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Non-Military Airport Runways of Washington


Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification Information

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    Citation:
      Citation Information:
        Originator: Derek Drake, Washington State Department of Transportation, Geographic Services
        Publication Date: 20090722
        Title: Non-Military Airport Runways of Washington
        Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
    Description:
      Abstract: Lines that delineate locations for all Washington non-military airport runways.
      Purpose: This airport data was developed based on WSDOT Aviation needs for data analysis.
    Time Period of Content:
      Time Period Information:
        Single Date/Time:
          Calendar Date: 5/22/2009
          Time of Day: Unknown
      Currentness Reference: publication date
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed
    Spatial Domain:
      Bounding Coordinates:
        West Bounding Coordinate: -124.649674
        East Bounding Coordinate: -116.765045
        North Bounding Coordinate: 49.022714
        South Bounding Coordinate: 45.546375
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
        Theme Keyword: FAA
        Theme Keyword: Airport
        Theme Keyword: Flight
        Theme Keyword: Aviation
        Theme Keyword: Airplane
        Theme Keyword: Runway
        Theme Keyword: Landing Strip
      Place:
        Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
        Place Keyword: Washington State
        Place Keyword: Puget Sound
        Place Keyword: Pacific Northwest
    Access Constraints: NA
    Use Constraints: NA
    Point of Contact:
      Contact Information:
        Contact Person Primary:
          Contact Person: John Shambaugh
          Contact Organization: WSDOT - Aviation
        Contact Position: Aviation Planner
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: physical address
          Address: 3704 172 Street NE, Suite K2
          City: Arlington
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98223
          Country: USA
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: mailing address
          Address: P.O. Box 3367
          City: Arlington
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98223
          Country: USA
        Contact Voice Telephone: 360-651-6306
        Contact Electronic Mail Address: shambaj@wsdot.wa.gov,www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation
    Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Data Quality Information

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    Attribute Accuracy:
      Attribute Accuracy Report:
        Cross checked all attribute data with several aviation databases to make sure all the correct ID information was assigned to each specific airport. There were some minor discrepancies with the attribute information included and the 2001 Pilot's Guide or http://www.gcr1.com/5010WEB/default.htm the Airport Summary and Activity Data Website.
    Logical Consistency Report: Runways have been digitized from NAIP 18" Orthophotos
    Completeness Report: Military installations have been omitted.
    Lineage:
      Source Information:
        Source Citation:
          Citation Information:
            Originator: Shawn Blaesing-Thompson, WSDOT Geographic Services Office
            Publication Date: August 2005
            Title: Airport Site Locations
            Edition: 1st
            Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
        Source Time Period of Content:
          Time Period Information:
            Single Date/Time:
              Time of Day: Unknown
          Source Currentness Reference: publication date
      Process Step:
        Process Description:
          Combination of Pilot's Guide, and GPS data cross checked using Orthphotos and USGS Topology Maps as well as http://www.gcr1.com/5010WEB/default.htm. Much of the attribute data was provided from the WSDOT Aviation Access and SQL databases.
          GPS Data was provided by:
          Lawrence A. Signani, PLS
          W&H Pacific, Inc.
          3350 Monte Villa Parkway
          Bothell, WA 98021
          (425) 951-4800

