I added Canada to FF. This isn’t their fault.
Remember the FAA motto; “We’re not happy until you’re not happy”.
It would be interesting to know where AOPA stands on this issue. Aren’t they supposed to represent our interests with the FAA?
I use ForeFlight with subscriptions to both U.S. and Canadian charts. Users are required to toggle between one and the other - they don’t display simultaneously. The Canadian charts (provided by Nav Canada) extend between 50 and 60 nm into the U.S. in Western Canada (from the Prairies/Central Plains to the West Coast). It’s complicated around the Great Lakes, but in Maine the Canadian coverage is as much as 100 nm south of the border.
Also, another little know memo from September 8, 2022 states…
“Private Airports Charted on VFR Aeronautical Charts
Effective November 3, 2023, Visual Flight Rules (VFR) aeronautical charts will no longer
make reference to emergency value in private airport charting.
Only private airports with landmark value will be retained and charted beyond February 23,
2023.”
It seems like the FAA is putting out these memos of changes in hopes they stay under the radar until the changes are made…
I’m sure that the FAA has found it as hard to work with NAVCanada is I and MANY OTHERS have. My own METARmaps.com and I’m directly affected by this change. ;-(
Wally R., I didn’t say that it’s Foreflight’s fault - I do understand that they simply reproduce the FAA provided charts in their app.
But my point is when you pay for a product with the understanding and expectation that it will provide the same information (chart data) that it always has, and then a portion of that information is removed after you hand over your money, I call that bait and switch. Where Foreflight sources their chart data from is irrelevant here – they are providing a degraded product as compared to past versions!
Richard H., I just found out about this second issue from AOPA when I called earlier today to bring to their attention the removal of Canadian border chart data.
I’m hopeful they will take up the cause (along with all us pilots) and bring some pressure on the FAA to undo these wrong headed changes.
Yes, I pinged AOPA this morning in chat, the person I was chatting with seemed to not be aware of either of these memos. Hope it got their attention.
Many thanks!! For years I have unsuccessfully tried to find new Canadian sectionals online for my trips to Alaska. I had been using 10 year old paper copies and updating them myself from the Canadian Flight Supplement for which relatively recent copies can be found.
How do I get the Terminal Area charts too?
Russ, you buried the lead.
Private airfields to be eliminated from sectionals, safety concerns rise among pilot community for their emergency use.
Best point. Keep old sectionals?
As a Canadian this is somewhat disappointing and head scratching, especially with two of the sectionals being named after Canadian cities (Montreal and Halifax). Are those names going to be changed? We don’t really have an equivalent since our VNC’s and VTC’s, which are not easy to obtain without cost, are rarely updated as years can go by between updates.
Oh jeez I just wasted a few hours over the weekend trying to figure out why some restricted airspace near the us/Mexican boarder on the Mexico side was missing, that I know I have seen many times flying through there.
Where is AOPA in this?
Hopefully anyone concerned is writing or calling the FAA, aviation organizations, etc. to let your voices be heard.