About
UtahBackCountryPilots.org is the premier destination for pilots to obtain and share information on hundreds of remote Utah airstrips. As of September 2022, the site boasts more than 1100 registered users, 400 user-submitted airstrip reports, and receives roughly 10k pageviews per month.
Site Features
- Custom Bing Maps integration
- Payment processing via PayPal and Stripe
- Publicly-available API endpoints
- Email notifications to users
- Social features
Development Details
- Laravel 8.x (initially 7.x)
- MySQL database
- Self-hosted on VPS
User Reports
The most critical feature of utahbackcountrypilots.org is the ability for pilots to submit reports about the condition of airstrips they visit. Users can rate the condition and safety level of different attributes of each airstrip, and can attach pictures from their visit.
Airstrip Map
On the UBCP airstrip map, we geographically plot nearly 200 airstrips using the Bing Maps API.
Users can hover (or tap, for mobile users) over each dot on the map to obtain more information about a particular airstrip. Each dot’s color represents the ownership, open/closed status, and safety information about that strip.
Airstrip Details
Users can access detailed information for each of the ~200 airstrips in our database including runway dimensions & orientation, field elevation, appropriate radio frequencies, and a brief text description of the airstrip and surrounding area.
The airstrip details page also includes a VFR sectional (pilot map) of the area and a Bing Maps satellite view of the airstrip.
