Operational Aerodromes in the United States and Territories

28,000 aerodromes across the United States and its territories are documented in this geographic point database. The Federal Aviation Administration updates the dataset every 28 days with physical, operational, and usage characteristics. It includes attributes on enplanements, aircraft operations, congestion levels, and usage categories.

Use Cases

• Map aerodrome locations and analyze geographic distribution of facilities across U.S. states and territories.
• Analyze enplanement and aircraft operation statistics to model airport congestion levels and capacity.
• Categorize aerodromes by their current usage categories for infrastructure planning and investment analysis.
• Study the relationship between physical characteristics of aerodromes and their operational metrics.

Strengths

• Contains data on approximately 28,000 official and operational aerodromes.
• Updated on a 28-day cycle from the authoritative FAA National Airspace System Resource.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats like GEOJSON, KML, and GPKG for flexible analysis.

Limitations

• Specific column names and a sample of the attribute data are not provided in the input, limiting immediate understanding of the data structure.
• The total number of rows and the size of the dataset are unknown, making it difficult to assess computational requirements.

Provenance

Source

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Airspace System Resource Aeronautical Data Product.

Collection Method

Geospatial data derived from the FAA's official aeronautical database and updated every 28 days.

Freshness

Updated every 28 days; last updated 2026-02-09.

Geography

United States and U.S. Territories.