Airports Database

Installation Notes:

The files can only be accssed from Automap Road Atlas v3.x 
for DOS or Windows.

Copy the files to the USA.MAP directory under Automap.
   
ROOT---|
        Automap---|
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                USA.MAP  (Place the files in this Directory)



Specifications:

Once installed, this database will give you detailed information
including
        *  elevation
        *  precise latitude/longitude
        *  FAA ID
        *  runway information (length, identification)
        *  attendance schedules
        *  phone number
for international, regional, county and municipal airports and airfields
throughout the United States.

Two databases are provided, one called "Airports", the other called
"FAA ID".  The "Airports" database includes the detailed information
about each airport whereas the "FAA ID" database is provided as an
index and does not contain any information.  We recommend that display
the "Airports" database but not the "FAA ID" database.  Using the FAA
ID database you can go directly to, for example, DFW, JFK, LAX, etc.. 
To do this (without having to select a database after you enter a place
name), add /FAA to the end of the identifier, e.g. type "DFW/FAA" to go
directly to Dallas Fort Worth.  (You can use this technique on other
databases too, e.g. "Grand Canyon/Small" will go directly to Grand
Canyon village which is in the Smaller towns database.

WARNING:
The Information contained in the Automap Road Atlas and the add-on
Airports Database is for reference only and should never be used for
navigational purposes or substituted for approved navigational charts.

Note also that the Automap road network is a national level map, and as
such, does not attempt to include every road.  Like all small scale
maps it is subject to map 'generalization' that is, the information is
cartographically  represented in areas where accurate position
representation would cause confusing clutter on the map.

While the coordinates in the database are quoted to a particular
resolution, their accuracy is to the standard of the mapping from which
they were derived.  This may, in turn, limit the accuracy with which
certain features on the map can be related to other features on the
map, especially those derived from other sources.  In particular, the
airports database comes from a different source than the map and the
positioning of roads and other map features relative to the airports
database may not be accurate.  Furthermore, Automap Road Atlas does not
show the precise track of a road between two junctions, and you should
therefore be particularly wary of making judgments as to which side of
a road an airport or other place lies.
