Military Airspace Boundaries for Atlantic and Gulf Coast Planning

Military regulated airspace boundaries detail Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace (ATCAA) and Airspace Corridor areas. The data is a subset of the U.S. Navy's Common Operating Picture, created through collaboration between the MarineCadastre.gov team and the Navy for ocean planning. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial overlap between Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace (ATCAA) boundaries and commercial shipping lanes for conflict assessment.
• Model flight corridor restrictions by integrating Airspace Corridor geometries with civilian aviation data.
• Support environmental impact studies by visualizing military airspace zones relative to marine protected areas.
• Create basemaps for regional ocean planning initiatives showing regulated airspace over the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative U.S. Navy Common Operating Picture.
• Provides specific geospatial features for two defined airspace types: ATCAA and Airspace Corridor.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and temporal coverage of the airspace designations are unknown.
• Geographic coverage appears limited to the North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, based on platform tags.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce, via collaboration with the U.S. Navy.

Collection Method

Subset extracted from the U.S. Navy's Common Operating Picture for ocean planning purposes.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating planned future maintenance.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, based on platform tags.