Ðŗąçø 123 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) Lists are boring. So I made a full-on interactive map of the whole WORLD instead! Threshold's Great World Map of Official AIPs with Free Charts Available™ (Phew!) As per Captain Kitty Cat's instructions, nearly every website links to either a Civil Aviation Authority or an airport with the AIPs, so I've made it as legal as possible. There are 251 countries, territories etc. on the map, each with a colour and a description of the availability of the AIP or free charts. Whilst this may be confusing, each country has its own web address and/or some information about it. Basic definitions of the colours are as follows: The map is mainly painted BLUE. This means free charts are available (hooray!) with an official AIP DARK BLUE is almost identical: an official AIP is not available, but there is a suitable alternative instead LIGHT BLUE means the charts may be out of date PURPLE signifies registration is required to get access to the charts CYAN unfortunately means you will need to purchase the AIP to get the charts, either through paper, CD or digital format. This is not free! GREEN means an official AIP is in the process of being made YELLOW suggests I can't find free charts with the AIP I have found ORANGE means the AIP I have found may not be official or the latest information DARK ORANGE results from a country not clearly defining the availability of their AIP LIGHT RED indicates a legal body (such as a CAA) is available, but the AIP and thus charts are inaccessible due to the specified reason RED indicates no AIP is available, and thus no charts too BLACK means that there are no airports, they are not commercial or have been abandoned If you think something is wrong with the map, report it to me! I will not be checking all 251 territories every day, so I will rely on you, the general public, to keep it nice and accurate. Also, if you think an island or territory needs to be added, feel free to shout! Fun facts! This map took quite some time to make and required quite a bit of research into whether an AIP was available or not. Through this seemingly boring activity, it was actually quite interesting: I found countries and islands I never knew existed and the history behind some of them; I gazed upon some amazing pictures I came across; and through it all, I learnt the UK probably has the best official AIP charts available... Some interesting territories: Wake Island in the middle of the Pacific used to serve as a base for Pan American as far back as the 1930s; Monaco has an AIP because of one heliport; there is a strange line in East Africa of AIPs requiring a purchase; finding AIPs for islands in the Pacific was surprisingly easy; the total size of the United States of America's AIP is ~4.5GB... Things like that Edited September 19, 2018 by Ðŗąçø 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Xephyr 114 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 You are the real MVP! 251 countries - I'd be bored out of my mind! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ekre 25 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 awesome, thanks! and don't forget the aviation maps! For the UShttps://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/vfr/ Europe (you can switch countries by clicking on region): https://www.openflightmaps.org/ these maps are fully AviTab compatible maps! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Saul Galeno 0 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 You're THE MAN! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seelenkrieger 5 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 the EAIP for hole Europe, you will find at https://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/cms-eadbasic/opencms/en/login/ead-basic/ (Registration required) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mbox 0 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) Nice work but I have a question, are you shure that registration and use is always fair in the case of a civil aviation authority? If you look at what seelenkrieger shared it actually specify that it's ment for the general pubblic but if you look on the enav link provided for italy it speaks only about flight crews and professionals collaborating with enav Edited January 15, 2019 by mbox Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alexpan2002 0 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Taiwan R.O.C eAIP: http://eaip.caa.gov.tw/eaip/disclaimer.faces When you reach the page, just click 'Accept' to enter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eBag 2 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) Hello, with eBag you can bring the full, up-to-date, FAA (US) terminal charts library inside X-Plane (SIDs, STARs, Airports, ...). Same for many other eAIPs over the world. See http://xplane-plugins.net > weblibraries downloads section. Edited April 19, 2020 by eBag 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olderndirt 11 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Since Orbx released their GB series, I've been looking around for something on airports in the UK. A site ukga.com has a very useful 'where are the airports' map. It's a free sign-up and well worth a look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DragoB 31 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Most of the time, you find charts by looking at respective IVAO/VATSIM divisions. For instance, this one is for greece and requires a vatsim login. thats all https://briefing.hvacc.org/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bup 0 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 The link seems to just take me to plain old vanilla google earth/maps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ðŗąçø 123 Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 hour ago, bup said: The link seems to just take me to plain old vanilla google earth/maps Hmm, just tested it and all seems to be working fine here. Can you try it in another browser or incognito/private window? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Copilade37 0 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 for equador: http://www.ais.aviacioncivil.gob.ec/ifis3/aip/AD%202 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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