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Import FAA 18B Shapefile To Airports Geodatabase

Summary

Imports one or more FAA 18B-compliant shapefiles into a geodatabase that contains the ArcGIS Aviation Airports schema. Once the shapefiles are imported, you can validate the features against the requirements in Advisory Circular 150/5300-18B.

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.aviationmanagement.ImportFAA18BShapefileToAirports(in_folder, airports_workspace, {in_features})
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_folder

The directory containing the FAA 18B shapefiles to be imported into a geodatabase. By default, all the shapefiles in the folder will be imported. To specify shapefiles to be imported, list them in the in_features parameter.

Folder
airports_workspace

The geodatabase into which the shapefiles will be imported.

Workspace
in_features
[in_features,...]
(Optional)

Paths to individual shapefiles that will be imported into the geodatabase. These shapefiles must be in the directory specified in the in_folder parameter.

Shapefile

Code sample

ImportFAA18BShapefileToAirports example (stand-alone script)

The following script imports three shapefiles into a geodatabase with the Airports schema.

# Name: ImportFAA18BShapefileToAirportsGeodatabase.py
# Description: Imports all the shapefiles in a directory into a geodatabase
#              that contains the ArcGIS for Airports schema
# Author: Esri
# Date: October 2013

# Import arcpy module
import arcpy

# Check out Production Mapping license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Aeronautical")

# Define inputs
folder = r'c:\sampledata\10.2\aviation\shapefiles'
airports_gdb = r'c:\sampledata\10.2\aviation\dbs\airports.gdb'
shapefile1 = r'c:\sampledata\10.2\aviation\Shapefiles\AircraftGateStand.shp'
shapefile2 = r'c:\sampledata\10.2\aviation\Shapefiles\AircraftNonMovementArea.shp'
shapefile3 = r'c:\sampledata\10.2\aviation\Shapefiles\AirOperationsArea.shp'

# Import the shapefiles
arcpy.ImportFAA18BShapefileToAirports_aviationmanagement(folder,airports_gdb,
                                                         [shapefile1,shapefile2,
                                                         shapefile3])

# Check in license
arcpy.CheckInExtension("Aeronautical")

Environments

Licensing information

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

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