The EAD website hosted by EUROCONTROL offers standard aeronautical data reports, Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB's) and Aeronautical
Information Publications (AIP). It is available via the web and is free of charge. You only need register with EUROCONTROL to access the charts.



The charts are not as easily located as you might expect and the website is driven by a lot of JAVA. As such, you need to have JAVA enabled on your machine.
The first time you visit it will also download many JAR files in order for you to be able to view the pages. Once done you should never have to do this again.



The following is a list of instructions on how to get to charts for Eire. The same principles will apply if you were searching for charts for Norway,
Estonia or anywhere else within EUROCONTROL's remit. You simply substitute the Authority Code for the country you wish to access charts for.. for example



EI - Ireleand

LI - Italy

EN - Norway




1. Follow this link EUROCONTROL



2. You then need to register. Follow the instructions and you will soon have an email confirming your address and password



3. Return to Eurocontrol and login



4. If this is your first visit the site will now start some of it's JAVA download.



5. After a short while you will have a screen entitled "Applications" and a short folder view



6. Double click on PAMS Light



7. More JAR files will now be loaded. Sit and wait... Be patient it may take a little while. It will be much quicker next time you visit.



8. When complete you will reach a page entitled Document Resources





From this page we can now submit all the information to EAD for the charts we wish to access.



Authority  Select the country you wish to access charts for.

Authority Type  Civil is the only option you can have here

AIP Type  Select "CHARTS"

Part  Select "AD"



Now click LOAD



EUROCONTROL will now search and locate all the charts that fit the criteria you have entered. You will be presented with a list of links. If you click
on the chart link furthest to the right of the screen a new window will open. This shows you the name of the chart you have selected and a link to it.
Click OPEN and the chart will be presented in a new window in pdf format. You can save/print it from here. If the chart is very slow in appearing right
click on the chart title and select "save as". This will download the chart to your local machine.



We trust this is of some use. If anybody has any futher problems with EAD and finding the charts they wish please drop us a line at the VATSIM.net Chart
Centre forum   We will be happy to assist you as much as we can.






Neil Dewson-Smyth - Chad Black 

VATSIM PRC Charts and Flight Planning Centre Managers