PTK Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 So here's a challenging question: Is there a website or an app that can quickly show GA airports in proximity to an address? Say you visit family somewhere for example. Can you enter their address and see what airports are nearby? Quickly and easily without jumping through hoops?
kpaul Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 http://airnav.com/airports/search.html has an advanced search function that allows you to type in a town, zip code, or even lat/longs. Additionally you can select the radius of search and type of airport (ie. public/private, fuel, runway length) 3
carusoam Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 +1 for airnav. It may be driven by the Airboss fuel program, but it is the only place I know how to link finding airports related to an unfamiliar location. is there a function hidden in WingX or Foreflight for that? Best regards, -a- 1
kpaul Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 I have no experience with WingX, however Foreflight does allow you to search by city by using the search bar at the top of the airports tab. However, I don't believe that it has the ability to define any parameters. 1
peevee Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 didn't the faa release an app for drone pilots that does just that? Will this do what you want? https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=83608 1
BDPetersen Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 B4UFLY is the app. Factoring in all the heliports and hospitals, it gets restrictive. 1
MB65E Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 I have always cross referenced google maps and Forefight on my phone. The only catch is traffic flows. -Matt 1
midlifeflyer Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 I have no experience with WingX, however Foreflight does allow you to search by city by using the search bar at the top of the airports tab. However, I don't believe that it has the ability to define any parameters. I've found ForeFlight's supposed ability to do that pretty much useless. There have been a number of times I knew there was an airport in a city or town and FF came up with nothing. 1
yvesg Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 You have this in Foreflight: Open Foreflight, go to map, touch the location you are going. An add to route dialog will come up. Touch the "airports" box. The closest airport will be shown at the top within a list of airports. Click on the airport you want and it will put a dot on the map to show where it is. Yves
PTK Posted January 11, 2016 Author Report Posted January 11, 2016 Thank you all for your responses! Airnav looks like it does what I needed all along! I use it as a reference but never knew it could do that!
Hank Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 I just Google the town name + airport, then click on the Airnav link that comes up.
midlifeflyer Posted January 11, 2016 Report Posted January 11, 2016 I just Google the town name + airport, then click on the Airnav link that comes up. you can also Google the word airnav and the town name.
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