Electronic Airport Facility Directories ("A/FDs")

In article , Ray wrote:

My interpretation is that this data is just as legal as a paper AF/D
since this is the official source of the AF/D. So you can probably
argue that as long as you can verify that the source database is
current, using a website like airnav which parses the database for you
is also legal.

Just like using Jepp instrument charts. They just get the raw data from
the FAA and print it up in a convenient form. They don't have any special
signet ring that makes their charts any more official than anybody else's.

Ray writes:


You can get the ATA-100 through a subscription CD service or also if you
register for FTP access. The databases have also been re-published
online at:

http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/ATA-100/

A word of warning though, the raw airport info is contained in a text
file that is 140 Mb when uncompressed. Opening it in windows notepad is
probably not a good idea.

It's also a little clumsy to interpret their data format. I suggest using
this interface for browsing it.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/old/ATA-100/

I've got some Python code to make manipulating it easier.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/old/FAA_ATA100.py
http://aviationtoolbox.org/old/FAA_ATA100_example.py

--kyler

Kyler Laird wrote:
It's also a little clumsy to interpret their data format. I suggest using
this interface for browsing it.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/old/ATA-100/

I've got some Python code to make manipulating it easier.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/old/FAA_ATA100.py
http://aviationtoolbox.org/old/FAA_ATA100_example.py

--kyler

Thanks for the info Kyler, and also thanks for putting the databases
online. Sorry for not crediting you in my post, but I couldn't find
your name anywhere on the website.

- Ray

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Justin Gombos wrote:




Call them spoiled, but some pilots might want to be both practical
(that is, making use of electronic AFDs) and lawful at the same time.
Are you saying this isn't possible?

Can't figure out why anyone would use that green book. I use the
Airguide. Check notams before you go. What's the problem?

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:30:53 -0600, Newps wrote
in ::

Can't figure out why anyone would use that green book. I use the
Airguide. Check notams before you go. What's the problem?

The price of the green book is about 1/6th of the cost of Airguide.

Don't get me wrong; I have a Flight Guide subscription too.
http://www.flightguide.com/

Larry Dighera wrote:

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:30:53 -0600, Newps wrote
in ::


Can't figure out why anyone would use that green book. I use the
Airguide. Check notams before you go. What's the problem?


The price of the green book is about 1/6th of the cost of Airguide.

I haven't ever checked because I didn't care about the price. We have
the green books at the tower and they are horrible. I have the western
and central states and it costs $50 a year, the green books only cost
about $8 a year totasl for two thirds of the country?

Justin Gombos wrote:
On 2006-04-07, Roy Smith wrote:
Justin Gombos wrote:

Where do you think places like Airnav get their data from?

I don't think Airnav gets the information from DOT - I think they get
it from the FAA.

In case no one mentions it later in this thread, the FAA is a Federal
Agency that belongs to the Dept of Transportation. Or in mathmatical
terms, the FAA is a proper subset of the DOT.