New OFMA Charts Available at RocketRoute

Introduction

Starting from the 3rd of June RocketRoute has included OFMA 1:500k VFR charts into all memberships  free of charge. The charts are available for 4 countries, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Germany. The OFMA charts are accessible on a tablet, smartphone devices or web.

Accessibility

View charts on the desktop, on tablet iOS and Android devices, on iOS and Android smartphones:

Charts are renewed according to AIRAC cycle. Edition of AIRAC 26 MAY 2016. Due to the following of the AIRAC cycle, which lasts 28 days, there are 13 cycles in a year during which the updates take place.

How to Install

OFMA charts are already added into all accounts.

If you are using RocketRoute FlightPlan app on iOS device, simply go to ‘Menu’ and tap on ‘Charts’. Afterwards, tap on ‘Layers’, the blue icon. In the menu that appears on the left tap on the charts to download them. You may also click on the following image to view the details better.

If you are using RocketRoute FlightPlan app on Android device, go to ‘Menu’, tap  ‘Charts List’,  scroll to find the desired chart and then tap ‘Download’.

If you are using desktop, go to fly.rocketroute.com, open the particular flight, go to ‘Settings’ and set ‘VFR OFMA’ to On. Please click on the following picture in order to see the instructions better. You can replicate the same procedure when using RocketRoute in your browser on a mobile/tablet device.