US_Airports_OF

File Geodatabase Feature Class

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Tags
US, Airports, Transportation


Summary

This layer contains the locations of airports in the United States. This point file is intended for multi-scale thematic mapping and analysis.

Description

            

The spatial data were obtained from OpenFlight and are current as of 2012. The US airport data originated from the OF Worldwide airport dataset and were exported using the Select by Attribute tool. The attributes were modified to include AirportID, Name, City, County, IATA/FAA code, ICAO code, Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Timezone, and a Daylight Savings Time designation. The coordinate system of this data is WGS 1984.

Credits

Center for Geospatial Technology, Texas Tech University
OpenFlight

Use limitations

Extent

West  -176.646000    East  174.113620
North  72.270833    South  -1.111100

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

*Content type  Downloadable Data


Citation 

*Title US_Airports_OF


Presentation formats* digital map


Resource Details 

Dataset languages* English (UNITED STATES)


Spatial representation type* vector


*Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552


Credits
Center for Geospatial Technology, Texas Tech University
OpenFlight

ArcGIS item properties
*Name US_Airports_OF
*Location file://\\cgstdb\CGSTGeognet\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Transportation\US_Trans.gdb
*Access protocol Local Area Network

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type  Extent used for searching
*West longitude -176.646000
*East longitude 174.113620
*North latitude 72.270833
*South latitude -1.111100
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
*West longitude -176.646000
*East longitude 174.113620
*South latitude -1.111100
*North latitude 72.270833
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Spatial Reference 

ArcGIS coordinate system
*Type Geographic
*Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
*Coordinate reference details
Geographic coordinate system
Well-known identifier 4326
X origin -400
Y origin -400
XY scale 999999999.99999988
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 8.983152841195215e-009
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Left longitude -180
Latest well-known identifier 4326
Well-known text GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],METADATA["World",-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0,0.0,0.0174532925199433,0.0,1262],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]

Reference system identifier
*Value 4326
*Codespace EPSG
*Version 8.2.6


Spatial Data Properties 

Vector
*Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name US_Airports_OF
*Object type  point
*Object count 1559



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name US_Airports_OF
*Feature type Simple
*Geometry type Point
*Has topology FALSE
*Feature count 1559
*Spatial index TRUE
*Linear referencing FALSE



Geoprocessing history 

Process
Process name
Date 2014-07-11 14:24:57
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField WRD_Airports_OF ALT_FEET [ALTITUDE] VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Distribution 

Distribution format
*Name File Geodatabase Feature Class


Fields 

Details for object US_Airports_OF 
*Type Feature Class
*Row count 1559


Field OBJECTID
 
*Alias OBJECTID
*Data type OID
*Width 4
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Internal feature number.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.





Field Shape
 
*Alias Shape
*Data type Geometry
*Width 0
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Feature geometry.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.





Field NAME
 
*Alias NAME
*Data type String
*Width 255
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field CITY
 
*Alias CITY
*Data type String
*Width 255
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field IATA_FAA_C
 
*Alias IATA_FAA_C
*Data type String
*Width 255
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field ICAO_CODE
 
*Alias ICAO_CODE
*Data type String
*Width 255
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field LAT
 
*Alias LAT
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field LONG_
 
*Alias LONG_
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field TIMZNE_UTC
 
*Alias TIMZNE_UTC
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field DST_CODE
 
*Alias DST_CODE
*Data type String
*Width 255
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field ALT_FEET
 
*Alias ALT_FEET
*Data type SmallInteger
*Width 2
*Precision 0
*Scale 0






Metadata Details 

*Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)


Scope of the data described by the metadata* dataset
Scope name* dataset


*Last update 2015-01-05


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata ItemDescription


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2014-07-11 14:37:04
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2015-01-05 10:56:51


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2015-01-05 10:56:51


FGDC Metadata (read-only) 

Entities and Attributes