Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Search for airports within a large radius of a location?

I realize that not everyone has an iPad or an iPhone, but a really cool app for finding airports in a given vicinity is called "iflywhere" (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iflywhere/id384320276?mt=8) and the price is right as well (free). :)

Brian

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "circicirci" <acensor@...> wrote:
>
> Sure a GPS will show you nearby airports.
> And you can if you have the appropriate sectional do a manual search.
>
> I am a newbie pilot just discovered a really neat feature at
> http://flightwise.com/pu/ai/fa.aspx
> which lets me enter a city and search for airports around it.
> Even lets you specify limiting the search to airports and airstrips with at least 1000 feet of runway.
>
> It appears to me that it is, however, searching only about a 20 mile radius of the chosen location.
>
> What I, and maybe other pilots, particularly sport pilots, like myself who fly for fun it would be great to be able to search a bigger radius -- in effect asking a question such as "where can I fly to that's within 100 miles" --- and then look for what might be an interesting place to go.
>
> Anyone know if there any way to reset the search radius?
>
> Or some other aviation site that would do what I have in mind?
>
> Alex
>

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