Contrails67 From United States of America, joined Nov 2009, 67 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 7866 times:
In Flightaware, the route is usually posted, however I would like to know how to find where a particular waypoint is located. Here's a sample portion of a route from an airline flying from the middle east: ELOSA B457 BAH UL602 TASMI .
Also, is there a way to decode where the position of a aircraft is based on the tracklog that is shown in Flightaware.
Tb727 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1372 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 7835 times:
On airnav you can check on waypoint lat longs but I don't think anything in the mideast is on there.
KELPkid From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 5929 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 7832 times:
Quoting Tb727 (Reply 1): On airnav you can check on waypoint lat longs but I don't think anything in the mideast is on there.
Nope. I tried that in an attempt to respond to the thread starter
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N243NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1489 posts, RR: 21 Reply 4, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 7748 times:
One of my very favorite websites is http://www.skyvector.com - type in a flight plan like the one you have listed and watch the magic happen. This site is especially useful for IFR cross-country planning, in my experience.
Of course, this isn't of much use in the Middle East.
Babybus From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 3512 posts, RR: 6 Reply 5, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 7727 times:
One thing you can do is look up the lat/long in flight simulator (also cross ref with a google search) and then go to Google Earth and put in the co-ords. That will show you roughly where the waypoint is in the real world.
I did this to find the location of a number of VOR's. VOR's are easy to spot in the physical world but waypoints are just geographic co-ordinates.
and with that..cabin crew, seats for landing please.
SunriseValley From Canada, joined Jul 2004, 3943 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 7582 times:
Quoting Contrails67 (Thread starter): Also, is there a way to decode where the position of a aircraft is based on the tracklog that is shown in Flightaware.
I know of no comprehensive list of way points. The best I have come across is on www.fallingrain.com/world
There is a list of all countries with cities and airway way points but I don't believe it is exhaustive.
Chase From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 1054 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 7487 times:
Quoting Contrails67 (Thread starter): Also, is there a way to decode where the position of a aircraft is based on the tracklog that is shown in Flightaware.
Highlight both of those cells in the table and hit Ctrl-C to copy (or whatever the equivalent is on a Mac...option-C? command-C?) Now go to maps.google.com and paste those numbers into the location box and click the button. And there's the location on a map.
CosmicCruiser From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2211 posts, RR: 17 Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 7459 times:
PGNCS From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 2509 posts, RR: 45 Reply 9, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 7440 times:
If you have access to a flight simulator with an appropriate database, use the "Fix" page as a start. Many, but not all, aircraft have this feature, as it depends on the specific FMS installed.
Pagophilus From Australia, joined Oct 2006, 114 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 7393 times:
Quoting PGNCS (Reply 9): If you have access to a flight simulator with an appropriate database, use the "Fix" page as a start. Many, but not all, aircraft have this feature, as it depends on the specific FMS installed.
I was going to say something very similar. Get a flight simulator. I believe X-Plane is on special. Get XPGoodway for Xplane, and you can plan flight routes etc and see them on a map. It has a very good dabase of waypoints, though I'm not sure how up-to-date it is since DAFIF was removed from the public domain.
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