Downloads — OpenAir (.txt)

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Each link below produces an OpenAir file (.txt) compatible with FlySkyHy, XCTrack, XCSoar, and other XC apps. Coordinates are written as DMS with cardinal direction; classes are Q (Danger, fire), R (Restricted, NOTAM), and W (Wave Window, landing guidance).

Situational awareness only — not for sole navigation. Wildfire and NOTAM data are pulled live from BC Wildfire Service / CWFIS / NAV CANADA / FAA TFR (tfr.faa.gov); landing guidance polygons are community-maintained. FlySkyHy keeps only one custom OpenAir file at a time — importing one file replaces any previously imported custom airspace.

All categories (one file)

Fetches NAV CANADA NOTAM polygons, wildfire 5 NM advisory no-fly polygons (same shapes as the website's red advisory rings — buffered hull or 5 NM disk per fire), and all enabled landing-guidance overlays — one OpenAir file with the same semantics as each section below.

NOTAMs

NAV CANADA polygon NOTAMs (CFPS-derived) plus FAA TFR polygons (USA) — wildfire / mil exercise / skydiving / glider / UAV / CYR / training / general (Canada), and regulatory TFR shapes (USA). Canada altitudes use F) / G) where present; USA TFR exports use GND .. UNLIM unless detail text is added later. Altitudes (AH / AL) come from each NOTAM's F) / G) lines; falls back to GND .. UNLIM.

Wildfire 5 NM advisory no-fly polygons

For every active fire (BC Wildfire Service for BC; CWFIS for the rest of Canada): a 5 NM outward buffer of the published perimeter, or a 5 NM geodesic disk for incidents with no published outline. These are the same red advisory rings shown on the website map. Class Q (Danger) with GND .. UNLIM — fires with status OUT are dropped.

Landing guidance

Every enabled community landing-guidance overlay (from CONFIG.noLandingOverlays), emitted as AC W (Wave Window) so apps render them as informational and don't alarm on entry. Use your XC app's per-class styling to make them outline / shaded. Colours on the map: red = no landing, yellow = restricted, green = OK to land.

How alarms behave — XCTrack / XCSoar / FlySkyHy will alarm on Q and R by default, and treat W as informational. Final behaviour depends on each pilot's per-class settings on the device.

Extras

Not included in All categories above — external sources and reference links only.

Charted airspace files

The map’s Airspace overlay uses bundled Canada and US exports. For OpenAIR files to load into XCTrack, XCSoar, FlySkyHy, or other apps, the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange — Airspace for North America is a good place to start: CanAirspace (NAV CANADA Designated Airspace Handbook) and US files (see SoaringData for the latest NASR export).