Sourced
Sourced, never recalled
Every regulatory value enters from a current FAA publication — never from memory or a generic AI guess.
About AvPlot
Accelerates expertise. Doesn't replace it.
AvPlot is the Airport Planning Decision Engine — the authoritative layer between FAA standards and CAD production. Not a calculator, not a CAD tool: it converts FAA standards, airport data, aircraft characteristics, and your design criteria into defensible decisions, geometry, and deliverables — with the controlling citation attached to every value. The planner stays the professional responsible for final judgment.
388
aircraft in the classification database
28-day
NASR refresh keeps airport data current
13B
AC 150/5300-13B Chg 1 governs every dimension
100%
of outputs carry a citation trail
WHAT IT IS
The decision layer, between standard and sheet.
FAA standards are the source. CAD is the production layer. AvPlot is the decision engine that sits between them — it reads the governing standard, applies your design criteria, and returns the dimension, the geometry, and the reasoning, ready to drop into your deliverable. Where a calculator produces a number, AvPlot produces the number and the trail that defends it. See how it works →
THE DIFFERENCE
Defensibility is the product.
Newest wins
Newest-guidance rule
When two cited FAA sources disagree, the most recent release governs — and the dated basis is stated in the citation.
Fresh data
Freshness is defensibility
NASR cycle dates, TAF publication dates, and AC change numbers travel with the result — freshness is part of the proof.
By planners
Built by planners, for planners
Terminology, workflows, and output conventions match how airport planning work is actually produced and reviewed.
Five fields
The full decision
Every major output answers five questions — Result, Standard, Assumptions, Logic, Vintage — so the reasoning is always visible.
One engine
Consistent firm-wide
Every project runs on the same verified standards engine — not one analyst's spreadsheet from 2014.
HONEST SCOPE
What AvPlot does not do.
Honesty about scope is part of being defensible. AvPlot is planning-production support — not a replacement for engineering. It does not:
- ✕Replace professional planning and engineering judgment.
- ✕Produce construction-ready or stamped engineering drawings.
- ✕Generate NEPA or other environmental documents.
- ✕Substitute for site-specific engineering and survey analysis.
- ✕Make the final decision — the planner remains responsible for every value relied upon.
Professional use. AvPlot is accurate enough for design reports, planning studies, and ALP narratives. Always verify against the current FAA publications before relying on any value — the citation trail exists to make that verification fast. See the Professional Use Notice.
Made for the people who plan airports.
Precision, then defensibility, then clarity, then control. Open the free FAA-equivalent tools now — no account, exports included. Request beta access for the full production suite.
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AvPlot is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration. FAA publications are referenced only as the public standards the software consults.