Gliding Data
This page has links to the signup pages for the data I publish on
UK Airfields and Outlandings
Alps
A recent version of these points (March 2024) can be seen below.
In both cases use of this data is at the pilot's own risk. It is your responsibility to check anything you rely on. Please let me know of any errors or omissions (email: paul@ruskin.me.uk)
File types
In both sets of data you'll find the following file types
cup files - to load into your favourite nav system
cupx files - cup files with pictures of the landout sites from google earth. If it's there, it's for the LX9070 sized screen. Use Stephen Haley's cupx creator program to create your own for your own device.
kml files - the cup file data in a form that you can open in Google Earth so that you can check it and look at where the landouts are.
README.txt - more details. Read carefully.
UK Airfields and Outlandings
This is a set of files which provides radio frequencies for UK airfields, and a list of landouts - strips, disused airfields and so on. The list is designed to be complementary to the BGA Turning Point list which also contains radio frequencies for the airfields included in it.
In almost all cases, the frequencies are the first frequency to call for a cross country glider on its way into the airfield - so for an airfield with both approach and tower frequencies, it is most likely the approach frequency.
Also included in this set of files is the current BGA Frequency Reference Card.
To sign up to this list, enter your details here and follow the instructions. You should receive an email with links to the current set of files. You will also be notified of any changes to the data.
Alps Data
Files included in this distribution include:
The landouts contained in the Guide des aires de sécurité dans les Alps
Dave Fidler's excellent maps, and a cup file of the peaks and cols in those
To sign up to this list, enter your details here and follow the instructions. You should receive an email with links to the current set of files. You will also be notified of any changes to the data.