PyARINC424

About

PyARINC424 is a tool that parses an ARINC-424 formatted data file into a SQLite or PostreSQL database. PyARINC424 supports the tables/records that are currently output in FAA CIFP:

• Airports and heliports (PA and HA)
• Runways (PG)
• VHF Navaids (D)
• NDB Navaids (DB)
• Terminal Navaids (PN)
• Localizer and Glide Slope Records (PI)
• Path Point Records, Primary and Continuation (PP)
• MSA Records (PS and HS)
• Enroute Waypoints (EA)
• Terminal Waypoints (PC and HC)
• SIDs (PD)
• STARs (PE)
• Approaches, including Level of Service continuation records (PF and HF)
• Airways (ER)
• Class B, C, and D Airspace (UC)
• Special Use Airspace, Primary and Continuation (UR)
• Grid MORA (AS)

Installation

PyARINC424 can be installed from PyPI using pip:

pip install pyarinc424

If using uv, pyarinc424 can be installed as a tool and executed globally:

# Add as tool
uv tool install pyarinc424

# Usage
pyarinc424 my_config.ini

Config File

By default, the program looks for a config.ini file in the application src directory. You can specify a different config path by passing it as an argument:

pyarinc424 /path/to/my_config.ini

The config can be set up for either PostgreSQL or SQLite.

A PostgreSQL configuration file should contain the following:

[postgres]
dbname =    # your database name (must already exist)
user =      # your postgres username
password =  # your postgres password
host =      # your host, e.g. localhost
port =      # your postgres port, e.g. 5432

[cifp_file]
file_loc =  # your ARINC file location

A SQLite configuration file should contain the following:

[sqlite]
dbname =    # your output SQLite db file name

[cifp_file]
file_loc =  # your ARINC file location