Newly-Redesigned From The Ground Up

AOPA unveiled a completely redesigned online airport directory on Wednesday, and for the first time, made it available to all pilots.

AOPA Airports still has all the features members have known, such as downloadable approach and departure instrument procedures, a kneeboard-formatted airport page to carry in the cockpit, and all the airport information available from the FAA's facilities directory. But now it offers both satellite photo and sectional depictions of the airport, and real-time weather reports and forecasts (METARs and TAFs) for the airport and nearby airports.

Each airport's page pulls together information from a number of sources. It includes fuel prices, runway information and nearby navigation aid information from the FAA, based aircraft and annual operations information from the Airport Master Record, and more. There is a list of airport businesses and nearby restaurants and attractions.

Each airport's page also has a "Nearby Airports" button, which pulls up a list of airports in the area. The feature is especially useful for pilots planning a flight in instrument meteorological conditions in order to find suitable alternatives.

FMI: www.aopa.org/airports