New South Wales Airport Runway Geospatial Features

New South Wales, Australia contains a geospatial dataset defining airport runway features, including landing grounds, perimeters, and centerlines. Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW, produced this hosted feature layer, initially published in February 2020. The dataset is part of the state's Foundation Spatial Data Framework Transport Theme.

Use Cases

• Analyzing runway centerline geometry for airport capacity or flight path studies.
• Mapping landing ground polygons for infrastructure asset management.
• Integrating runway perimeter features with other transport network datasets for regional planning.

Strengths

• Data accuracy is defined per map scale, with 90% of well-defined points within 0.5mm at scale (e.g., 0.25m at 1:500).
• Part of a structured state-wide Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF).
• Includes three defined feature classes: Landing Ground, Runway Perimeter, and Runway Centreline.

Limitations

• Spatial reference is GDA94, which is scheduled for retirement and may cause misalignment in GDA2020 environments.
• Positional accuracy varies significantly based on source scale, from 0.25m to 50m.
• An ongoing upgrade program indicates historical data may have inconsistent accuracy.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW.

Collection Method

Captured from the best available source data at scales ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000.

Time Range

Initial publication date 06/02/2020.

Freshness

Data currency is listed as 01/01/3000, indicating a nominal future date; update frequency is 'Other'.

Geography

Full state coverage of New South Wales, Australia.