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A Free Source for US Airspace Data by
2KA
Last December I reported in this forum that I was starting a project
to extract airspace information from the National Airspace Resource
Files (NASR) published by the National Flight Data Center, and to
translate that information into file formats commonly used in the
sport aviation community (such...
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September 20th 08 11:06 PM
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Improvements in US Airspace/Airport data at www.soaringdata.info by
2KA
Hi All,
Just in time for the holiday season, I've made a couple of
improvements on my website:
- If your device's memory is too small to accommodate the airspace
map of the entire country, you can now create a subset file for just
your area of interest. Start by running a query on US...
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December 8th 10 05:08 AM
by 2KA
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US Sectional Chart Updates for 2011 by
2KA
Hello All,
Brand new US sectional charts are now available on my website at
http://www.soaringdata.info. The provided formats include CMR for use
in SeeYou; and GeoTiff (Geo-referenced TIFF) for use in mapping
applications such as Global Mappe (for those few of you who are in to
that kind of...
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February 26th 11 07:12 PM
by 2KA
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US Airspace and Airport Data Update by
2KA
Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective May
5, 2011 is now available on my website at http://www.soaringdata.info;
it should also be available on the Airspace section of the Worldwide
Soaring Turnpoint Exchange soon. Updated US airport data in formats
that support...
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April 29th 11 06:18 PM
by 2KA
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US TFR's now on soaringdata.info by
2KA
Happy New Year All,
I'm pleased to announce that airspace files describing current
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) in formats supporting most glide
computers and planning software can now be downloaded from my website
at http://www.soaringdata.info. My website gets its information...
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January 4th 12 12:39 AM
by 2KA
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Spring US Airspace and Airport Data Update by
2KA
Hello All,
It is that time of year again. If you haven't done so in awhile, it would be a great time to update the airspace and airport databases in your glide computer, PNA, handheld GPS, or desktop planning software in preparation for the upcoming US season. I've made the FAA data for the...
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March 11th 12 06:40 PM
by JS
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Updated US Sectional Charts for SeeYou, etc. by
2KA
Hello All,
Updated raster sectional charts in CMR format (for SeeYou) and georeferenced TIFF format (for Global Mapper, Google Earth, etc.) are available on my website at http://www.soaringdata.info for the following locations:
- Atlanta
- Billings
- Dallas-Ft. Worth
- Halifax
- Houston
-...
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April 3rd 12 05:39 AM
by 2KA
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Updated US Airport and Airspace Data by
2KA
Hello All,
I couple of weeks ago I posted updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective December 12, 2013. This is now available on the Airspace section of the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange and on my website at http://www.soaringdata.info.
Current US airport data in...
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US Sectionals for GlidePlan now available on soaringdata.info by
2KA
On a recent business trip I spent the solitary evenings in the hotel writing the code to automate the production of GlidePlan sectionals. I must have been really bored or something.
Anyway, that means up-to-date sectionals are now available on my website at http://www.soaringdata.info. Go to...
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US Airspace and Airport Data Update by
2KA
Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective 23
September , 2010 is now (a little belatedly) available on my website
at http://www.soaringdata.info. Due to some technical difficulties,
it hasn't yet been posted on the airspace section of the Worldwide
Soaring Turnpoint...
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US Airspace and Airport Data Update by
2KA
Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective 29
July , 2010 is now available on the airspace section of the Worldwide
Soaring Turnpoint Exchange, and at my website at http://www.soaringdata.info.
The interactive airport and turnpoint file generator on my site has
also been...
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August 19th 10 03:39 AM
by 2KA
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March 12 update to US airspace data available on WTX by
2KA
US airspace information (derived from NASR data) for the charting
cycle effective 12 March 2009 has been published, and is now available
at the Special Use Airspace section of the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint
Exchange.
Lynn Alley
"2KA"
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March 6th 09 04:31 AM
by 2KA
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Yet another source for US Airport Information by
2KA
Some years ago I wrote a program to extract airport information from
the NASR data published by the FAA's National Flight Data Center.
I've finally gotten around to putting a dumb little website around it,
so that others can use it to build their own database extracts. The
site produces .CUP files...
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April 5th 09 08:41 PM
by 2KA
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May 7 update to US Airspace/Airport Data by
2KA
Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective May
7, 2009 is now available on the Worldwide Turnpoint Exchange and on my
site at www.xmission.com/~lalley/aviation.
The airport data on my site has also been updated with the information
from the current charting cycle.
Lynn...
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May 13th 09 10:22 PM
by 2KA
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US Airspace Info Update by
2KA
Updated US Airspace files for the charting cycle effective July 2,
2009 are now available in the airspace area of the Worldwide Turnpoint
exchange. The same files are available on my website at
www.xmission.com/~lalley/aviation.
My website also includes a file generator for US airport...
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July 5th 09 08:19 PM
by 2KA
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US Airspace Update by
2KA
Updated US Airspace files for the charting cycle effective February
11, 2010 are now available in the airspace area of the Worldwide
Soaring Turnpoint exchange. The same files are also available on my
website at
www.soaringdata.info
or at
www.xmission.com/~lalley/aviation.
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February 15th 10 12:06 AM
by 2KA
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US Airspace Update by
2KA
Hello All,
Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective 08
April, 2010 is now available on the airspace section of the Worldwide
Soaring Turnpoint Exchange, and at my website at http://www.soaringdata.info.
This cycle's update also includes the Grand Canyon SFAR and the...
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March 19th 10 04:30 AM
by 2KA
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US/Canada Border Data for SeeYou, etc. by
2KA
Hello All,
On a suggestion from Dave Nadler I've posted US/Canada border
information in Tim Newport-Peace and OpenAir formats on my website at
http://www.soaringdata.info. I'll probably get around to doing US/
Mexico the next time the weather is crummy in my neck of the woods.
The border data is...
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May 3rd 10 04:13 AM
by 2KA
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US Airspace and Airport Data Update by
2KA
Yesterday I noticed that someone was having trouble running a NASR
database query on my website centered on Palo Alto, using a .CUP
turnpoint file from Hollister. The problems had to do with some
unexpected slight irregularities in the uploaded .CUP file. Today I
made my website a little more...
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June 12th 10 12:45 AM
by 2KA
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(US) Spring Airport and Airpace Data Update by
2KA
Hello All,
It is that time of year again. If you haven't done so in awhile, it would be a great time to update the airspace and airport databases in your glide computer, PNA, handheld GPS, or desktop planning software in preparation for the upcoming US season. The FAA data for the charting cycle...
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March 19th 15 12:59 AM
by 2KA
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