          Step One: Take collect GPS data and plots in ArcGIS
          Step Two: Cross check the point data with USGS 7.5 minute quad maps with airport sites, as well as the WSDOT/DNR digital ortophotos to make sure all airports plotted in the correct location.
          Step Three: For the 1/2 dozen airports that didn't plot correctly using the website above, and the USGS topo maps as well as ortho imagery the correct location was found and plotted. Accurate Latitude and Longitudes were located for each of these changes and noted in the attribute tables.
          Step Four: The aviation data was split into two vector data layers. The first one was a centroid point for each runway to represent the site of the Airports. The second data layer was the creation of the runway path for each airport using the endpoints from the latitude and longitude information to create polylines.
          Step Five: Had to go through the attribution for the airports to make sure all non-military airports for WA state were documented and spatial located. Those that were missing were added using the USGS Topos, Ortho Imagery and the above website.
          Step Six: Attribution was added from several Access and SQL databases to meet the needs of the WSDOT Aviation office using Airport ID and Runway ID (a concatenation of the Airport ID and the runway orientation field) information for the join fields.
        Process Date: July 2004 through August 2005
        Process Contact:
          Contact Information:
            Contact Person Primary:
              Contact Person: Shawn Blaesing-Thompson
              Contact Organization: WSDOT - Geographic Services - CGIS
            Contact Position: Cartographer
            Contact Address:
              Address Type: mailing address
              Address: PO Box 47384
              City: Olympia
              State or Province: WA
              Postal Code: 98504-7384
              Country: USA
            Contact Address:
              Address Type: physical address
              Address: 1655 2nd Ave SW
              City: Tumwater
              State or Province: WA
              Postal Code: 98512-6951
              Country: USA
            Contact Voice Telephone: 360-709-5524
            Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-709-5599
            Contact Electronic Mail Address: blaesis@wsdot.wa.gov
            Hours of Service: 7:30-4:00
            Contact Instructions: Email is fastest way to make contact.
      Process Step:
        Process Description: Data received from WSDOT Aviation to update shapefile. Removed 4 airports and added one.
        Process Date: 20090417
        Process Time: 10:24:22
        Process Contact:
          Contact Information:
            Contact Person Primary:
              Contact Person: Derek Drake
              Contact Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation, Cartography/GIS
            Contact Position: GIS Analyst
            Contact Address:
              Address Type: mailing address
              Address: PO Box 47384
              City: Olympia
              State or Province: WA
              Postal Code: 98504-7384
              Country: USA
            Contact Address:
              Address Type: physical address
              Address: 818 79th Ave SE, Suite B
              City: Tumwater
              State or Province: WA
              Postal Code: 98501-5801
              Country: USA
            Contact Voice Telephone: 360-596-8923
            Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-596-8905
            Contact Electronic Mail Address: draked@wsdot.wa.gov
    Cloud Cover: 0

Spatial Data Organization Information

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    Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
    Point and Vector Object Information:
      SDTS Terms Description:
        SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: String
        Point and Vector Object Count: 156

Spatial Reference Information

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    Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
      Planar:
        Map Projection:
          Map Projection Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
          Lambert Conformal Conic:
            Standard Parallel: 45.833333
            Standard Parallel: 47.333333
            Longitude of Central Meridian: -120.5
            Latitude of Projection Origin: 45.333333
            False Easting: 1640416.666667
            False Northing: 0
        Planar Coordinate Information:
          Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: Coordinate Pair
          Coordinate Representation:
            Abscissa Resolution: 0
            Ordinate Resolution: 0
          Planar Distance Units: survey feet
      Geodetic Model:
        Horizontal Datum Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN
        Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
        Semi-major Axis: 6378137
        Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222

Entity and Attribute Information

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    Detailed Description:
      Entity Type:
        Entity Type Label: Non-MilitaryAirportRunwaysofWashington
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: ARC
        Attribute Definition: FAA ARC
        Attribute Definition Source:
          Describes the FAA established design specifications of the airport runway. These are composed of a letter combined with a roman numeral. The Letter is the aircraft approach category and relates to aircraft approach speed. The roman numeral is the airplane design group and relates to the airplane wingspan.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: ASSOCIATED
        Attribute Definition: Associated Geographic Place
        Attribute Definition Source: Nearest Geographic Entity to Airport. This is most often the nearest WA city or populated place.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: COUNTY
        Attribute Definition: County that the airport resides in.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: DESIGNATIO
        Attribute Definition: Runway Designation
        Attribute Definition Source: Indicates orientation of runway for landing from either direction.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: ELEVATION
        Attribute Definition: Indicates an approximate airport elevation.
        Attribute Definition Source: From the "Pilot's Guide to Washington Airports 2001" published by WSDOT.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: FAA_CLASSI
        Attribute Definition: Designates the type of Airport.
        Attribute Definition Source:
          GA - General Aviation, Primary - Airports that recieve the highest volume of airport traffic and number of based aircraft, Reliever - These are high capacity general aviation airports that provide a less expensive and congested airport option, Commercial - smaller public service airports that have scheduled passenger service, SPB - Sea Plan Based airports.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: FID
        Attribute Definition: Internal feature number.
        Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
        Attribute Domain Values:
          Unrepresentable Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: ID
        Attribute Definition: Airport Identifier
        Attribute Definition Source:
          Used to identify airports around the world and us universally known by a unique three-letter/number code combination. All airports in the United State have a fourth character at the beginning that is a K and is not shown in this field.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: LATITUDE
        Attribute Definition: Approximate Latitude of Airport
        Attribute Definition Source: Combination of Pilot's Guide, and GPS data cross checked using Orthphotos and USGS Topology Maps.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: LENGTH
        Attribute Definition: Runway Length
        Attribute Definition Source: From the 2001 Pilot's Guide to Washington Airports
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: LineID
        Attribute Definition: Combination of the Airport ID and Runway Designation
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: LONGITUDE
        Attribute Definition: Approximate Longitude of Airport
        Attribute Definition Source: Combination of Pilot's Guide, and GPS data cross checked using Orthphotos and USGS Topology Maps.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: NAME
        Attribute Definition: Official Airport Name
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: OWNERSHIP
        Attribute Definition: Airport Ownership Type
        Attribute Definition Source: Private, Port, City, State, County, Multi-City, City/County
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: RUNWAY_
        Attribute Definition: Runway Direction
        Attribute Definition Source: Indicates the right landing direction and whether on water or land.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: Shape
        Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
        Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
        Attribute Domain Values:
          Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: STATE
        Attribute Definition: State Emergency Airports
        Attribute Definition Source: These are airports that WSDOT designates as State Owned Emergency Airports.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: SURFACE
        Attribute Definition: Runway Surface Type
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: SYSTEM_PLA
        Attribute Definition: System Plan
        Attribute Definition Source:
          NPIAS or NON-NPIAS - NPIAS stands for National Plan for Integrated Airport Systems. NPIAS airports are those that meet certain minimum qualifications that would include number of based aircraft, runway specifications, and the ability to qualify for specific airport improvements and grant funding for those improvements.
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: WIDTH
        Attribute Definition: Runway Width
        Attribute Definition Source: From the 2001 Pilot's Guide to Washington Airports

