/aviationMap

An aeronautical/aviation map for QGIS created with freely available data from the FAA and other sources

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aviationMap

Aviation maps for QGIS version 2.2+ created using freely available data from FAA.

Everything I can find freely online is in here (METARS, SIGMETS, Controlled and Special Use Airspace, Weather Radar etc)

To get started

  1. Execute "freshenLocalData.sh" to download the databases, shapes etc from Dropbox and extract locally
  2. Open "Aviation map.qgs" with QGIS (http://qgis.org/)
  3. Explore all of the layers, there are lots of them. Feel free to submit changes, it's not perfect by any means.

Get up to date METARs, TFRs etc. with https://github.com/jlmcgraw/aviationMapMetarSigmetsAndTFRs

Create the seamless Sectionals, Enroute, TAC etc. charts with https://github.com/jlmcgraw/aviationCharts

Screenshots

Airspaces

Seamless VFR and IFR charts

CAE and nearby airspaces and Military Traning Routes

BOS with Lighthouse Visual overlaid

DC Area with TFR

DC Area

SFO Area

Global METARs

The databases were created from the FAA 28-day data
(https://nfdc.faa.gov/xwiki/bin/view/NFDC/28+Day+NASR+Subscriptio)

and this program
(https://github.com/jlmcgraw/processFaaData)

Geo-referenced instrument plates were created with
https://github.com/jlmcgraw/GeoReferencePlates

The AIRMET, SIGMET, TFR and METAR .CSV data are created with
https://github.com/jlmcgraw/aviationMapMetarSigmetsAndTFRs

Country, State, Lakes and River data are from Natural Earth
(http://www.naturalearthdata.com)