IFR en-route charts now available online at SkyVector.com

[Anthony Atkielski 985811]

I've mentioned this elsewhere but I think it's important enough to try to let everyone know about it: SkyVector.com has added IFR charts to their database. Now you can view not only sectionals, TACs, and fly charts for the entire U.S., but also low-level en-route charts. High-level charts are on the way. Since there was no online source for these previously, this is a HUGE boost to people who like to fly IFR. The charts are updated every 8 weeks and are available only on paper, so this represents a m[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ive effort by SkyVector to put them online. This weekend will be IFR heaven for a lot of simmers, I suspect.

[Keith Smith]

Anthony, I have been _waiting_ for this day to come. Unreal. Thanks for posting it!

[Anthony Atkielski 985811]

I just realized that it came just in time for the ZLA fly-in tonight.

[Tim Krajcar]

This is a great addition - but just as a minor note - Eugene Zaporozhets of ZLA had uploaded both low & high altitude en-route charts to AVSIM a while back - so if you want to get them in a format where you can download and study the charts, just search by his last name on AVSIM and you can get 'em there too.

 

Obviously, SkyVector is a great way to use these charts too - just wanted to thank Eugene for his work which, until now, was the only way to get this info online.

[Josh Rosard 879188]

This is good news but the IFR en route charts have been online on myairplane.com for a while... http://chartviewer.myairplane.com

[Ross Carlson]

This is good news but the IFR en route charts have been online on myairplane.com for a while... http://chartviewer.myairplane.com

 

I prefer SkyVector because it lets you right-click and plot a route right on the chart ... very cool planning feature.

[Anthony Atkielski 985811]

Myairplane.com is very complex to use, has a very small and fixed display area, and never even worked on my machine because I have security set too high. SkyVector will display at any size and is very fast and is much friendlier, and it doesn't require any compromise on system security.

[Josh Rosard 879188]

I actually do prefer how the chart is presented on Skyvector, but myairplane also has high altitude charts. I haven't seen those on Skyvector.

[Anthony Atkielski 985811]

SkyVector says they are preparing to put high-altitude charts online now. The low-altitude charts are already there.