how to use OFMA Aeronautical Charts
OFMA Aeronautical Charts
OFMA Charts are provided on all regional websites in PDF Format, in high quality vector format with our without a hybrid basemap.
1:500 000 scale Charts:
Each country or region may have more, but has at least one Chart of scale 1:500 000. It is intended that all available charts of a region cover the entire region.
Other scales
In case of other requirements in terms of scale we there may be Charts available in scale 1:100 000 or 1:250 000.
Plate Packages
Plate Packages documents showing Airport and procedure data, but do not have a unified scale. Plate Packages will be available from April 2017 on the OFM System.
Download Options
The charts can be downloaded with or without basemap, in PDF format directly or compressed(zip). Please consider that, due to its size, the raw pdf file including basemap has not been provided for download, only in zipped configuration.
Usage of OFMA Charts
These charts can be viewed by using any of the common PDF viewers. Since the high quality rendering requires considerable resources, we recommend using the “ no basemap” version of the charts on all mobile devices.
Update Cycles
In most regions OFMA charts are instantly updated when changes occur, automatically.
Special requests
If you think it would be useful to have another additional OFMA Chart of different coverage or scale in your region, pleas e let us know and send an email to: contribute@www.openflightmaps.org, we would be happy to process your request.