Description | Spatial | Attributes |
The Airports database is a geographic point database of aircraft landing facilities in the United States and U.S. Territories. Attribute data is provided on the physical and operational characteristics of the landing facility, current usage including enplanements and aircraft operations, congestion levels and usage categories. This geospatial data is derived from the FAA's National Airspace System Resource Aeronautical Data Product.
The dataset provides users with information about airport locations and attributes and can be used for national and regional analysis applications.
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None. Acknowledgment of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS) National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2009 would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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Horizontal positional accuracy is based on coordinate data provided in the FAA National Airspace System Resource Aeronautical Dataset. These coordinate data identify the approximate location of the Airport Reference Point (ARP) as reported by the landing facility on the NFDC (National Flight Data Center) 5010 form. According to NFDC guidelines, the location of the ARP should be reported to a horizontal accuracy of one arc second of latitude and longitude. However, the accuracy of these reported coordinates are not verified by FAA. The records were loaded into a GIS and checked for any unusual or obviously erroneous locations.
Internal feature number.Definition Source:
ESRI
Feature geometry.Definition Source:
ESRI
A unique 3-4 character identifier assigned to the landing facility (i.e. airport).Definition Source:
FAA
A unique identifying number followed by an asterisk and the 'landing facility type' code. The SITE_NO forms the key to the airport records in the NFDC (5010) database. Example: 04508.*ADefinition Source:
FAA
Official Airport NameDefinition Source:
FAA
State Postal abbreviation, as coded by FAADefinition Source:
USPS
Landing Facility TypeDefinition Source:
FAA
Information Effective Data (MM/DD/YYYY). This date coincides with the 56-day charting and publication cycle date.Definition Source:
FAA
FAA Region where the facility is locatedDefinition Source:
FAA
FAA District or Field Office CodeDefinition Source:
FAA
Airport's associated state or territory name, as coded by FAA.Definition Source:
FAA
State Postal abbreviation, as coded by RITA/BTSDefinition Source:
USPS
The 2-character FIPS code of the State or State equivalent, as coded by RITA/BTSDefinition Source:
RITA/BTS
Name of the county or parish associated with the airport, as coded by FAA.Definition Source:
FAA
Associated county's state (post office code) state where the associated county is located; may not be the same as the associated city's state code, as coded by FAA.Definition Source:
FAA
Name of the city associated with the airport, as coded by FAA.Definition Source:
FAA
Type of Airport Facility OwnerDefinition Source:
FAA
Facility Use -- Public or PrivateDefinition Source:
FAA
City, State, and Zip code associated with the airport.Definition Source:
FAA
Elevation in feet at the highest point on the centerline of the useable landing surface. Measured to the nearest foot with respect to mean sea level (MSL).Definition Source:
FAA
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears.Definition Source:
FAA
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 6,080 feet). Measured to the nearest nautical mileDefinition Source:
FAA
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city. Measured to the nearest 1/8 compass pointDefinition Source:
FAA
Identifies the month and year that the facility was added to the NFDC airport database - only available for facilities opened since 1981 (MM/YYYY).Definition Source:
FAA
Airport Certification Type and Date - The format is a two-character code followed by a month/year (MM/YYYY) of certification.Definition Source:
FAA
NASP/ Federal Agreement Code - a combination of 1 to 7 codes that indicate the type of federal agreements existing at the airport.Definition Source:
FAA
Customs international airport - Whether the landing facility has been designated by the U.S. Treasury as an international airport of entry for customs.Definition Source:
FAA
Customs Landing Rights Airport - Whether the landing facility has been designated by the U.S. Treasury as a customs landing rights airport (some landing facilities may have these rights for cargo only).Definition Source:
FAA
Joint Use - Whether the landing facility has a military/civil joint use agreement that allows civil operations at a military airport or military operations at a civil airport.Definition Source:
FAA
Military Landing Rights - Whether the airport has entered into an agreement that grants landing rights to the military.Definition Source:
FAA
Military Emergency Interest - Military department(s) that maintains national emergency use interest in this civil facility. Data values in this field are one, two, or three alphanumeric codes indicating military emergency use interest, with each code in a series separated by a '/'.Definition Source:
FAA
Airport Control Tower located on the airport.Definition Source:
FAA
Based Single Engine General Aviation AircraftDefinition Source:
FAA
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraftDefinition Source:
FAA
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraftDefinition Source:
FAA
Based Helicopters - General AviationDefinition Source:
FAA
Base Operational Gliders - general aviationDefinition Source:
FAA
Based Military Aircraft - including helicoptersDefinition Source:
FAA
Based Ultralight aircraft - general aviationDefinition Source:
FAA
Commercial Services - scheduled operations by CAB certified carriers or intrastate carriers and any scheduled commuter/cargo carriers (Annual Operations).Definition Source:
FAA
Air Taxi operators carrying passengers, mail, or mail for revenue (Annual Operations).Definition Source:
FAA
General Aviation, Local Operations - Those operating in the local traffic pattern or within a 20 mile radius (Annual Operations).Definition Source:
FAA
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations. Those general aviation operations (excluding commuter or air taxi) not qualifying as local (Annual Operations).Definition Source:
FAA
Military Aircraft Operations (Annual Operations).Definition Source:
FAA
The latitude of the point expressed as a signed real number. This value is in decimal degrees with negative values indicating South latitude and positive values indicating North latitude.Definition Source:
FAA
The longitude of the point expressed as a signed real number. This value is in decimal degrees with negative values indicating West longitude and positive values indicating East longitude.Definition Source:
FAA
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound) for calendar year 2006 - this field only valid for some airports.Definition Source:
FAA
The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed.Definition Source:
RITA/BTS