Safety
End of Flip charts leaves gap in navigation data, says GA
The National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last month discontinued public access to Flight Information Publication (Flip) charts for the Caribbean,

The National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last month discontinued public access to Flight Information Publication (Flip) charts for the Caribbean, Central America and South America, eliminating a government source of aeronautical information for those areas.

Although pilots still have access to non-government-issued charts–such as those from Jeppesen, which range in cost from $49 for a High/Low En Route Trip Kit to the Caribbean, to $200 for the South America Airway Manual Trip Kit Basic–some pilot groups feel the loss of government-provided aeronautical data constitutes a safety risk and believe the FAA’s National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO) should provide alternatives. NACO currently provides aeronautical navigation publications and digital products for the U.S.

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