Navigation Charts and Flight Planning Tools
Created and Maintained by Neil Dewson-Smyth and Chad Black
Last update 070206 - NDS
There are hundreds of places that navigation charts can be found, both on the internet and at local flying shops. The links provided on this page are for flight simulation use only and are not posted for use in real world aviation. Please note that all links are to external websites over which we have no control. Sites may be VATSIM related or in many cases are real world AIP (Aeronautical Information Publication) sites. Some sites may require registration. Any sites that require registration will have a image alongside. Some sites may not work if accessed by alternative browsers such as Mozilla Firefox or Netscape. If the page fails please try using Internet Explorer. If it still fails the site may be temporarily offline. If you find a broken link, or otherwise have suggestions for alternate sources of navigation charts, please visit the managers of this page at the VATSIM Forums
We also have a comprehensive list of flight planning tools and guides. Most guides are sourced to real world sites. Tools and utilities vary between freeware and payware. Several of the flight planning links point to real world sites where up to date and 100% accurate information can be obtained.
Charts - Click the relevant area on the map or use the links below to see chart links for that area.
Africa and Middle East Region
Asia Region
Europe Region
Central America, Mexico, Caribbean Region
North America Region
Oceania Region
South America Region
Miscellaneous Chart Links (If you cant find the chart you're looking for using the 'by area' section, try browsing some of these helpful links)
Flight Planning Tools - Use links to jump to the relevant page section
Flight Plan Construction
Understanding Aviation Charts
Oceanic Flights and Planning
- Super Flight Planner
- Flight Planner For Fsx Freeware
- Super Flight Planner For Fsx
- Fsx Flight Plans Downloads
- Best Fsx Flight Planner
- Best Freeware Flight Planner For Fsx
Fabulous Freeware: Plan G v3 Flight Planner (FS2004 & FSX) If this is your first visit, welcome! Fabulous Freeware: Plan G v3 Flight Planner (FS2004 & FSX) This flight planner is just amazing, and a breeze to use, can't believe it's free. Simply wonderful. Many are using it with the iPad, as a moving map display with many extra functions. Flight Planning Programs for FSX (self.flightsim) submitted 5 years ago by [deleted] Hello fellow flight simmers, I have wanted to more recently use more accurate to life flight plans in FSX, I've used one before but cant quite remember the name from when I first used it while in VATSIM.
- Advanced Flight Simulation Fuel Planning. Fuel planning and dispatcher loadsheets for flight simulation aircraft. Fuel Planner.
- X-Plane Freeware Primer. Flight Sim News and New Releases. Flight Planning without the Headache (FSX, XP. Does anyone know any planner that will export to the.
Learn the basics of setting-up and how to use the GPS in FSX with a tutorial on how to set-up a flight plan from airport to airport and air to airport. Plus how to set-up an approach for a runway. Flight Simulator X Posted on the FSDeveloper forums is the news of a freeware release in the guise of QSimPlanner. We quote: QSimPlanner is a standalone utility for route planning, fuel calculation, and takeoff/landing performance calculation. Pro For Flight Simulator X V7.3.6 Addit! Pro is a comprehensive addon manager for Flight Simulator X. Easily install, manage and remove aircraft, adventures, flights, flight plans, gauges, missions, panels, A.I.
Africa
Algeria
Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritius
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
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ASIA REGION
Super Flight Planner
AfghanistanChina (Taiwan)
Timor - Leste
France - Reunion island, Mayotte and Scattered islands
Hong Kong
Hong Kong FIR Info Centre - VHHH/VMMC/VHHX/VHSK
India
India
Japan
Korea
South Korea
Macao
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Maldives
Phillipines
Singapore
Thailand
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EUROPEFor assistance with the Eurocontrol website see the help document within the list
Armenia
Austria
Belgium
Belgium (Mil)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Estonia
Europe (Eurocontrol website) Charts for all European ICAO authorities. Requires Java console.
