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Jeppesen (also known as Jeppesen Sanderson) is an American company offering navigational information, operations planning tools, flight planning products and software. Jeppesen's aeronautical navigation charts are often called "Jepp charts" or simply "Jepps" by pilots, due to the charts' popularity. This popularity extends to electronic charts, which are increasingly favored over paper charts by pilots and mariners as mobile computing devices, electronic flight bags, integrated electronic bridge systems and other display devices become more common and readily available.
Jeppesen is headquartered in Inverness, Colorado," 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Inverness CDP, CO" U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 7, 2015. a census-designated place in Arapahoe County. The postal designation of Englewood is used in the company's mailing address. Jeppesen has offices in locations around the world, including Neu-Isenburg (Germany), Massa (Italy), Crawley (United Kingdom), Gothenburg (Sweden), Canberra (Australia) and Gdańsk (Poland). The company employs approximately 3,200 people. Jeppesen: About Us: Today . Retrieved 2007-11-28.
United Airlines, the airline for which Jeppesen worked in the late 1930s, was one of the first airlines to start using Jeppesen's charts. After a while, the chart business started taking up so much of Jeppesen's time that he quit his job as a captain and focused his energy on making charts. Flying
The terminal at the then-under-construction Denver International Airport was named in honor of Jeppesen in February 1991.
In 1947, Jeppesen and the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) collaborated to introduce standard instrument approach procedures and to establish the National Flight Data Center. Jeppesen: About Us: Timeline . Retrieved 2007-11-28
1957, Jeppesen expanded to Europe by opening an office in Frankfurt, Germany to provide services to customers in Europe and beyond.
1961, The company was purchased by the Times-Mirror Company (parent company of the Los Angeles Times).
In 1974, Jeppesen entered the flight training business when Times-Mirror merged it with Sanderson Films.
In 1989, Jeppesen purchased Lockheed DataPlan, a flight planning and weather services company.
In 1996, Jeppesen introduced JeppView, which provided a complete, worldwide library of terminal aeronautical charts on CD-ROM;
In 1996, Jeppesen acquired MentorPlus, a maker of PC-based aviation and marine moving map and flight planning applications;
In 1998 Jeppesen introduced Internet-based delivery of NavData updates.
In 2000, Jeppesen was acquired by Boeing. Boeing bought Jeppesen from the Tribune Media, which had acquired Times-Mirror and was selling off its non-core assets;" . . the folks who run the company (which is owned in a supportive and smartly hands-off way by Boeing) call themselves a data company." Flying
In 2002, Jeppesen's first commercial electronic flight bag and Internet-based chart delivery were introduced;
In 2003, Jeppesen became the first commercial organization to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration as a Qualified Internet Communications Provider (QICP);
In 2004, Jeppesen acquired SBS International, a New York City-based provider of crew scheduling services. Jeppesen acquired SBS through an arrangement with Boeing, which had purchased SBS in 2001;
In 2006, Jeppesen purchased Carmen Systems, a provider of crew scheduling and disruption management software. The company was headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, and had some 300 employees. Boeing to Acquire Carmen Systems . Boeing News Release. March 3, 2006 Jeppesen quickly consolidated Carmen and SBS product offerings and locations;
In 2007, Jeppesen purchased C-MAP, a provider of digital maritime cartography, data services and other navigational information. C-MAP became part of Jeppesen's marine division. It has operations in Italy, the United Kingdom, Norway, Greece, Poland, Russia, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the United States; Boeing Concludes Purchase of C-Map to Grow Jeppesen Marine Business . Boeing News Release. January 30, 2007
In 2008, Jeppesen purchased Ocean Systems, Inc., an Alameda, California-based provider of vessel and voyage optimization solutions for commercial marine operations;
In 2008, Jeppesen received FAA approval for its Airport Moving Map application for Class 2 electronic flight bags;
In 2009, Jeppesen received FAA approval to design and validate required navigation performance (RNP) procedures in the United States;
In 2009, Jeppesen sold its Nobeltec product line to Signet USA.
In 2010, Jeppesen was named the 2010 INFORMS Prize winner for its organization-wide use of operations research.
In 2012, Jeppesen-designed arrival procedures are rolled out for Denver International Airport.
In 2013, Jeppesen introduces Mobile FlightDeck VFR for general aviation pilots.
In 2013, Jeppesen concludes sale of journey planning business to SilverRail Technologies.
In 2014, Jeppesen rolls out FliteDeck Pro for Windows 8.
In 2016, Jeppesen sold its Marine Division to Digital Marine Solutions. This includes the C-Map brand name and all products and services. This effectively ends Jeppesen's investment in the Marine Industry. Digital Marine Solutions to Acquire the Marine Division of Jeppesen Press Release 16 March 16
In 2017, Jeppesen announced an alliance with ForeFlight to integrate electronic Jeppesen charts with ForeFlight Mobile, a leading electronic flight bag application.
In April 2025, Jeppesen was sold to Thoma Bravo
Jeppesen was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on May 30, 2007 on behalf of several others who were allegedly subject to extraordinary rendition. The suit was dismissed in February 2008 on a motion from the United States government on the basis that proceeding with the case would reveal state secrets and endanger relations with other nations that had cooperated.
On May 16, 2011, the Supreme Court declined to review the decision of the Ninth Circuit to dismiss the case.
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