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Courtesy of Tim Newport-Peace
Dated: 01 February 2025
Datum: 100
Time zone: Europe/London, Summer offset from GMT is 1:00 and in Winter it is 0:00.

The waypoint data are available directly at www.newportpeace.co.uk/turningpoints.htm

Information about the BGA is available at www.gliding.co.uk

The primary specification of the waypoint coordinates is degrees and decimal minutes [3 decimal digits]

Version 2025

Additional resources include:

Turning Point Query, Turning Point Search, and Cross Country Calculator [ from Andy Sanderson ]
TPselect [ from Jeff Goodenough ]

BGA LIST OF WAYPOINTS AND BGA CLUB SITES

Last update: 01 February 2025 Amendment 28 to the 1997 LIST (AL 28/97)

The BGA has prepared this table in good faith but takes no responsibility for the accuracy or usage of this data, for instance in airborne navigation systems.

Pilots are advised to check any data used, in particular for proximity to other air activities or areas with airspace restrictions, BGA Club sites and other points with airspace considerations.
Lat/Longs are to the WGS84 Datum and are produced from OS Maps via www.streetmap.co.uk or Google Earth.
The altitudes for club sites and airfields are taken from the 1:500,000 CAA air map, other altitudes are from contours and spot heights and other resources, or more recently from www.gpsvisualizer.com/elevation

Waypoint names & Short Codes

These are unique to each point. For positive identification, the Short Code should be used because it is unique, whereas some full names could be used in other ways.

Findability letters A – D, G – airspace designation and use of Hash # and ! Symbols

Category A points are marked on the 1:500,000 air map and should be easy to find visually, Cat D points may need local knowledge or a more detailed map
Category G points are GNSS point based on Lat/Long and do not have an associated geographic feature. Not suitable for visual identification
A single hash (#) is a warning about proximity to controlled or other airspace and the WP should be used with care, particularly in Competitions and other Organised Task Groups.
Points with a double hash (##) should only be approached or over-flown if the organisation responsible for the airspace concerned has positively agreed that the point may be used for the particular flight.
Points with an exclamation mark (!) are near sensitive airspace and should not be used in Competitions or for Organised Task Groups of gliders.

Access to the latest BGA list.

The definitive BGA list including the latest updates and any `Stop Press' items, can be accessed through a link from the BGA web site www.gliding.co.uk.
The list is held at www.newportpeace.co.uk/turningpoints.htm and can be accessed directly at this reference.

This is a subset of the overall BGA control point list that includes only those control points lying close to Aberdeen, Berwick, Carlisle, Dumfries, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fort William, Glasgow, Greenock, Inverness, Lossiemouth, Newcastle, Oban, Perth, Stirling, Stornoway, Ullapool, and Wick

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Do not use for navigation, for flight verification only.

Always consult the relevant publications for current and correct
information. This service is provided free of charge with no warrantees,
expressed or implied.
User assumes all risk of use.

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Borgelt Joey®

Borgelt B2000®

Borgelt B100®

Cambridge Aero Instruments®

Cenfis/Holltronic® [ CDB format ]

ClearNav® [ STX format ]

Comma Separated

CompeGPS®

CouTraCi®

Eagle AccuNav, more than 200 waypoints, no *.WS-1 or *.WS-2 output

EasyGPS LOC®
EW View II and III®

Filser, more than 100 waypoints, no *.ATT output

FLARM®

Flight Check®

Flight Planner®

ForeFlight®

Garmin BaseCamp®

Garmin PCX5AVD 2.05®

Garmin PCX5AVD 2.07®

Garmin PCX5AVD 2.08®

Garmin PCX5AVD 2.09®

Gardown®

Gardown® 15 character names

G7toWin®

IGCview®

Waypoint+®

Google Earth
Google Earth for SPOT Tracking

KFLog embedded®

KFLog®

LX Navigation, SDI, Posigraph, and Colibri Mk 1 DA4®

Memory-Map®

OziExplorer®

Peschges VP 6 ver 2.0, more than 250 waypoints, no output

Peschges VP 9®

Print Technik®

SeeYou® [ CUP format ]

SeeYou® [ CUP format, DOS 8.3 filename ]

SkyDemon® [ GPX format]

Soaring Innovations Glide Nav II®
Soaring Innovations Glide Nav®

Soaring Turnpoint Exchange [ STI format ]

Spreadsheet [XLSX]

StrePla®
Pocket*StrePla®

Tab delimited

Task Finder®

TaskNav®

TaskPlan®

TomTom®

Trackmaker®

Trimble SMLTU®

Volkslogger®

Westerboer 921®

Winpilot®

XCSoar [CUP]

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