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Documentation for the flights preparation by Didier and Azzurro (ROTW) Articles |
The situation evolved a lot: some time ago, after the FSS site closure,
it was necessary to look for elements (sometimes some jpg not much legible)
on "amateur" sites. Now, more and more States put, on well realized
sites, free of charge information very complete and regularly updated,
generally in high quality pdf format.
We are lucky to have at our disposal such elements, so here are the main
sites; let us pay hommage to countries which agree to provide us this
information free of charge, when the other ones still propose only not
free catalogs.
It's a wonderful world :-))
| Governmental sites | ||
Country |
Link |
Remarks |
Africa |
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"Asecna". Very complete but some maps are in dwf format and
legible only under Windows, what a shame! And when I say "legible",
if somebody knows how to use the zoom, please write us. |
Australia |
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"airservicesaustralia.com". Very complete and very well realized. |
Brazil |
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"decea.gov.br". This site is closed (December, 2004). |
Denmark |
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"www.slv.dk". Very complete, IFR and VFR maps (medium quality, but readable). Denmark, Greenland and Faeroe Islands are covered. |
Espana / Spain |
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"ais.aena.es", go to the "AIP" heading. Very complete
and very well realized. Regular updates. |
| Eurocontrol |  |
www.eurocontrol.int The site of Eurocontrol, giving a list of all AIS sites in the world (click on"Links" in the menu). |
France-SIA |
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"SIA", very complete and very well realized. Elements
of exceptional quality, Very practical use. Monthly update. Coverage: Metropolitan France, the West Indies, Guyana, St Pierre and Miquelon, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, Reunion, Mayotte and scattered Islands. |
France-DIRCAM |
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"DIRCAM", official military organism, completing
the elements of the SIA : particularly military airports, and intersting
charts and documentation. It includes some African airports and some "operational zones" (Sarajevo, Djibouti). |
Hong Kong |
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"hkatc.gov.hk". Incredibly complete for a country with a restricted surface. No info is missing ! |
Italie |
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"Enav". Very complete, all the informations and particularly
the maps that you wished to find. |
Malta |
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"www.maltats.com". A small size country, but a very complete site, there is even a photo gallery. |
Portugal |
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"nav.pt". Very complete. |
United Kingdom |
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"ais.org.uk". Very complete. |
Slovenia |
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Site reorganized in Q2 2004, few elements, but very good quality. |
USA |
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"myairplane.com" presents IFR approach plates for the USA;
these can be downloaded either page by page, or for a whole airport. |
Monde |
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"digitalaero", Official maps from the American army, DAFIF
tendency. |
| Sites dedicated to the simulation | ||
Country |
Links |
Remarks |
IVAO |
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Very complete, worldwide coverage. |
VATSIM |
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Worldwide coverage. |
Germany |
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Maps of unknown origin (officials and "home-made"), Vatsim
sphere of influence. |
Finland |
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Simulation stamped maps (Vatsim sphere of influence). |
Greece - Cyprus |
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Vatsim Elements. Incomplete, acceptable quality. |
Ireland |
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Well made. |
Japan |
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Few available elements, but pdf are of excellent quality and recent. |
Norway |
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Maps for simulation. Very clear. |
Turkey |
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Maps for simulation, available for main airports only. |
| Training |
The excellent Training department at IVAO deals with all the subjets concerning flying : control pack, air rules, phraseology, maps, flight plans and meteo are developped. |
And finally, some links towards links pages, interesting, isn't it ? ;-) |
• a lot of interesting links provided by the Navdata site |
• some complete
links, for some worldwide sites, by Bob Andrepont, a simulation amateur
from Louisiana, whose work we salute. |