Nearby Airports
Just a convenient feature. Airport pages now have a list of the 10 closest airports (and heliports) ordered by distance. Distance, heading, and a link to the airport is included.
Category: Airports
Generate Route Maps on the Fly
You can create a visualization of a route (using a combination of airports, navaids, and fixes) just by entering the URL in your web browser. Crazy, I know, but really useful if you just want a quick visualization of where you’re going that you can share with others. Obviously this could be useful to pilots [...]
Static Google Maps for Blackberry
Given the Blackberry’s spotty support for JavaScript, much less Ajax et al, I’ve implemented static Google maps when JavaScript is disabled, which is what I’ve done with my Blackberry. You can disable JavaScript by going to the browser options in your BlackBerry’s web browser.
I’m starting with the airports, navaids, and fixes. I’ll add them to [...]
Add Flickr Photos to Your Flights and Aircraft
Jetrecord now integrates with Flickr, Yahoo!’s excellent photo sharing site. That means you can add photos to the flights you log on Jetrecord, to the aircraft you fly, to the airports you visit, to the routes you take, and on and on and on. And all photos link back to your photo pages on Flickr!
Add [...]
20,000 Airports
Hi, Everyone!
I just finished importing a set of 20,000 US and Canadian airports into the database. See http://jetrecord.com/airports
Not much has changed with regards to structure or design except that you can now find airports by ICAO, FAA, and IATA identifiers, if any of them exist.
For example, going to http://jetrecord.com/airports/lmo and http://jetrecord.com/airports/klmo will find Vance Brand [...]