Mission Statement

flyagogo.net provides the aviation community with the most easy-to-use, interactive and graphical online flight planning tools, aeronautical charts, live weather, and aviation database available anywhere on the web. No registration, no proprietary plugins required, works with any modern web-browser on any platform.

Charts & Weather

Navigate to any place on any of the United States sectional charts. Simply click on the map and hold down the mouse button while dragging to a new location. Use the plus and minus buttons to zoom the map in or out. The buttons on the right switch between the sectional chart display, terminal area charts, the current visible and infrared satellite images, the current nexrad radar returns, and a photo view provided by google.

Aviation Database

You are looking for a special airport, airspace fix, navaid, or tail number? Simply type the identifier into the search box and press fly me to... to display additional detailed information on what you are looking for. Do you see anything interesting on the map? Double click on it to center it on the map and get more information about it.

Online Flight Planning

Plan your next cross country flight online: Type the waypoints separated by hyphens and click on fly me to..., for example: KPAO-KMOD-KTCY. This will tabulate the flight plan for you, draw a line on the chart, and display an elevation profile along the flight path.

Read more about each feature by clicking on the sections to the left.

Sectional/Terminal Chart Viewer

The flyagogo.net website provides convenient online access to all sectional and terminal area charts of the United States. Unique properties of the flyagogo.net chart viewer are:
 
All FAA United States sectional charts are seamlessly integrated, interactively browsable and zoomable.
 
All charts are updated every 28 days - i.e. three times as frequent as the printed versions. Visit flyagogo.net to get the most current charts for your flight planning.
 
Works with any modern web browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera) and does not require any proprietary plugins. Only JavaScript must be enabled.

Click on the map and drag it while holding down the left mouse button. Or click on the arrow and zoom buttons on the top left of the map. Alternatively you can use the following key commands to navigate in the map:

plus/minus keys	zoom in/out
arrow keys	move up, down, left, and right

Live Satellite Weather Maps

The satellite weather maps on www.flyagogo.net are specialized maps produced exclusively for the needs of the aviation community. Some properties unique to these maps are:
 
The maps are interactively browsable and zoomable.
 
Colorful and contrast enhanced display of cloud cover over a high resolution map, showing land masses, bodies of water, rivers, state boundaries, and airports. Large airports (more than a single runway) are shown with their airport identifier.
 
Seamless switching between sectionals, visible satellite, infrared satellite, and radar views.
 
The data are derived from geostationary GOES satellite images at the highest available resolution.
 
Clouds can be displayed in the visible and infrared bands. In an infrared image cold clouds are high clouds, so the bright white colors typically highlight the colder regions.
 
Images are automatically updated whenever new data becomes available. The UTC time of the last image is clearly displayed on the bottom of the image. Press the reload button of your browser to get the latest image.
 
Current flight rules are displayed color coded for each airport: green for VFR, red for IFR, and orange for MVFR. An airport displayed in black means that no current METAR was available for that airport.

Live Radar Returns The radar maps on flyagogo.net are specialized composite radar maps, generated from dozens of radar stations across the United States. The data is updated frequently - the time at which the last composite radar image was generated (composite time) is clearly displayed on the bottom of the image. Areas which do not have current radar coverage - for example because a station is out of service - appear shaded. Each radar station is indicated by a small colored circle with the following color code: green data is uptodate within 30 min of the composite time yellow data is older than 30 min from the composite time red radar station did not return any valid data within one hour of the composite time. The data from this radar station is not included in the composite image. white radar station is under maintenance/out-of-service

Satellite Photos Click on the "photo" button to see a bird view photo of the airport that is currently in the center of the map. The pictures are provided by google maps. Sometimes the photos need some time to load - so be patient! The easiest way to find an airport is to search for it typing its identifier in the search box and clicking "fly me to...". That will automatically center the airport precisely. Or simply double click on an airport on the sectional chart to center it and then switch to the photo view. It is fun to virtually fly over airports or even identify navaid antennas on the photos (note that the resolution of the photos in rural areas is sometimes not enough to identify the small antennas).

Aviation Database

You can search for airports, navaids, airspace fixes, and tail numbers by typing the identifier (or part of the item's name) into the text box and clicking on "fly me to...". The map will zoom to the appropriate location and additional information on that item is displayed next to it. If there are several items that match the search expression you will be given an opportunity to select one of these. Advanced users can also specify what kind of item is being searched for. Here are a few examples:

search expression	will find
Palo Alto	Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County
KSQL	San Carlos Airport
SFO	San Francisco airport and San Francisco navaid
apt:SFO	San Francisco airport
nav:SFO	San Francisco navaid
fix:SUNOL	SUNOL airspace fix
37.5136,-122.5008	Halfmoon Bay airport
N65610	registration information for N65610

The data presented on this site is derived from official FAA databases and is updated whenever new data becomes available.

Flight Planning

Plan your next cross country flight online: Type the waypoints separated by hyphens and click on fly me to..., for example:

   KPAO-KTCY

This will tabulate the flight plan for you, draw a line on the chart, and display an elevation profile along the flight path.

