Airspace Lab
Traffic Data Collection and Airspace Configuration
The AT Airspace lab serves as a central repository for National Airspace System data related to the control and flow of air traffic. At its heart, the Airspace Lab Flight Database includes an Oracle database containing Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS) traffic and airspace data from 1998 to today. The lab also provides value added enhancements such as boundary crossing calculations that quantify the types and number of flights traversing the Air Traffic Control Areas of the United States and its neighbors. Today the AT Airspace Flight Database is used by many organizations interested in NAS-wide historical analyses.
Airspace Analytical Tools
The Sector Design and Analysis Tool (SDAT) provides airspace specialists with an FAA owned tool that has application throughout the lifecycle of an airspace project. SDAT is used in over 50 facilities throughout the NAS for problems ranging from airspace visualization and documentation to sector analysis and data translation for a full scale airspace redesign project. For more information about SDAT see the SDAT documentation and program support pages.
Airspace Analysis
The Airspace Lab maintains a cadre of experts capable of leveraging the AT Airspace Flight Database to provide answers to a variety of questions posed by the FAA and external clients. Analyses range from investigating the cause of noise complaints to evaluation of future airspace concepts such as new routes on the East Coast. The lab uses SQL to directly query the Flight Database and can use more sophisticated tools like Arcview GIS (Geographic Information System) applications to probe the spatial relationship of airspace and traffic data.
Automation
The Intranet Obstruction Evaluation/Airport Airspace Analysis (iOE/AAA) will provide Air Traffic with a web-based mechanism to verify proposed obstructions using interactive maps to perform detailed analysis.
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