SLO – GIS User’s Group
Airports GIS (AGIS)
September 8, 2011
Matt Cunningham, PLS
Aviation Division Manager
September 8, 2011
Airports GIS
Discussion Items
Airports GIS: Brief History
NextGen
Why AGIS?
Survey and Data Standards
AGIS Implementation
ALP vs. eALP Comparison
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AGIS History
• No FAA standards for GIS
• Disparity in data management
techniques
• No common coordinate system
• Large volumes of spatial data in paper
form
• No common data format
• Many airports with no spatial data
management system in place
• Need for a standardized data collection
and management system
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NextGen Goals
• Comprehensive overhaul of National Airspace
System
• Move to Satellite-Based navigation from
current Land-Based navigation
• Enhance Safety
• Reduce environmental impacts related to
aviation
• Enhance the flow of information
• Make air travel more predictable – reduce
delays
• Make better, more informed infrastructure
decisions
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Why AGIS & NextGen?
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Airports GIS
• Create a national database of
spatial data related to aviation
• Create a central repository for all
spatial data
• Reduce work redundancy
• Standardize Data
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Data acquisition
GIS schema
Imagery
Geodetic Control
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Survey Standards
• FAA AC 150/5300-16,-17,-18 & soon to be
-19
• Geodetic Control – PACS & SACS
• Imagery and Ground Surveys
a. Statement of Work (SOW)
b. FAA & NGS review of SOW
c. Perform field work – data collection
d. Testing of Survey data prior to
submittal
e. FAA & NGS data review & acceptance
• Handheld Mapping Grade GPS
• Remote Sensing
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Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Aerial Topographic Survey Compiled from Imagery with 0.25’ max pixel resolution.
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Airports GIS
Data Standards
• Drawing Set-up & Data Preparation – GIS
vs CAD
• FAA Standard Layers, Feature Classes and
Attributes
• Metadata requirements
• Workflow validation & acceptance
• Validation Errors report
• Validation Summary report
• ESRI ArcGIS, Autodesk and Microstation
data format
• Aerial Imagery
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How Does AGIS Work?
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Airports submit and own data
FAA hosts the data on their servers
Airports manage the data
AGIS is web-based – no airport-based GIS
needed
Airports can access their data via AGIS web
portal
NGS provides the quality control for the
safety critical data
GIS data submittal is a requirement for new
construction projects with FAA funding.
Data is not available to the general public.
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How Does AGIS Help to
Meet NextGen Goals?
Safety-
o Higher quality data for obstructions
o Higher quality data for NAVAIDS
o Standardized data requirements for airport
operations areas and safety critical equipment
o More efficient way to share data
o Makes it possible to put airport spatial data in the
cockpit
o Data can be used in Part 139 Inspections
o Develop eNOTAM’s
o Reduces chances of CFIT’s
o Reduces runway incursions or collisions
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How Does AGIS Help to
Meet NextGen Goals?
Satellite-Based Navigation
o Provides the data of all airports in a
common coordinate system
o Data can be used in developing
National Flight Procedures
o NFDC info can be integrated
o Airspace and Obstruction Analysis
data
o Data suitable for developing Precision
Instrument Approach procedures
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How Does AGIS Help to
Meet NextGen Goals?
• AIP funds to facilities with highest
needs
• Tighter plane separations
• More planes in same airspace
• Less fuel consumed by planes
• Fewer delays in commercial flights
• More direct routing
• Improved flexibility of operations &
procedures
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AGIS Implementation
• 2008 National AGIS Team created
• 3 Phases to AGIS deployment
1. 2009 - Southwest region - Six airports, plus
Atlanta Hartsfield
2. 2010 - Remaining Regions – 30 Airports
3. 2011-2025 – Incremental Projects – Phasing
considered
• 2010-11 eALP beta-tests
• 2012 eALP v1.0 Deployment
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ALP vs. eALP
• All NPIAS airports req’d to have an ALP
• Paper copies housed at multiple
locations
• Paper ALP’s often have conflicting info
• NextGen needs real-time web-based
access of the same version of doc’s
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Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Phase 1 of FAA-Compatible GIS
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Airports GIS
SLO – GIS User’s Group
Airports GIS (AGIS)
September 8, 2011
Matt Cunningham, PLS
Aviation Division Manager
(805) 781-9296
matt@atgeosys.com