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Backcountry Aviation Groups

  Idaho Aviation Association
The Idaho Aviation Association exists to protect and serve the rights of individual airmen and to promote, preserve and protect the interests of all segments of general aviation primarily in the State of Idaho.
  Montana Pilots Association
Along with IAA and UBCP, Montana is one of the most active states in the preservation of its recreational flying opportunities.
  Recreational Aviation Foundation
General aviation airstrips in the United States are disappearing at a rate of two per week. Will your favorite airstrip be next?
 

Friends and Sponsors

  AIRbase One
Besides designing our website and donating services, AIRbase One is unique in providing a full range of Internet marketing services to (mostly) aviation businesses, with over 200 websites currently completed. Discounts are given to UBCP private and corporate members.

• Advertising on the AviationDirectory.com (with more than 2,000 users/day!)
• Advanced Website Hosting Services
• Full Solutions for Secure E-commerce
• Search Engine Registration Services
• Website Development, Analysis, and Promotion
• Targeted E-mail Marketing

  Aircraft Survival Kits and Aviation Survival Gear
When flying in the backcountry you need a survival kit. Prepared Pilot makes the best aircraft survival kits we have seen. They also have lots of other aviation survival supplies and gear.
  Airphoto North America
Jim Warks Excellent Photography; Search for Utah pictures in the "Gallery"
  AviationDirectory.com
"Aviation's Yellow Pages+"^TM is the oldest and largest online aviation directory with over 12,000 aviation businesses listed in 1100+ categories, with complete Facility Directory of all Public and Private airports and heliports, 100's of thousands of nearby hotels, restaurants, ground transportation and other service listings. Use as a specialized Yellow Pages to easily find aircraft or engine parts and services, FBOs, avgas or jet fuel suppliers. Automatically sends faxes to participating services for reservations, etc. A must for air travelers, flying businessmen, pilots, charter services, maintenance shops and dispatchers.
  Gallen Hanselman's Homepage
Guidebooks to the Backcountry. "Fly Idaho", "Fly the Big Sky", and "Air Baja". Utah is in the works!
  Out There Flying!
Jim Clark's website where you can buy a copy of "Red Rock Country" a DVD about flying to Utah's back country airstrips.
  Pilot Getaways Magazine
Good flying magazine with excellent photos, coverage, and support of backcountry issues
  Redtail Aviation
Redtail Aviation at CNY in Moab and it's parent company Arrow West Aviation at PUC Carbon County in Price, Ut. can provide canyon flying checkouts and familiarization flights. Contact LaVar Wells or Mark Francis. Arrow West is an important sponsor of UBCP.
  Sparky Imeson's Moutain Flying Site
This site had lots of great mountain flying information from the author of the Mountain Flying Bible.
 

Mapping

  AirNav Airports Database
Easily find info on fuel, food and lodging at some of Utah's "frontcountry" airports before venturing out.
  Land Ownership Map for Utah
A great little interactive site where one can establish the land ownership status of parcels of land in Utah.
  National Interagency Fire Center
National Fire Maps, fire weather, and other links
  Skyvector Online Flight Planning Charts
Zoom in on these handy, up-to-date aeronautical charts for you flight planning. Weather linked too!
  TerraServer USA
TerraServer contains 3.3 tera-bytes of high resolution USGS aerial imagery and USGS topographic maps. You can locate imagery by clicking on a map, entering a city or town name in the "Search TerraServer" form at the top of the page, or entering a U.S. street address.
  TFR Depictions from the FAA

  Topozone
Online Topo Maps
  World aeronautical database

 

Other Interesting Stuff

  Abandoned and Little Known Airfields
Lots of work went into this site by Paul Freeman
  Fed Fire
An interesting Federal Fire site containing backcountry runways
 

Political and Government

  Blue Ribbon Coalition
Blue Ribbon Coalition is the premier access advocacy group in the US. UBCP is a member.
  Bureau of Land Management's Utah site

  Recreational Use Statutes
An index of these Statutes for various states
  The Norton/Veneman letter
The letter that became part of the congressional record that gives backcountry airstrips a little protection.
  Utah Shared Access Alliance
Utah Shared Access Alliance champions equal access to recreation on public lands.
 

Weather

  Airsports Weather
Excellent graphics and an easy to use aviation weather depiction from the hang-glider folks.
  Meso-West for Utah
Utah weather from well known and obscure reporting points. A great way to check weather in the backcountry with a link to TopoZone for an accurate map of the automated reporting station. All other states are available too.
  Prime FAA sponsored WX
The Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) makes available to the aviation community text, digital and graphical forecasts, analyses, and observations of aviation-related weather variables. ADDS is a joint effort of NCAR Research Applications Program (RAP), NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL), and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Aviation Weather Center (AWC).
  Prime NOAA WX
National Weather Service current alerts, watches, and advisories.
  Weathercams
Weather camera links from various states