Distribution Information

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    Distributor:
      Contact Information:
        Contact Person Primary:
          Contact Person: Jordyn Mitchell
          Contact Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation, Office of Information Technology
        Contact Position: GIS Data Administrator
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: mailing address
          Address: PO Box 47430
          City: Olympia
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98504-7430
          Country: USA
        Contact Voice Telephone: 360-705-7645
        Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-705-6817
        Contact Electronic Mail Address: mitchejo@wsdot.wa.gov
    Resource Description: Downloadable Data
    Distribution Liability:
      The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.
    Standard Order Process:
      Digital Form:
        Digital Transfer Information:
          Format Specification: Various formats are used: ESRI coverages and shapefiles, and data tables for placement as ArcView "events."
          Format Information Content:
            The standard distribution compact disc contains all geospatial data sets created by the Washington State Dept. of Transportation. Refer to the included Geodata.txt text file for a brief description of the directory structure. Data formats vary--most data are stored as ESRI shape files, but some data models require coverages. There are also dbf-format tables of data located by geographic coordinates or State Route Accumulated Route Mileage.
        Digital Transfer Option:
          Offline Option:
            Offline Media: CD-ROM
      Fees: none
      Ordering Instructions: Call, email or write the Distributor with requests for geo-spatial data sets.
      Turnaround: Generally, the standard compact disc containing all distributed data can be sent within one week of receiving a data request.
    Standard Order Process:
      Digital Form:
        Digital Transfer Information:
          Format Name: self-extracting zip file
          Format Version Number: 6.3 SR-1 (926) 32-bit
          Format Specification: WinZip
          Format Information Content:
            Depends on the data set. Arc/Info coverage or shape file; metadata report in html and text files; and, in some cases, a data dictionary text file. Some data sets in the standard distribution are tabular data for placement as ArcView "events."
          File Decompression Technique: Run the "exe" file under Windows NT.
        Digital Transfer Option:
          Online Option:
            Access Instructions: Use anonymous FTP login or web browser download on the URL specified under Network Address.
            Online Computer and Operating System: Unix
      Fees: none
      Ordering Instructions: Download individual data sets from http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/geodatacatalog/default.htm
    Standard Order Process:
      Non-digital Form: The Cartography/GIS Section can plot maps of most geospatial data sets.
      Fees: depend on plotting costs.
      Ordering Instructions: Contact the Point of Contact listed under the Identification Section to determine the availability of this data set in a non-digital representation.

Metadata Reference Information

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    Metadata Date: 8/13/2009
    Metadata Review Date:
    Metadata Future Review Date:
    Metadata Contact:
      Contact Information:
        Contact Organization Primary:
          Contact Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation, Cartography/GIS
          Contact Person: Derek Drake
        Contact Position: GIS Analyst
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: mailing address
          Address: PO Box 47384
          City: Olympia
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98504-7384
          Country: USA
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: physical address
          Address: 818 79th Ave SE, Suite B
          City: Tumwater
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98501-5801
          Country: USA
        Contact Voice Telephone: 360-596-8923
        Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-596-8905
        Contact Electronic Mail Address: draked@wsdot.wa.gov
    Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
    Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
    Metadata Time Convention: local time
    Metadata Extensions:
      Online Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
      Profile Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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