Visual Reference Points (VRPs)

Although some 338 (at Apr 2011) VRPs are defined, these are not to be used as Waypoints, except where there is a coincidental BGA point. Many are in restricted/prohibited airspace.

Nonetheless, knowledge of them can be useful when talking to ATC units, where your position can be given as a range/bearing from a VRP. For more information on use of VRPs, refer to the Air Pilot.

Files of VRPs for use with PDAs are now available from the links below. In these files, VRPs are grouped by the Controlling Unit that uses them. The side effect of this is that some VRPs are listed more than once. For example, Severn Bridge is used by Bristol, Bristol (Filton) and Cardiff, and therefore appear three times.

Some groups of VRPs are deliberately omitted, Jersey for instance, but if there are any published VRPs which are not on this list, but you feel should be, please let me know mailto: tnp@spsys.demon.co.uk

These files are Text Files and so can be edited with a Text Editor (e.g. Wordpad) to exclude unwanted VRPs.

Notes on ClearNav:
If the ClearNav is set to use Short Names for Control Points, and Name for Other Waypoints, the BGA set are Trigraph only, and VRPs are the full name.
Also, BGA TPs are red dots, and VRPs are Blue dots.