Available with Aviation Airports license.
Summary
Imports one or more FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-18B compliant shapefiles into a geodatabase that contains the ArcGIS Aviation Airports schema.
Usage
The output workspace must contain the 18B data model.
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.
Syntax
arcpy.aviation.ImportFAA18BShapefiles(in_features, airports_workspace)
| Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
in_features [in_features,...] | The FAA 18B shapefiles to be imported into a geodatabase. | Shapefile |
airports_workspace | The geodatabase into which the shapefiles will be imported. | Workspace |
Derived Output
| Name | Explanation | Data Type |
| out_workspace | The updated feature class containing the generated obstruction identification surfaces. | Workspace |
Code sample
The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the ImportFAA18BShapefiles function.
# Name: ImportFAA18BShapefile.py
# Description: Imports shapefiles into a geodatabase
# that contains the ArcGIS Aviation Airports schema
# Author: Esri
# Date: August 2018
# Import arcpy module
import arcpy
# Check out Aviation license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Airports")
# Define inputs
airports_gdb = r'c:\data\airports.gdb'
shapefile1 = r'c:\data\AircraftGateStand.shp'
shapefile2 = r'c:\data\AircraftNonMovementArea.shp'
shapefile3 = r'c:\data\AirOperationsArea.shp'
# Import the shapefiles
arcpy.ImportFAA18BShapefile_aviation([shapefile1, shapefile2, shapefile3], airports_gdb)
# Check in license
arcpy.CheckInExtension("Airports")Environments
Licensing information
- Basic: No
- Standard: Requires Airports
- Advanced: Requires Airports