Introduction
What are PlanePlotter Charts, what is PlanePlotter?
PlanePlotter (PP) is payware but exceptional value. PP receives and decodes live digital position reports from aircraft and plots them on a chart. Using PlanePlotter, you can see a radar-like display of all those aircraft around you that are transmitting the appropriate digital messages including ACARS, ADS-B and HFDL.
PlanePlotter plots aircraft positions, altitudes and times decoded from the message traffic that it receives. These include embedded position reports, AMDAR reports and ADS reports contained in ACARS messages, ADS-B position reports received by the Kinetic SBS1(tm) or AirNav System RadarBox(tm) Mode-S receivers, and position reports on HF using Charles Brain's PC-HFDL software. The plot can be superimposed on a suitable aeronatical chart that you have prepared, or PlanePlotter can download satellite imagery and plot the aircraft symbols on that. Where altitude information is available (eg Mode-S messages), you can select the data by altitude band to distinguish low level and high level traffic. PP is often updated and one of the most significant options is MLAT.
Multilateration (MLAT) of aircraft without ADS-B - Some aircraft transmit Mode-S messages without transmitting the ADS-B formats that include position. Provided that there are sufficient suitable users receiving such an aircraft, PlanePlotter can can determine the position using the arrival time of the Mode-S transmissions at each user. In the diagram at right, the blue lines are hyperbolic curves based on each pair of participating users. The intersection of the hyperbolae indicates the position of the selected aircraft. Note that the special licence conditions applicable to the Internet sharing feature, also apply to Multilateration.
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PlanePlotter can import 'user' charts, from various sources, but they do need to be calibrated.
Below are some of my charts which you are welcome to use - all include calibration files. They are not intended to be good for zooming in and out, much better for scrolling (dragging) around.
N.B. Remember good coverage depends on your location being accurate and the number of users sharing data, and it is improving all the time. The experience is better if you can find 'Live ATC' for the location you are 'viewing'. One source is LiveATC.net
Charts
| Aerodromes and Airports | |
| EGCC (MCR) - Satellite image of whole Airport with added taxiway signs etc. |  |
| EGCC (MCR) - Satellite image covering approach paths |  |
| EGUL (LKZ) - Satellite image |  |
| EGUN (MHZ) - Satellite image |  |
| YSSY (SYD) - Satellite image of whole Airport with added taxiway signs etc. |  |
| Airways and Other Routes | |
| UKMil - Includes UK Military Routes |  |
| ENR 6-1-15-7 Morecambe-Liverpool Bay Helicopter Support Routes |  |
| ENR 6-1-15-5 Helicopter Main Routes & Northern Off-Shore Safety Area |  |
| ENR 6-1-15-3 Southern North Sea - Aberdeen ATSU & Off-Shore Safety Area |  |