U.S. Airport Chart Supplements and Aeronautical Procedures

U.S. Department of Transportation provides searchable PDF supplements for public and joint-use airports, seaplane bases, and heliports. The data includes airport sketches, NAVAIDs, communications, weather, airspace, and operational procedures. The collection was last updated in June 2024.

Use Cases

• Extract and geocode airport locations from VFR airport sketches for spatial analysis.
• Analyze communications data and NAVAID information to model airspace navigation infrastructure.
• Parse weather data and special notices to assess operational impacts on flight procedures.
• Compile operational procedures from multiple airports for comparative safety studies.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative U.S. Department of Transportation.
• The collection was updated in June 2024, indicating recent maintenance.
• Covers a diverse range of facilities including airports, seaplane bases, and heliports.

Limitations

• Data is provided in unstructured PDF format within ZIP archives, requiring significant extraction effort.
• The specific row count, column structure, and total data size are unknown.
• Content is focused on U.S. facilities, limiting international applicability.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Transportation

Freshness

Updated June 2024.

Geography

United States (public and joint-use airports, seaplane bases, heliports)