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Another alternative might be to automatically check for plates along the planned flight coridoor and download them as well as any specified alternates. Coridoor width could either be user-defined, a product of the aircraft speed (since faster aircraft have more range options for diversions), a product of the route length, or a product of the number of available airfields along the route (e.g. If you're somewhere remote, the nearest possible diversions may be beyond the range of the selected coridoor). Personally, a default of 100nm (50 each side of the planned route) would be good for the speed and range I tend to fly - i.e. about 20-30mins of flight.
This would also avoid having to download an entire AIP for a country just to be sure you capture all possible diversions, therefore saving both bandwidth and device storage.
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