Links to free aeronautical charts.
Charts (Aeronautical Information Publications = AIP) from real world regulatory authorities will be current whilst those from FS community resources will be historic and no longer valid for real world use. However all these links point at real not 'invented' AIPs.
Sites with current data often require the user to assent to conditions of use. Links are to the relevant page where assent must be given. Broken links when seeking AIP are often due to bypassing the user licence agreement. These tend to change URL and/or position in the page hierarchy. Before reporting broken links please back track to main menu page of relevant web sites.
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*Sectional and Terminal Area Maps*
For USA sectional maps search the File Library for: Matt Fox Sectional Pack
For high resolution sectional maps search the File Library for: Matt Fox Sectional
For high resolution terminal maps search the File Library for: Matt Fox Terminal
FS resource. United States charts only. These are mostly relevant to those who wish to practice pioneer era navigation by reference to aviation maps and the FS scenery. Excellent resource for those with a second monitor. Allow FS users to practice either simple 2D or full 3D pioneer era en route navigation compliance.
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*Departure, Arrival and Approach charts*
Worldwide
http://www.faa.gov/ats/aat/ifim/ifim2tc.htm
Within this site the FAA provide links to whatever free information from foreign regulatory authorities they happen to be aware of. Potentially useful source for obscure nations, but has dead links and many links indicate only lack of data. Requires effort to tunnel down to available data. Site of last recourse. Always type 'name of nation IAP' into Google before bothering with this resource.
http://www.eurocontrol.int/aim/public/standard_page/web_sa.html
The european equivalent of the above. The URL above being the South American links. Also dead links etc and many resources pointed to do not provide free charts, but may have listings not provided by FAA. Same reservations apply.
http://usa-w.vatsim.net/charts/
An FS community resource with full coverage in some areas and none in others. Always worth checking, but sometimes difficult to search. May require effort to tunnel down to available data, but the best FS chart resource for places not listed below.
Argentina
http://www.aerolineasvirtual.com.ar/paginas/cartas.html
Virtual airline resource with good (full?) coverage.
http://www.cra.gov.ar/dta/ais/aip.php
The official resource with much additional text (Spanish) and diagrams of visual circuits etc but no free charts.
Australia
http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/publications/aip.asp
Official resource.
Bolivia
http://www.firbolivia.org/es/?page_id=6
FS chart resource.
Canada
Official resource.
Chile
Official resource
European Union
http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadcms/eadsite/index.php.html
Official resource. Requires registration. Applicants subject to security vetting but site not limited to aviation professionals. EU member states sometimes have a national portal. Easier to be 'vetted' once. Save for France and Norway it is now difficult to obtain current charts for Europe without security vetting. Vatsim is best alternative source for out of date charts but many missing.
France and former French colonies outside Africa
http://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/html/frameset_aip_uk.htm
Official resource. No log in required. Ignore menu. Use selector at bottom of page.
Former French Colonies in Africa
http://www.ais-asecna.org/en/atlas/cartes_atlas.htm
French government resource. No log in required.
Hong Kong
Official resource. The rest of China is payware.
India
http://www.airportsindia.org.in/public_notices/aip/cont/AIP/aip.html?en
Official resource.
Malaysia
Official resource
NATO Central and Northern Region
http://www.cenor.org/
A rare (singular?) official military procedure resource with no security
vetting. Select procedures from menu and then on next page choose country of
interest.
New Zealand
http://www.aip.net.nz/NavWalk.aspx?section=CHARTS
Official resource.
Norway
https://www.ippc.no/ippc/aip/disclaimer.jsp?path=http://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/index.html
Official resource or mirror. Norway is not a member of the EU.
Pakistan
http://www.pakistaniaviation.com/chartsandstuff.html
Limited FS chart resource.
http://www.eais.com.pk/Pakistan%20airport%20data.htm
The official resource with much additional information in English but charts are payware.
Singapore
Official resource
United Kingdom
http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/login.jsp
Official resource. Requires registration. Applicants subject to security vetting but site not limited to aviation professionals.
United States
http://naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp
There are various other websites that 'portal' this FAA resource. They tend to be slower.
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Please report if the URLs above are dead (NOT links from them!) to Tom Gibson at tgibson at sunstroke dot sdsu dot edu. Feel free to propose additional links to sources of free downloadable aeronautical charts which are not e.g. Vatsim or Eurocontrol resources already linked from the pages above.