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AOPA's Real-time Flight Planner Features
 
Plan flights anywhere in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
View a planning map depicting state boundaries, rivers, cities, landing facilities, airways and intersections, VORs, and NDBs—you can decide how much detail is presented by zooming in or out and by selecting or deselecting airways, NDBs, and cities.
Plan a route while your flight plan and navigation log are created automatically—ready to print in kneeboard format and to file Online with DUATs.
Rubber-band a route to modify waypoints—store up to five routes.
Overlay a route with current weather radar graphics.
Locate active temporary flight restriction (TFR) areas and special use airspace (SUA) areas—see how they relate to a planned route; TFR and SUA depictions include textual Notam information.
Click on airports to directly access airport and FBO information and instrument approach charts (IAPs) from AOPA's Airport Directory Online—printout airport details and IAPs in kneeboard format.
Use integrated Duats flight planning functions based on your planned route—obtain a weather briefing and select satellite and weather chart products, including radar summaries, significant weather prognosis, and severe weather outlook.
View Class B, Class C, and Class D airspace areas and boundaries.
Store and edit pilot and aircraft profile.
 
   
Sample Screenshots (click to enlarge)

 
   
 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

File download size:1.8 MB (Approximate 15 minutes on a 56K connection)

Disk space: 5.1 MB

PC:
Supported operating systems: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 or higher, and Windows XP

Memory requirements: 128 MB of RAM

Processor speed: 266 MHz or higher

MAC:
Requires Virtual PC—G4 running Virtual PC for Mac

Supported operating systems: Mac OS 10.2.6, Mac OS 10.2.8 running Connectix Virtual PC for Mac 5.04 or higher and Windows XP Home

Memory requirements: 384 MB of RAM

Processor speed: 400 Mhz or higher

Supported browsers: Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher, Netscape and other browsers based on the same or similar technology and protocols

NOTE:
Some users may need administrative privileges to install this application. Please see your network administrator.

To resolve download problems caused by firewalls, please see FAQs.

Mac users, see FAQ for additional information on Virtual PC for Mac.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

   
 
 
           
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