Eurocontrol User Guide
Faeroe Islands
Finland
Finland
France
Germany
Germany (Mil)
Greece/Hellas
Greece/Hellas
Greenland
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland/Eire
Ireland/Eire This links to the Eurocontrol site
Italy
Italy
Italy
Lithuania
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Moldova
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands (Mil)
Norway
Norway (Mil)
Poland
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Scandinavia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Turkey
United Kingdom
United Kingdom AD2 Aerodromes - direct link once registered
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CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO and CARIBBEAN REGION
Caribbean
French Antilles
Mexico
Panama In Spanish
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NORTH AMERICA
USA Chartfinder - Exclusive to VATSIM
Bermuda
Canada
USA TPP Digital Terminal Procedure Publications (FAA)
USA Home page of VATUSA with links to all states vACC's
USA One stop site for IAP, DP, STAR's and airport diagrams
USA IAP, DP, STAR and airport diagrams plus detailed information on airfields
Hawaiian Islands
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OCEANIA REGION
Australia
French - New Caledonia
French Polynesia
French - St Pierre and Miquelon
New Zealand
Pacific Islands
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SOUTH AMERICA REGION
Argentina
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Chile
Flight Planner For Fsx Freeware
Columbia
Ecuador Main AIP
Ecuador AD2 Aerodromes - direct link
Peru
Venezuela
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Super Flight Planner For Fsx
MISCELLANEOUS CHART LINKSNavdata Site
Richard Stefans excellent Navdata site. Worldwide chart links
Runwayfinder.com
Runwayfinder.com A useful site with a zoomable map to show US charts selectable by airfield.
FS Charts.com
FS Charts.com Another worldwide chart site.
DAFIF site
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency DAFIF Flight data site. Info and services for national, military and civil aircrews. A mine of information!
Sky Vector.com
VFR charts for the USA. Zoom in/out. Very useful site
MyAirplane.com
My airplane.com is a great resource for VFR sectionals, TAC's, IAPS, SID, STAR, and Airport diagrams. USA Only.
AIRnav
AIRnav.com is a great site with every chart you can imagine including fine details about any US airport! USA Only.
Aeronauticalchartfinder.com
This is an excellent site with charts for the entire world.
ASP
This is US Government site that provides the most current charts for the entire USA.
Airport Destination Guide
This is the Airport Destination Guide. Its geared specifically towards the Flight Sim Pilot...especially VA pilots. Neat site!
European AIS Database
This is the European AIS Database website. Lots of charts, but you'll need to register (free)
AVSIM
Do an extended search and type in Matt Fox as the desired author, and 'sectional' as the description. This will bring up a multitude of Hi res´ sectionals and Terminal Area Charts. A MUST HAVE for VFR Flyers!
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FLIGHT PLAN CONSTRUCTION
Fltplan.com
Fltplan.com is an excellent resource actually used for real world flight planning, however is available for us simmers as well. You have to register (don't worry it's free) but it's well worth it! This is the best site to find USA Government Preferred routing.
PM Flight Planner
The PM Flight Planner is a new program. It has a steep learning curve but is a nice program. Can be used worldwide.
Route Finder
Route Finder is a simple user interface to generate flight plans around the world
Simroutes.com
An excellent flight planning utility put together by VATUSA. Try it!
Course Planner
Course Planner is an excellent freeware tool that includes a moving map and much more
FSRoute.com
A nice flight planning website. Not quite as useful as others listed above
FS Navigator
Many simmers will agree this is the most highly recommended payware utility you can get. Many features and also acts as FMC
FS Build.com
Another highly recommended payware flight planning utility
VATSIM Brazil flight plan centre
ICAO based, this system will show all local VA and real airlines RPL - Repetitive Flight Plans
FlightAware.com
This is an amazing site. Submit dep/arr airports and this site returns the last actual real world routings. US based but will provide international flights to and from the US also.
Eurocontrol CFMU flight plan validator
Eurocontrols flight plan validator for Europe. Takes an understanding of real world flight plans but with experience will return a 100% accurate flight plan. Used by real world planners for validation
Eurocontrol CFMU tutorial
An excellent tutorial to the Eurocontrol CFMU FPL validator provided by the Dutch vACC. A must in order to make the best use of the validator. Click on 'How to make a flight plan manually' in the 'Pilots' menu bar.
