: Note that JeppView for Windows is being retired. Individual pilots are increasingly transitioned to ForeFlight Web for viewing charts on a PC, though the data disc remains relevant for other enterprise applications like JetPlanner .

For a specific generation of pilots—particularly those flying general aviation aircraft with early GPS units, such as the Garmin GNS 430, 530, or the Apollo series—the "Jeppesen Program and Data Disc" was not just an accessory; it was the lifeline of lawful, safe, and efficient instrument flight.

A desktop application for viewing and managing terminal charts.

Downloads graphical weather overlays (turbulence, winds, METARs/TAFs) for use in eCharts and JeppView.

The disc contains the installation files for several key Jeppesen services: JeppView for Windows

Updates include changes to SIDs, STARs, and approach plates.

Furthermore, the disc represented the first successful marriage between Jeppesen’s cartography (the "paper mind" of aviation) and silicon. Without the , the GPS approach wouldn't have become the standard backup to ILS in the 2000s.