SLO – GIS User’s Group Airports GIS (AGIS) September 8, 2011 Matt Cunningham, PLS Aviation Division Manager

SLO – GIS User’s GroupAirports GIS (AGIS)

September 8, 2011Matt Cunningham, PLS

Aviation Division Manager

Airports GISSeptember 8, 2011

atgeosys.com

Discussion Items

Airports GIS: Brief HistoryNextGenWhy AGIS?Survey and Data StandardsAGIS ImplementationALP vs. eALP Comparison

September 8, 2011

AGIS History• No FAA standards for GIS• Disparity in data management techniques• No common coordinate system• Large volumes of spatial data in paper

form• No common data format• Many airports with no spatial data

management system in place• Need for a standardized data collection

and management system

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NextGen Goals• Comprehensive overhaul of National

Airspace System• Move to Satellite-Based navigation from

current Land-Based navigation• Enhance Safety• Reduce environmental impacts related to

aviation• Enhance the flow of information• Make air travel more predictable – reduce

delays• Make better, more informed infrastructure

decisionsSeptember 8, 2011 Atgeosys.com

Airports GIS

Why AGIS & NextGen?

September 8, 2011

• Create a national database of spatial data related to aviation

• Create a central repository for all spatial data

• Reduce work redundancy• Standardize Data

a. Data acquisitionb. GIS schemac. Imageryd. Geodetic Control


Survey Standards• FAA AC 150/5300-16,-17,-18 & soon to be -

19• Geodetic Control – PACS & SACS• Imagery and Ground Surveysa. Statement of Work (SOW)b. FAA & NGS review of SOWc. Perform field work – data collectiond. Testing of Survey data prior to submittale. FAA & NGS data review & acceptance• Handheld Mapping Grade GPS• Remote SensingSeptember 8, 2011 Atgeosys.com

Airports GIS

Truckee-Tahoe AirportAerial Topographic Survey Compiled from Imagery with 0.25’ max pixel resolution.

September 8, 2011

Data Standards• Drawing Set-up & Data Preparation – GIS vs

CAD• FAA Standard Layers, Feature Classes and

Attributes• Metadata requirements• Workflow validation & acceptance• Validation Errors report• Validation Summary report• ESRI ArcGIS, Autodesk and Microstation data

format• Aerial Imagery


How Does AGIS Work?• Airports submit and own data• FAA hosts the data on their servers• Airports manage the data• AGIS is web-based – no airport-based GIS

needed• Airports can access their data via AGIS web

portal• NGS provides the quality control for the safety

critical data• GIS data submittal is a requirement for new

construction projects with FAA funding.• Data is not available to the general public.


How Does AGIS Help to Meet NextGen Goals?

Safety-o Higher quality data for obstructionso Higher quality data for NAVAIDSo Standardized data requirements for airport

operations areas and safety critical equipmento More efficient way to share datao Makes it possible to put airport spatial data in the

cockpito Data can be used in Part 139 Inspectionso Develop eNOTAM’so Reduces chances of CFIT’so Reduces runway incursions or collisions



Satellite-Based Navigationo Provides the data of all airports in a

common coordinate systemo Data can be used in developing

National Flight Procedureso NFDC info can be integratedo Airspace and Obstruction Analysis datao Data suitable for developing Precision

Instrument Approach procedures



• AIP funds to facilities with highest needs

• Tighter plane separations• More planes in same airspace• Less fuel consumed by planes• Fewer delays in commercial flights• More direct routing• Improved flexibility of operations &

procedures


AGIS Implementation• 2008 National AGIS Team created• 3 Phases to AGIS deployment1. 2009 - Southwest region - Six airports, plus

Atlanta Hartsfield2. 2010 - Remaining Regions – 30 Airports 3. 2011-2025 – Incremental Projects – Phasing

considered• 2010-11 eALP beta-tests• 2012 eALP v1.0 Deployment


ALP vs. eALP• All NPIAS airports req’d to have an

ALP• Paper copies housed at multiple

locations• Paper ALP’s often have conflicting

info• NextGen needs real-time web-based

access of the same version of doc’s


Airports GIS

Truckee-Tahoe AirportPhase 1 of FAA-Compatible GIS

September 8, 2011

SLO – GIS User’s GroupAirports GIS (AGIS)

September 8, 2011Matt Cunningham, PLS

Aviation Division Manager

(805) 781-9296

[email protected]

SLO – GIS User’s Group Airports GIS (AGIS) September 8, 2011 Matt Cunningham, PLS Aviation Division Manager

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