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Import FAA 18B Shapefiles (Aviation Tools)

Summary

Imports one or more FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-18B compliant shapefiles into a geodatabase that contains the Esri Airports schema.

Usage

  • The output workspace must contain the Esri Airports data model.

  • If you do not have an aviation geodatabase with the Esri Airports schema applied, you can use the Create Airports Geodatabase tool in the ArcGIS Aviation Airports product data files located at <installation location>\ArcGIS Aviation Airports\Product Files\<version>\Utilities\ArcToolBox.

    Note:

    The GettingStarted_Airports_ProductFiles.pdf in the product files provides information about how to populate and run the tool.

  • Imported shapefiles must contain the schema defined in Appendix D of AC 150/5300-18B and be z-enabled.

  • Duplicate features are reported as warnings. More detailed information on which features are duplicates can be found in the Results window.

  • The import process does not stop if errors, such as a missing field, are encountered. The tool stops the import process for the shapefile with an error and continues to import the rest of the shapefiles.

Parameters

Label Explanation Data type

Input Shapefiles

The FAA 18B shapefiles that will be imported into a geodatabase.

Shapefile

Target Geodatabase

The geodatabase into which the shapefiles will be imported.

Workspace

Derived output

Label Explanation Data type

Output Geodatabase

The updated feature class containing the FAA 18B shapefiles.

Workspace

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: Requires Airports
  • Advanced: Requires Airports