Maint Pages

These pages are used to download charts and data. There are several pages to select data from.

• Misc
  • Waypoints FAA ^* - airport, fix, localizer and navaid location information for the whole United States (official)
  • Waypoints OA ^* - airport and navaid location information covering the whole world (open source)
  • Waypoints OFM ^* - airport and navaid location information covering parts of Europe (open source)
  • Obstructions FAA ^* - obstruction information covering the whole United States (official)
  • Topography - elevation information for the whole world (sourced from NOAA)
• Plates ^* - has per-state airport detail information, including AFD-like data, approach plates, SIDs, STARs etc. It fills in the information displayed on the Waypt pages.
• ENR ^* - IFR enroute charts
• FLY ^* - VFR flyway planning charts
• HEL ^* - helicopter charts
• SEC ^* - sectional charts
• TAC ^* - terminal area charts
• OFM ^* - OpenFlightMaps charts

• ^* Waypoints FAA, Obstructions FAA, Plates, ENR, FLY, HEL, SEC, TAC are enabled by the Use FAA database & charts checkbox on the Options page.
• ^* Waypoints OA is enabled by the Use ourairports.com database checkbox on the Options page.
• ^* Waypoints OFM, OFM are enabled by the Use openflightmaps.org database & charts checkbox on the Options page.

• Check the charts/databases you want downloaded to your flash drive then click the Download button at the top. You may click checkboxes on more than one page before clicking Download. Needless to say, Internet connectivity is required for this function.
• You may also click Unload to remove the selected charts/databases from your flash to free up some space.

• Green text indicates the currently downloaded data is up-to-date and will remain so at least for several more days.
• Yellow text indicates the currently downloaded data is up-to-date but will expire in the next few days.
• Red text indicates the currently downloaded data has expired.
• Two dates after valid to, eg, valid to 20200910➔0224, indicate a current chart that has not expired (valid to 20200910) and a downloaded chart (valid to 20210224) that is not yet active. When the current chart expires, the downloaded chart will be used.

NOTE: When downloading plates, it will also read OpenStreetMap tiles in the background and it may take longer to load the tiles than the database itself. These tiles are used for the WairToNow runway diagrams that are useful when there is no FAA-supplied airport diagram for a particular airport. Internet connectivity is required for this process to complete, but it is OK if you disconnect before it completes as it will start back up automatically when you re-connect to the Internet.

NOTE: There is no download button for Street chart data. The OpenStreetMap tiles are downloaded as needed and so requires access to the Internet. You can preload the tiles by viewing the area ahead of time and WairToNow will save those tiles to flash for viewing later. Be sure to use various zoom levels when previewing so those levels will be available when no Internet access is available. The intent of the Street map is for walking or biking from an airport to a nearby "$100 hamburger" stand, not for long distances as needed for driving.