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| Flight Planning |
ASOS/AWOS sites—Montana ASOS, AWOS & ATIS sites with frequencies and phone numbers
Montana airports—several sites to choose from, each offers slightly different information—MT-1 (AirNav), MT-2 (Montana DOT), MT3 (Acukwik), MT-4 (FlightAware) & MT-5 (GlobalAir)
Aeroplanner
AeroPlanner.com provides pilots the best planning tools and data available on the Internet. View all NOS sectional charts online, query FAA navigation databases, plot routes based on airports and navaids, and print tripticks and store log information all online.
Airnav Airports Database
This Web site allows you to check fuel prices and find food and lodging along your flight plan route.
Fltpln.Com
A free flight planning website for General Aviation pilots.
Skyvector
This site has all the sectional maps, but not for flying.
XCPilot
Airports, weather and maps.
Weather Service sites
Go to one of these sites to check the weather.
Billings—National Weather Service
Glasgow—National Weather Service
Great Falls—National Weather Service
Missoula—National Weather Service
National Weather Service—NOAA Home
Aviation Weather Center—NOAA ADDS
Supplementary Icing Information—National Weather Service's Current Icing Product (CIP)
Aviator Surface Condition & Weather Forcast
DUAT
Charlie's Aviation Weather—A great Web site by a private individual with great weather charts
TFR locators
These sites will allow you to locate TFRs prior to your flight.
Interagency Airspace Coordination
Dedicated to providing Information so pilots can safely use the National Airspace System.
NIFC TFR site
This BLM site was the first graphical depiction of TFRs and remains the best site to see where the TFRs are located.
TFR check
This site allows you to check if your planned route of flight will go through any TFRs.
FAA TFR site |
| Web cams |
Use these sites to actually see the weather where you want to fly or along your flight path. Great way to check out the mountain passes in western Montana.
Alaska Web cams
Big Mountain Ski Resort
Bitterroot Valley Web cam
Blacktail Mountain Web cam
Butte Eyecam
Glacier National Park Web cam
Glendive Airport Web cam
Great Falls Eyecam
Missoula County Web cam
Montana Dept. of Transportation Web cams
Montana Web cams
Polson Eyecam
Yellowstone National Park Web cams
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| Aviation Related Links |
Area 51 & Area 19—Where the US military tests their secret airplanes.
Abandoned & Little Know Airfields
Airstrip America—An online photography database of the nation’s landing facilities, including grass strips, airparks, taxiways and landmarks.
American Aviation Historical Society
ASRS—Aviation Safety Reporting System—You can get the ASRS forms here or read the ASRS reports and much more
Aviation Crime Prevention Institute
Backcountry Pilot dot Org—general community and forum for enthusiasts of backcountry flying and all types of aircraft
Embry-Riddle Aeronatical University Virtual Library—And you don't need a library card.
Idaho Division of Aeronautics
Montana Aeronautics Division
Plane Crash Information
Shortfield.com—a free, online community for backcountry aviation and airplane camping enthusiasts. The site is built around a database of United States landing facilities, supplemented by a growing library of airport information contributed by users, including: airport wiki, pilot reports, photographs, approach videos, sectional maps, “uncharted airports”, and more!
SuperCub.org
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| EAA Chapters |
EAA Chapter 57—Billings
EAA Chapter 517—Missoula/Stevensville
Young Eagles |
| Aviation Companies |
Abe' Quality Tie Down Kits—An Oregon based company that manufactures tie down kits for aircraft from homebuilts to helicopters.
Aerotronics
Equipped to Survive—A good place to get those survival items.
Falcon Insurance
Galen Hanselman—Author of Fly the Big Sky, Fly Idaho and Air Baja.
Landings—This is the most visited aviation Web site, with something for everyone.
MyAirplane.com—a link that can help find all reported history of an airplane, as well as some other cool stuff
Regal Insurance
Rocky Mountain Aircraft |
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