Gift Guide
What to get the pilotor avgeek who has everything
They already own the headset, the watch, the sunglasses, and three books about the Concorde. What they do not own is their airport.
Where to start
Start with the field that means something
The gift that lands is the one about their airport. Where they learned to fly. Where they soloed. The field they commute out of every Monday, or the one they grew up watching from the fence line. That is the difference between generic aviation merchandise and something that makes them stop and say "wait, that is my airport."
Their logbook, on the wall
Home field first. Training airport if you want the sentimental one, or their airline's hub if they fly the line. An airport diagram is the safe pick, and the accuracy is the part they will check.
The one they can name by sound
Plane spotters, flight sim pilots, and aviation obsessives who never took the left seat. Aircraft profiles, ATC sector maps, and the airport they grew up beside all land better than anything with a propeller cliche on it.
Everything is printed in the USA and ships in 4 to 10 days. If you are buying for an occasion, order with a week of margin.
Drawing airports since 2014
The Details Matter.
Every diagram is drawn from the real published airport chart, so the runway headings, taxiway designators and field layout are correct. A pilot checks that in the first five seconds. Nobody else in the room notices. They will.
We have been drawing them since 2014.
Common questions
Before you pick an airport
What do you get a pilot who already has everything?
Their home airport, drawn as a diagram print. It is the one aviation gift that cannot already be in the hangar, because it is specific to them rather than to flying in general.
What is a good gift for an avgeek who is not a pilot?
An aircraft profile of the type they love, or the airport they grew up next to. Plane spotters and flight sim pilots know fields they have never flown out of, and an ATC sector map reads as insider knowledge rather than decoration.
What is a good gift for a student pilot?
The airport they are training at. Give it when they solo or when they pass the checkride and it becomes the record of where it happened, not just a print.
I do not know which airport to pick. What is safe?
Their home field is the safe answer. The airport on the first page of their logbook is the better one. If you know their airline, the hub they are based at also works.
Do you have small and regional airports?
Usually. The catalogue covers over 1,000 airports including a large number of general aviation and regional fields, not only the major hubs. Search the three-letter code or the ICAO identifier.
What if the airport is not listed?
We draw commissions. If the field matters enough to hang, it can be drawn.
Is this a good gift for someone who just likes to travel?
Yes, and airport codes are the usual choice. A frequent flyer, someone who moved away from home, or a couple who met in one city and live in another all read three letters the way a pilot reads a chart.