Digitised TRA operations
Authorised club roles activate, extend, limit and deactivate TRAs. Altitude overrides, prepared texts and history keep the workflow traceable.
Built together since January 2025 · as of August 2026
From a WhatsApp helper to Austria’s TRA platform
What started with Schöckl, Almenland and Bruck now covers 41 Austrian TRA airspaces. TRA Info Hub combines club reports with ATIS, Air Use Plan and relevant NOTAMs and makes the result available as live status, maps, archives, widgets and interfaces.
Live since 2025
Today
In productive pilot operations
A small tool has grown into a platform used every day by clubs, pilots and external tools.
- Available across Austria
- Automated data pipelines
- Traceable and continuously expanded
41
Austrian TRAs
in the current system
2,360
documented status actions
since 1 January 2025
1,541
activations
during the same period
3
automated source families
ATIS · AUP/NUP · NOTAM
TRA figures are live from the database · source coverage was editorially reviewed in August 2026. Status actions include activations, extensions, deactivations and other documented decisions.
From the beginning to today
A concrete problem became shared infrastructure
Progress is not only about adding features. Every step removes friction, connects another data source or makes decisions easier to trace.
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January 2025
Three TRAs, one concrete problem
A WhatsApp text generator for Schöckl, Almenland and Bruck makes activation information consistent and quick to share for the first time.
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2025
From helper to an Austria-wide data foundation
Dashboard, roles, history and XContest integration grow to cover all current TRAs. ATIS, Air Use Plan and relevant NOTAMs flow automatically into status views and archives.
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Spring 2026
Status becomes usable everywhere
Widget V2, live preview, QR codes, documented JSON interfaces, German and English, and the separation from BeyondXC establish a stable platform structure.
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Today
The airspace situation becomes connected
Location presets, a vertical airspace section, MTA/MTMA/MCTR, more precise NOTAM geometries, protected areas and the historical activity query combine the sources into a traceable picture.
Delivered and in use
What the platform does today
The building blocks now work together from club operations through to external interfaces.
Automated data pipelines
ATIS, AUP/NUP and relevant NOTAMs are continuously imported, normalised, prioritised and archived, including the FAA NMS source and quality diagnostics.
A map built as a working tool
XC Airspace Map combines TRA, AIP, AUP, MTA/MTMA/MCTR and NOTAM with altitude, country and location filters plus a vertical section.
A widget for every setup
Widget V2 provides live preview, location presets, an interactive selection map, QR code and diagnostics for sources, freshness and conflicts.
History made traceable
Archives, statistics, version comparison and the activity query reconstruct NUP/AUP, NOTAM and TRA logs with sources for any selected date.
Protected areas integrated
Nature, nesting and local restrictions are available as a time-aware data class in the map, widget, API and XCTrack export.
Interfaces established
Documented, approved JSON interfaces and exports supply XContest, XCTrack-compatible workflows, widgets and additional clients.
Platform operations hardened
Clear roles and club scopes, audit trails, protected activation and export paths, and responsive light, dark and system themes support daily operations.
More than a promise
Try the current state directly
The key results are publicly visible or ready to use.
TRA live status
Current activations and times
Activation statistics
Progress by period and TRA
XC Airspace Map
Airspaces, sources and section view
Widget Builder
Configure your own status widget
Historical activity query
NUP, NOTAM and TRA for a date
Airspace comparison
Changes between data versions
What the data deliberately does not promise
- Air Use Plan data is reliably available in the archive from 5 July 2025.
- Automatic ATIS TRA data is available across Austria from 1 July 2025; coverage before that date was regional.
- LOXZ data has been partially available since 1 September 2025 and is handled separately for the Zeltweg special case.
- The hub supports flight preparation but does not replace Homebriefing, current official NOTAMs or Austro Control publications.
What we are improving now
- Complete more verified sources for protected areas and local restrictions.
- Make NOTAM geometries, cross-source comparisons and conflict diagnostics even more precise.
- Deepen field testing of location-based widget workflows with XCTrack and other real cockpit setups.
- Expand platform, app and vario integrations as well as the English interface.
Keep building together
Operational feedback sets the next priority
Please send questions, bugs, data corrections and integration requests by email to m.schuessler@airspace.at or through the WhatsApp groups.
