View Full Version : GoogleEarth KML file for airfield/airport database?
liam548
2nd May 2010, 20:58
Anyone know of one that is accurate and that enables GoogleEarth to display all UK airfields in the program?
Liam
Daysleeper
3rd May 2010, 06:11
Dunno about all UK airfields but the Devon strut of the LAA has one thats pretty good for the south west....
www.devonstrut.co.uk/ (http://www.devonstrut.co.uk/)
liam548
3rd May 2010, 06:26
There used to be for the whole of the UK im sure.
horatio_b
3rd May 2010, 19:38
try here
UK Airfield Catalogue (http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/06airfields/UK/ukmenu.htm)
liam548
4th May 2010, 13:56
try here
UK Airfield Catalogue (http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/06airfields/UK/ukmenu.htm)
Thanks for that. Once I download the file how do I add it to google earth?
Ive tried clicking it, it opens google earth but the file is not listed in my places or anywhere else.
Maoraigh1
4th May 2010, 19:28
I downloaded it. It was a Zip file. I clicked, and it unzipped. I then opened Google Earth. I clicked on "file" at the top of Google Earth, and chose the unzipped file to be opened. The airfields were now on my Google Earth.
Google Earth Hacks - Airports in Europe (http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile11032/Airports-in-Europe.htm)
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=168950&site_id=1#import
Pom pom
5th May 2010, 11:25
This may be of help. It's on the BAeA homepage. Go to "Pilot Briefing" (top left corner under BAeA logo), then on to "Airfield Overhead Pics". Hope this is what you're after.
Regards.
rgsaero
5th May 2010, 13:01
The pix on the BAeA site - through Multimap - should not be trusted to be current! I looked at only one and that was at least four years out of date. The aerodrome in question has different runway lengths/markings, new obstructions and hangars now, which are not shown!
beware.....!
Pom pom
5th May 2010, 17:17
rgsaero,
Thanks for the warning re the BAeA site photo's. I've only just found them myself, and haven't checked any.
Pom pom
SmoothFlyer
5th May 2010, 22:51
You can get the UK airfields and airspace here: lloydbailey.net (http://www.lloydbailey.net/airspace.html)
Select SUA and United Kingdom. When you click on the map, a +Google Earth icon appears on the map. Click this to download the file for Google Earth.
liam548
6th May 2010, 10:39
the links above from horatio_b and AEST work fine now. Ive even got world airports added!
Thank you
Liam,
The world airports one only have major airports, lots of smaller fields left out.
Think basis is ICAO codes so anything that don't have a code don't show up. Also some are phantom, or placed slightly out of place.
liam548
6th May 2010, 18:14
the airfiield catalogue above is accurate though and has the smaller strips.