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November 2, 2019

Friendly Air Tool

Friendly Air Tool instruction

This tool provides features for pilots around the world, additional features for pilots in the BPC region (Belgian Paragliding Cup= Belgium, North of France, West of Germany), and specific features for the BPC validation and scoring.

Please read the disclaimer in the bottom of this page.

List of features that can be used by any pilot around the world:
  • Analyse the airspace to prepare a flight based on an openair file
  • Create a route to follow during the flight
  • Export a route created (file or QRcode) to the flight instrument using XCTrack to use it during a flight
  • Check the track of a flight and analyse the compliance with airspaces regulation based on an openair file
  • Modify an openair file according to specific airspaces activations (remove zones)
  • Export a modified openair file to use it with the fligth instrument during a flight


Specific additional features for belgian/north of France pilots:
  • Obtain the validated openair file of the BPC region for a given day
    • to prepare a flight
    • to use it with the instrument during the flight
    • to verify that the flight achievevd respects the airspaces
  • Check the QNH of EBFS and the corresponding Flight Levels altitudes
  • Add specific airspace zones that are Notam activable out of a predefined set to the displayed zones/openair file.

Specific to the BPC:
  • Check if the flight is eligible for the BPC scoring (passing through a BPC waypoint and not violating a prohibited airspace)
  • Generate a BPC validation code if the flight is fully compliant, according to the level of difficulty reached

Here are the instructions for using this great tool…

“How to” …. for any pilot

Prepare your flight:

Load the Openair file with the airspace zones corresponding to the day you want to fly.

Check how to get the Openair file of your region in the “Openair In” button description above.


Click on “Go” button to launch the analysis process of the Openair file.

Check the airspace zones along the route you are intending to follow. If necessary and depending on the altitude you intend to fly, activate the upper levels of airspace zones display.


Watch your flight:
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Check your flight:
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Modify an openair file:
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Create a route and export it to the AIR³ or any instrument using XCTrack:
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“How to” …. for belgian and north of France pilots

Check the airspace and prepare your flight based on the validated openair file of the day:

Select the validated openair file with the airspace zones.

Check above more details about this select drop down list.

Note1: two apps (AIR³ Manager for AIR³ and Openair Manager for any android device (free)) are available to let pilots directly get such validated openair file from a google drive into their instrument.

Note2: for pilots that are not flying in Belgium/North of France: such process can be duplicated in any region  with a team of pilots looking after a given region, publishing validated openair files to their specific google drive and getting them with one of these 2 apps. Contact us to know more about this if you are interested. Watch the Air³ Airspace tuto in the videos’ page to know more about this.


Click on “Go” button to launch the analysis process of the Openair file.GO button

Check the airspace zones along the route you intend to fly. If necessary and depending on the altitude you intend to fly, activate the upper levels of airspace zones display.


Get the validated openair file for your instrument:
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Add activated zones to the openair file:
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Check the Flight levels and the QRA of the day:
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Check if your flight is airspace compliant:
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“How to” …. for BPC pilots

Prepare your BPC flight:

Select the validated openair file with the airspace zones.

Check above more details about this select drop down list.

Note1: two apps (AIR³ Manager for AIR³ and Openair Manager for any android device (free)) are available to let pilots directly get such validated openair file from a google drive into their instrument.

Note2: for pilots that are not flying in Belgium/North of France: such process can be duplicated in any region  with a team of pilots looking after a given region, publishing validated openair files to their specific google drive and getting them with one of these 2 apps. Contact us to know more about this if you are interested. Watch the Air³ Airspace tuto in the videos’ page to know more about this.


Click on “Go” button to launch the analysis process of the Openair file.   

Check the airspace zones along the route you intend to fly. Identify the BPC waypoints you intend to turn. If necessary and depending on the altitude you intend to fly, activate the upper levels of airspace zones display.


Create a route for your BPC flight and export it to the AIR³ or any instrument using XCTrack:
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Validate your BPC flight to get a validation code:
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Buttons

Buttons explanations valid for any pilot
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Buttons explanations valid for belgian and north of France pilots

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Buttons explanations valid for BPC pilots

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Disclaimer: This tool and the openair files are provided to you for convenience but is provided as is with no guarantee of any sort. The Openair files provided doesn’t substitue for the obligation to perform your own pre-flight analysis, using the information provided by the relevant authority .

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