Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) provides data on aerodrome safeguarding zones for its 11 regional airports. Safeguarding involves assessing developments and activities near aerodromes to ensure they do not adversely affect the safe operation of aircraft. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service via the EU Open Data portal.
Use Cases
- Conducting spatial risk assessments for new construction based on proximity to airport safeguarding zones.
- Planning land use and development restrictions around regional aerodromes.
- Modeling potential aviation safety hazards from ground-based activities mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Covers 11 specific airports operated by a single authority, Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
- Focuses on a defined regulatory process (aerodrome safeguarding) mandated for safe airport operations.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Highlands and Islands of Scotland (11 regional airports)