Electronic Airport Facility Directories ("A/FDs")

That's what I thought, those crappy green books are a lot more expensive.



Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:54:53 -0600, Newps wrote
in ::


the green books only cost
about $8 a year totasl for two thirds of the country?


http://naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalog.as...RO+NOS+PUB+AFD
Each region's 56 day AF/D is priced at $4.20. Regional subscriptions
are $19.95.

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:
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.