AIRAC cycle 2611, effective October 29, 2026, brings updated navigation data for your next simulated flight. With XPNavData, you can use the same cycle in XPFlightPlanner, X-Plane 12, and X-Plane 11, keeping your flight planning and simulator navigation databases in sync.
What’s changed since AIRAC 2610?
This cycle includes additions, removals, and updates across the navigation database:
| Data category | New entries | Removed entries | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airport metadata | 59 | 19 | +40 |
| Navigation aids | 139 | 82 | +57 |
| Waypoints | 1,885 | 11 | +1,874 |
| Airway segments | 3,687 | 3,656 | +31 |
| Airspace entries | 119 | 31 | +88 |
These figures compare database entries between cycles. Revisions may appear as a removed entry and a new replacement entry.
4,070 procedure changes across 494 airport files
Airport procedure data sees substantial updates in AIRAC 2611, with 4,070 changes across 494 airport files.
Selected airports with procedure changes include:
- Copenhagen (EKCH): 98 modifications.
- Bilbao (LEBB): 110 changes.
- San Andrés (SKSP): 111 changes.
- Riga (EVRA): 116 changes.
- Bucharest Henri Coandă (LROP): 126 changes.
- Bucharest Băneasa (LRBS): 134 changes.
- Bangui (FEFF): 156 changes.
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (UHSS): 241 changes.
The totals include added, removed, and modified procedure entries. If your next route involves one of these airports, review your departure and arrival selections after importing the new cycle.
Keep your flight planner and simulator in sync
Using the same AIRAC cycle in XPFlightPlanner and X-Plane helps keep waypoints, airways, and procedures consistent between the route you plan and the flight you load into the simulator.
After updating, check any saved flight plans you intend to reuse. Changes to navigation data can affect previously selected routes and procedures.
How to update
- Close XPFlightPlanner and X-Plane, then back up your existing X-Plane
Custom Datafolder. - Install the XPNavData files directly into that folder, following the installation guide.
- Open XPFlightPlanner and select Edit → Database Dialog.
- Confirm your X-Plane installation path, enable Use Custom Data, and import the updated database.
- Start X-Plane to use the newly installed navigation data.
For complete instructions, follow our AIRAC update tutorial.
Get your navigation database ready for AIRAC 2611, choose your next destination, and start planning.
XPNavData is for personal, non-commercial flight simulation only. It must not be used for real-world aviation, flight planning, or navigation.