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Give me some space

In Flight Bag, Knowledge, Navigation on April 8, 2014 at 2:23 am

Airspace around KL International Airport in Malaysia

Have you, like me, looked with green envy at the navigation apps that are available to pilots in the US and Europe? The richness and accuracy of data and the functionality of these new applications is incredible.  Unfortunately, literally none of this can be had for South East Asia.

As the readers of my blog will know, I have tried to rectify the lack of proper aviation charts for Malaysia with reporting point data and some self-created charts. The availability of  applications on the iPhone or iPad with rudimentary support for Malaysian maps has improved the situation as well.  But so far there is no application I am aware off that provides airspace information.

With this post I am giving you a little bit of the aviation chart heaven that our brethren in other countries have been flying in. Read the rest of this entry »

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VFR Reporting Points Update

In Flight Bag, Knowledge, Navigation on April 5, 2014 at 9:36 pm

I think I need glasses.

Singapore recently changed the reporting points between Seletar and Senai.  The old “East of JB Town” is not in use anymore.  Instead there is now an almost direct route via two new reporting points by the name of Tebrau City Mall and Felda Ulu Tebrau.  Since East of JB Town is still the end point for VFR lane Delta, I left the waypoint in the file and added the new Waypoints with IDs XTEBR and XFELD.

VFR Reporting Points – Malaysia / Thailand / Indonesia – Version 140405
AirNavPro Download Can be loaded into AirNavPro through the web server interface or into google Maps through the “My Places” interface
MotionX by Name Download Can be loaded into MotionX by sending the file in an e-mail or put it into Dropbox and use the “Open with …” function
MotionX by ID Download dito
For Print sorted by Name Download
For Print sorted by ID Download

This picture below gives you an impression of the new routing, which is closer to the prohibited airspace WMP 228 (the one to the west that overlays NDB JB).

Routing from Seletar to Senai via new reporting points. (AirNav Pro screenshot)

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VFR Reporting Points – Update

In Flight Bag, Knowledge, Navigation, Uncategorized on September 25, 2013 at 10:39 pm

So, where should I go next?

I have updated the VFR reporting point file.  So far I have collected 137 points from the AIP (for example the VFR lanes or some of the special use airspace definitions) or by noting which points ATC would recognize.

If you come across any reporting points that are not included in my collection, please drop me an e-mail.

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