United Kingdom Standard Route Document
An absolute must to ensure your UK flights route 100% correctly either within UK airspace or to/from UK entry/exit points
Swiss/Austria/Germany vACC 'Flightplan Centre'
The VACC-SAG Flightplan centre. Many flight routes around the world to and from the SAG area
EUroute
EUroute by Michal Rok. An excellent resource for European flight plans and modules that integrate with Flight Sim
Navdata Site
Richard Stefan's Navdata site. Navdata files for many addons updated each AIRAC cycle. Essential for accurate AIRAC information
Super Flight Planner
Many Sim enthusiasts will agree that Super Flight Planner is one of the best flight planning tools on the web. We agree!
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UNDERSTANDING AVIATION CHARTS
How to read approach plates
Simply the best explanation on how to read approach plates.
Abbreviation Index
A very useful index to abbreviations used in aviation terminology and on charts. UK document but many references are used internationally
Chart symbol identification
An index to symbols used on UK charts
Chart symbol identification
Index and guides to reading and understanding US charts
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OCEANIC FLIGHTS AND PLANNING
NAT tracks
Shows real world NAT tracks that are updated daily
Understanding NAT'S
VATSIM-UK's Oceanic section. Info and tips on oceanic flying, tracks, pilot procedures, SS Concorde routes and more.
NAT lesson 101
Valuable information that you'll want to read up on BEFORE doing a trans-Atlantic flight.
Oakland Oceanic FIR
Pacific Ocean Crossing Routes and Information.
Department of Defence
This is the Department of Defense website containing real-world daily Atlantic and Pacific Routes as well as pertinent NOTAMS about oceanic weather.
South Atlantic Information
Useful information about South Atlantic crossings, including routes, ICAO based flight plan, route segment calcules, how to use SELCAL and HF communications, and much more.
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1 | Courseplanner |
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| Size: 23.1 MB, Price: USD $30.00 , License: Shareware, Author: MyOddweb.com (myoddweb.com) |
2 | aerosoft's - FlightSim Commander |
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3 | AirNav VFR |
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| The only flightplanner that allows you to point-and-click on the official Airservices Australia's maps to plan flights. The only flightplanner that allows you to point-and-click on the official Airservices Australia's maps to plan flights. | |
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4 | FlightPlanner 3000 |
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| Size: 5.4 MB, Price: USD $255.00 , License: Shareware, Author: Champagne PC Services (champagnepcservices.com.au) |
5 | FSWidgets - EFB for FSX |
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| Size: 0, Price: Free, License: Shareware, Author: FSWidgets (fswidgets.com) |
6 | FSNavigator |
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| FSNavigator is a flightplanner, flight management system and moving map. FSNavigator is a flightplanner, flight management system and moving map. It offers World-wide current Airway and Intersection Database, SID/STAR direct Up-/Download from dedicated ... | |
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7 | Premier and Platinum Collection FSX Update |
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8 | Jeppesen Internet FlightPlanner |
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9 | FSRepaint |
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10 | Super FlightPlanner 4.0 beta |
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| Super FlightPlanner is flight planning software for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Super FlightPlanner is flight planning software for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It is compatible with FS2000-FS2002-FS2004 versions. It is very powerful and functional ... | |
| Size: 0, Price: Free, License: Shareware, Author: Central Park Informatica (cpinf.com) |
11 | Command FlightPlanner |
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| Command FlightPlanner is the premier PC based aviation flightplanner for general pilots and small air operators in Australia. Command FlightPlanner is the premier PC based aviation flightplanner for general pilots and small air operators in Australia. | |
| Size: 14.4 MB, Price: USD $375.00 , License: Shareware, Author: Command Software Pty Ltd (commandsoftware.com.au) |
12 | GoldenEagle |
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| Golden Eagle FlightPrepTM was developed to better take advantage of the latest internet online flight planning capability while retaining all the functionality of the original CirrusTM software. Golden Eagle FlightPrepTM was developed to better take ... | |
| Size: 58.8 MB, Price: Free, License: Demo, Author: FlightPrep (flightprep.com) |
13 | Golden Eagle FlightPrep |
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14 | OzRunways EFB |
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| Size: 24.9 MB, Price: Free, License: Freeware, Author: OzRunways Pty. Ltd. (ozrunways.com) |
15 | Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 |
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17 | XCPlan |
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18 | Airport Studio |
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Fsx Flight Plans Downloads
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20 | aerosoft's - Tahiti X |
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21 | Vickers Viking for FSX |
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23 | Repaint Wizard |
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24 | AITT2FSX |
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