Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration VFR Helicopter Route Chart API

The VFR Helicopter Route Chart API from Federal Aviation Administration — 4 operation(s) for vfr helicopter route chart.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 4

GET /vfr/helicopter/chart Get VFR Helicopter Route Chart download link by edition and geoname #
GET /vfr/helicopter/gulf/chart Get GulfCoast Route Chart download link by edition #
GET /vfr/helicopter/gulf/info Get VFR GulfCoast Route Chart edition date and edition number by edition type of 'current' or 'next' #
GET /vfr/helicopter/info Get VFR Helicopter Route Chart edition date and edition number by edition type of current or next and geoname #

Documentation

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https://api.faa.gov/
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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/faa/refs/heads/main/openapi/faa-vfr-helicopter-route-chart-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Website
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav
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Website
https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/pilot_records_database/

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OpenAPI Specification

faa-vfr-helicopter-route-chart-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Aeronautic Product Release VFR Helicopter Route Chart API
  description: FAA Aeronautic chart publication download API
  contact:
    name: Aeronautic Product Release API (APRA)
    url: http://www.faa.gov/got_data
    email: edai-aero@faa.gov
  license:
    name: Creative Commons 0 (CC0)
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
  version: 1.4.0
servers:
- url: https://external-api.faa.gov/apra
tags:
- name: VFR Helicopter Route Chart
paths:
  /vfr/helicopter/chart:
    get:
      tags:
      - VFR Helicopter Route Chart
      summary: Get VFR Helicopter Route Chart download link by edition and geoname
      description: Geoname is a city for which the chart is requested. Valid cities can be found on the FAA public web site under FAA Home > Air Traffic > Flight Information > Aeronautical Information Services > Digital Products > VFR Charts > Helicopter tab
      operationId: getHelicopterRelease
      parameters:
      - name: edition
        in: query
        description: Requested product edition. If omitted, the default current edition is returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - current
          - next
          default: current
      - name: format
        in: query
        description: Format of the requested chart. TIFF is georeferenced and PDF is not georeferenced. If omitted, the default format of PDF is returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - tiff
          - pdf
          default: pdf
      - name: geoname
        in: query
        description: Geoname which is a city for which the chart is requested. If omitted, charts for all cities are returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Baltimore Washington Heli
          - Boston Heli
          - Chicago Heli
          - Dallas Ft. Worth Heli
          - Detroit Heli
          - Houston Heli
          - Los Angeles Heli
          - New York Heli
          - U.S Gulf Coast
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content: {}
        '400':
          description: Illegal arguments provided to service. One or more of the service parameter values is invalid
          content: {}
        '404':
          description: Requested edition has not been released for download or could not be found on the FAA aeronav web site.
          content: {}
        '500':
          description: Internal service error occurred which prevented a valid response from being returned.
          content: {}
  /vfr/helicopter/gulf/chart:
    get:
      tags:
      - VFR Helicopter Route Chart
      summary: Get GulfCoast Route Chart download link by edition
      description: The geoname is absent from this operation and defaults to U.S Gulf Coast
      operationId: getGulfCoastRelease
      parameters:
      - name: edition
        in: query
        description: Requested product edition. If omitted, the default current edition is returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - current
          - next
          default: current
      - name: format
        in: query
        description: Format of the requested chart. TIFF is georeferenced and PDF is not georeferenced. If omitted, the default format of PDF is returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - tiff
          - pdf
          default: pdf
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content: {}
        '400':
          description: Illegal arguments provided to service. One or more of the service parameter values is invalid
          content: {}
        '404':
          description: Requested edition has not been released for download or could not be found on the FAA aeronav web site.
          content: {}
        '500':
          description: Internal service error occurred which prevented a valid response from being returned.
          content: {}
  /vfr/helicopter/gulf/info:
    get:
      tags:
      - VFR Helicopter Route Chart
      summary: 'Get VFR GulfCoast Route Chart edition date and edition number by edition type of ''current'' or ''next'' '
      operationId: getGulfCoastEdition
      parameters:
      - name: edition
        in: query
        description: Requested product edition. If omitted, the default current edition is returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - current
          - next
          default: current
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content: {}
        '400':
          description: Illegal arguments provided to service. One or more of the service parameter values is invalid
          content: {}
        '404':
          description: Requested edition has not been released for download or could not be found on the FAA aeronav web site.
          content: {}
        '500':
          description: Internal service error occurred which prevented a valid response from being returned.
          content: {}
  /vfr/helicopter/info:
    get:
      tags:
      - VFR Helicopter Route Chart
      summary: Get VFR Helicopter Route Chart edition date and edition number by edition type of current or next and geoname
      operationId: getHelicopterEdition
      parameters:
      - name: edition
        in: query
        description: Requested product edition. If omitted, the default current edition is returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - current
          - next
          default: current
      - name: geoname
        in: query
        description: Geoname which is a city for which the chart is requested. If omitted, charts for all cities are returned.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Baltimore Washington Heli
          - Boston Heli
          - Chicago Heli
          - Dallas Ft. Worth Heli
          - Detroit Heli
          - Houston Heli
          - Los Angeles Heli
          - New York Heli
          - U.S Gulf Coast
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content: {}
        '400':
          description: Illegal arguments provided to service. One or more of the service parameter values is invalid
          content: {}
        '404':
          description: Requested edition has not been released for download or could not be found on the FAA aeronav web site.
          content: {}
        '500':
          description: Internal service error occurred which prevented a valid response from being returned.
          content: {}
x-original-swagger-version: '2.0'