Aircraft

1800wxbrief – Live charts as well as airport locations and TFRs, also has weather stations with most recent reports. This website is a live chart with all posted TFRs and no fly zones that are kept up to date. It also allows you to check the and find the nearest weather station to you on a map. (Wyatt Hanson)

Aircraft Database [Google Sheet] – The database includes over 2,100 fixed-wing aircraft references compiled from many sources. This data was used to create the Airport Reference Codes infographic below. All information should be verified by the published flight manual for each aircraft. [Stephens] Updated July 2, 2022.

Aircraft Performance Database – Eurocontrol aircraft performance characteristics [ICAO].

Airliners – Aircraft technical data and specifications.

Airport Data – Aircraft photo database.

Critical Aircraft – This advisory circular (AC) defines the term Critical Aircraft and provides guidance on the use of Critical Aircraft in facility planning and design studies, and related FAA decision making, for federally obligated airports. [FAA]

FAA Aircraft Characteristics Database [spreadsheet] – The Aircraft Characteristics Database provides basic aircraft characteristics for common aircraft needed to perform airport design functions.

Flight Radar 24 – Live feed mapping of commercial airspace vehicles on map. This website is a live chart showing all aviation traffic in the sky on radar. This can be very helpful if you are operating near a busy airspace location and need to know where the nearest aircraft are and if there are any headed in your direction. (Wyatt Hanson)

Fonts – Free downloadable fonts: Civil Aircraft Identification, Military Aircraft Identification, and Aviation

List of Aircraft by Date and Usage Category – Compilation of commercial aircraft by manufacture date and usage.

Plan 3-Vues – Aircraft 3-view drawings (blueprints).

PlaneFinder – Tracks all aviation on radar and ground. This website allows you to see all aircraft that have active flight transponders and are visible on radar over the U.S. and Canada. If any flight transponders are still on while aircraft is on the ground those will show up as well. (Wyatt Hanson)

The Blueprints – Blueprints of modern planes. (Online registration required. Vector drawings may be purchased)