The flight planner accepts three types of waypoints:

• airports - use the 4 letter airport identifier usually starting with the letter K
• navaids - use the 3 letter navaid id
• airspace fixes - use the 5 letter identifier

The lines drawn between waypoints are in fact not straight - they are geodetic lines on the surface of the earth and represent the shortest connection between two points. The leg times, distances, headings, and fuel consumption and the totals will be tabulated automatically. A top of climb waypoint (TOC) and top of descent point (TOD) will be determined and inserted into the flight plan. If you obtain a free flyagogo.net account you can manage several customizable aircraft profiles (with climb, cruise, descent air speed, climb and descent rate, and fuel usage) and you can save your favorite flight plans for later use.

Flying Destinations

flyagogo.net provides the aviation community with a simple, open, yet powerful platform to share interesting flying destinations, events, and stories. Pilots can post anything from

• sightseeing destinations and attractions,
• descriptions of an airport and its surroundings and infrastructure,
• restaurant tips,
• flying stories,
• experiences with an FBO,
• announcements of airport days, fly-ins, or other events,
• an exciting aviation story,
• pretty much anything else that is of interest to pilots.

Only the sky is the limit. The project depends on the active participation of the aviation community! Share your favorit destination with thousands of pilots across northern America:

http://www.flyagogo.net/destinations

Submitted destinations will be associated to an airport. Visitors of the flyagogo.net website will see the posting whenever they search for information about that airport, or planning a flight to it. Visitors can also search for destinations within a certain radius around an airport, or by specifying keywords, or by browsing a list of recently added destinations. You can be sure that your posting will be seen!

Charts API

flyagogo.net publishes an API (application programming interface). Any aviation website can offer current, interactive sectional charts to its visitors through the flyagogo.net Charts API.

Who can participate?

Do you have a homepage, an aviation related blog or website, or are you the web-master of a flying club? Then you are invited to include an interactive sectional chart on your webpage. If you are operating a commercial web presence with a large number of visitors, you must first contact us before using the Charts API. In case of doubt please drop us a line at info@flyagogo.net.

How to participate?

All you need is a free account with flyagogo.net. If you do not already have one click here. Then follow the instructions here. Include a few lines of html/javascript on your webpage and you are ready to go!

Did you know?

Here are a few tricks that you might find useful:

• Double click on an airport to get detailed and current FAA information on it. If the airport has a METAR it will also be displayed.
• You can toggle between a coded and decoded METAR display. Also you have access to the last two previous METARs before the current one by clicking on the and symbols.
• You can search for airports, navaids, airspace fixes, and tail numbers. Type the identifier or part of the name into the search box and click on fly me to.
• flyagogo.net provides download as pdf links for flightplans and airport information. Click on the icon to download a kneeboard formatted pdf file - ready for use in the cockpit.
• flyagogo.net displays user contributed airport photos. Help other pilots by uploading your own photos. Search for an airport and click upload photo. Uploading is simple and does not require any registration.
• flyagogo.net provides Google Earth Links for all airports, navaids, airspace fixes, and even flight plans! Learn more about Google Earth here. If Google Earth is installed on your computer click on the icon next to the airport name for a virtual flight.
• flyagogo.net has a blog with information on this website and relevant aviation topics: www.flyagogo.net/blog.
• flyagogo.net provides access to all current instrument approach plates, STARs, DPs, and airport diagrams. Search for an airport and look under the Links tab.
• You can bookmark the current map view by clicking with the right mouse button on the link to this page link at the top. Or copy the URL from this link to your clipboard and paste it into an e-mail and send it to a friend.
• To personalize your homepage click on personalize at the top of the webpage to create a free account with flyagogo.net. Define your home airport, default view, and set up customized bookmarks. Manage your own custom defined aircrafts for use in flight planning, and save your favorite flight plans for later use.

Troubleshooting

If you have trouble viewing the flyagogo.net website there are several things you can try to solve the problem:

• Make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser: enable JavaScript. Since flyagogo.net is a very dynamic website javascript is needed for pretty much everything.
• Sometimes the contents of the browser cache are incoherent or invalid. It happens rarely. If it does clearing your browser's cache will resolve the problem: clearing the cache.
• If the general performance is slow and the maps are not moving as smoothly as they should simply restarting your browser will often improve the performance. Also make sure that you are using the latest version of your browser.
• The personalized homepage feature will only work if you allow a cookie to be set by your browser. The cookie is not used for tracking visitors and it does not store any information on your computer other than your e-mail address and a hash value needed for the automatic authentication feature ("remember me on this computer").

If you are still having problems with the website please let us know and send an e-mail to info@flyagogo.net. Include the operating system and browser that you are using with their version numbers. The flyagogo.net website has been tested with the most recent versions of the following web-browsers: Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, and Opera.

Disclaimer

Remember to use official FAA products and an official weather briefing from a flight service station for your flight planning needs. This web site provides you with additional information. It cannot replace the official material or a current weather briefing. Accuracy or currency of the data presented here cannot be guaranteed even though every effort is made to provide valid information.

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Your feedback is welcome

Your feedback is very welcome! Please let us know what you like about this website and how it can be made even more useful to you. Send your feedback to info@flyagogo.net.

Found an error?

Please let us know if you should find an error, incorrect or outdated information on this webpage. Even though most of the data is provided directly by the FAA and other government organizations there might be problems in the way the information is presented here. This can be fixed easily. In case of doubt please do not hesitate to contact us.

Alphabetical Index

Click here for an alphabetical listing of all airports than can be searched on flyagogo.net. This listing is provided for reference and to make the website's content more easily accessible to search engines.