Import FAA 18B Shapefiles (Aviation)

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.

• If you do not have an aviation geodatabase with the FAA 18B 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 on 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

Dialog

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

Python

arcpy.aviation.ImportFAA18BShapefiles(in_features, airports_workspace)

Name	Explanation	Data Type
in_features [in_features,...]	The FAA 18B shapefiles that will 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 FAA 18B shapefiles.	Workspace

Code sample

ImportFAA18BShapefiles example (stand-alone script)

The following Python 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

Current Workspace

Licensing information

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