CHARLIE BUT THE LETTER C AFTER THE WORD TERMINAL C. THE C IS ACTUALLY PRINTED ON TOP OF A TXWY INTXN. NO PROBS RESULTED. THE ACR JET TAXIED S ON AND THEN DOUBLED BACK AND WE WENT TO THE GATE. I COULD NOT SEE MORE THAN A COUPLE HUNDRED FT AND COULD DEFINITELY NOT SEE THE ACTUAL TXWY CHARLIE THAT IS MUCH FURTHER DOWN. MY EYES LOCKED IN ON THE FIRST C I CAME TO AND STOPPED AND SINCE THE TWR COULD NOT SEE US THEY DID NOT REALIZE I HAD STOPPED SHORT OF THE CORRECT TXWY. RECOMMENDATION. PLEASE HAVE COMMERCIAL CHART REPRINT THE PAGE AND PLACE THE LETTER C IN ANOTHER SPOT WHEN THEY ARE ADDRESSING TERMINALS. AS THEY DID WITH TERMINAL B.
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