AIM – SAA and Federal Aviation
Administration
AGIS
Presented to: Net-Centric Demos
By: Navin Vembar
Kevin Lew
Joe Norton
Date:
May 26th, 2010
SAA Modernization Federal Aviation
Administration
Net-centric TIM
Kevin Lew
AIM
May 26, 2010
Presented to:
By:
Date:
Content
• Introduction to SAAs
• Overview of the SAA System
• Approach
• Lessons Learned
• Next Steps
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Introduction to Special Activity
Airspaces (SAAs)
• Special Use Airspace (SUA)
– Airspace in which activities must be confined or
limitations may be imposed on aircraft, generally
below en route airspace
• Air Traffic Controlled Assigned Airspace
(ATCAA)
– En Route airspace analogous to SUAs
• SAAs may depend on many other features
– NAVAIDs, airports, runways, cities, other airspaces,
geographic features or arbitrary points
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Goals for the SAA Project
• Define SUAs and ATCAAs in a consistent
manner using an editing tool
• Use a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
to distribute that data to interested users
• Manage the schedule and status of those
airspaces through a SOA
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The Creator/Editor Tool
• Allow a user
to create and
modify SAAs
• SAAs defined
using AIXM
5.0
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The Creator/Editor Tool
Carson MOA, NV
• Generate the Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 40°06'00"N., long.
117°57'33"W.; to lat. 40°06'00"N., long.
SUA 7400.8 118°15'04"W.; to lat. 39°57'00"N., long.
118°38'04"W.; to lat. 39°51'00"N., long.
legal 118°38'04"W.; to lat. 40°01'00"N., long.
definition 118°15'04"W.; thence to the point of
beginning.
from the AIXM Altitudes. 500 feet AGL to but not including
FL180.
definition Times of use. 0715-2330 daily; other times by
NOTAM.
Controlling agency. FAA, Oakland ARTCC.
Using Agency. U.S. Navy, Commander, Naval
Strike and Air Warfare Center, NAS, Fallon,
NV.
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The Creator/Editor Tool
• Using Lucy and
LuciadMap v9
– This version has
an extension to
support for AIXM
5.0
• Users of the
first release are
NFDC
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Static Repository
• Stores the static definitions of SAAs in
AIXM 5.0
• Notifies subscribers of new SAAs created
and old SAAs updated
– JMS pub/sub services
• Provides the SAA definitions to users
– SOAP request/response web services
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Operational Repository
• Accepts schedule
requests and airspace
status changes
– SOAP request/response
web services
• Distributes schedule
and airspace status
updates
– JMS pub/sub services
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SAA Project Web Services
Create/Update/Retrieve “get” SAA
SAA Editor Static Repository
(NASR)
Project
JMS topic
Repository SAA ID
“get” SAA
USNS / FNS
Status
Operational Changes
Repository ERAM
Create (SAMS) Schedule
Schedule JMS Changes
Changes Schedule
topics
Operational Status &
Schedulers Schedule
(MADE, CSE) Others Systems
Changes
AIXM service to be
available with first release
SAA Project System
AIXM service planned
for the future
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Benefits
• One definitive source for SUA definitions
– Currently there are multiple digital definitions for
SUAs and none accurately represent the complete
SUA legal definition
• The AIXM definition of the SUA generates
the legal definition
• Provide an accurate picture of SAA
utilization
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SWIM Integration
• The SAA project is an FAA System Wide
Information Management (SWIM) implementing
program.
• SWIM implementing programs use Progress FUSE
products for their SOA infrastructure
– ESB (based on Apache ServiceMix)
– Message Broker (based on Apache ActiveMQ)
– Services Framework (based on Apache CXF)
– Mediation Router (based on Apache Camel)
• Able to implement AIXM 5.0 services with FUSE
ESB 4.2
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Next Steps for the SAA Project
• Deploy the system this year
• Add support for AIXM 5.1 for the second
release
• Have the Editor adopted earlier in the
workflow of designing SAAs
– Military use of the Editor to define SUAs
– Implement the Review and Comment System for the
back and forth dialogue and approvals of SAAs
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Next Steps for the SAA Project
• Expand the consumers of the Operational
Repository service
– The Air Force’s Central Scheduling Enterprise (CSE)
– Airlines
– En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM)
– Federal NOTAM System (FNS)
• Add other types of airspace in future releases
– Altitude Reservations (AltRevs)
– Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR)
• Use Airports GIS for Airport data used in SAAs
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AIXM Operational Federal Aviation
Administration
Perspectives
Airports GIS (AGIS)
Presented to: 2010 AIXM/WXXM Conference
By: Joseph Norton, CNA
January 13, 2012
Date:
Airports GIS (AGIS)
• Objectives
– Create a single integrated web
application for the collection of
survey data
– Establish guidance and standards
for airport survey data collection
– Promote productivity and fiscal
responsibility
– Improve existing programs – data-
centric support for and production of
digital products
– Deliver static airport information
through enterprise services
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A Collaborative Partnership
• Air Traffic Organization (ATO)
– System engineering
– Data management, processing, and distribution
• Office of Airports (ARP)
– Airport data collection and standards
– Airport design, equipment, and operational
standards
– Certification and inspection of air carrier airports
• National Geodetic Survey
– Inter-agency agreement to perform Independent
Validation & Verification (IV&V)
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Supporting NextGen Objectives
• Provide SWIM-compliant digital enterprise
aeronautical information services to support
shared situational awareness
• NextGen operational improvements
– Provide secure on-demand airport and constraint information
– Provide consistent and managed airport data to airport users
during airport operations
• Surface situation information
• Low visibility surface operations
• Improve runway safety awareness for pilots
and controllers
• Surface traffic management
• Improved management of
arrival/surface/departure flow operation
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High-Level Operational Concept
Digital Products
Airport Survey Data
AC 150/5300
AGIS
Static Airport Data
• OE/AAA • SWIM
• SDAT • TFDM
• SAA • ERAM
• FNS • TMA/TBFM
• NFPO • TDDS
• RTCA
Airport Data Changes AIM Office of Airports
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Airports GIS (AGIS) System
• Web application interface for survey data collection, GIS viewing,
digital products, and airport data maintenance
• SWIM compliant service interface based on OGC standards
• Centralized database
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Survey Data Collection
• FAA Advisory Circulars 150/5300 Series
– 16, Geodetic Control
– 17, Imagery
– 18, Survey Data Collection
• Provide standardized data collection guidance and
a common view of airport survey data
• Current efforts to make data model more AIXM
compliant
• Current AGIS survey projects
– 800+ airport surveys
– 37 completed surveys (13 new surveys, 24 existing
surveys) (as of May 3, 2010)
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Data Distribution using OGC Web Services
• Data Layer
– AIM database and external
databases
• Service Layer
– Java-based GeoServer
platform
– Strictly adheres to OGC
standards (e.g., WMS,
WFS, WCS, KML)
• Data Users
– Data consumers/producers
– Data stewardship
– Custom adapters to
support legacy systems
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AIXM Web Services
• Web Services
– WSDL (Web Service Description Language)
– REST (Representative State Transfer)
• Currently, airport data is provided as AIXM 5.1
– Approximately 800 airports – National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA)
– NASR data
– Convert 3D to 2.5D
– Simplified XLink – internally refer to gml:id
• In the future, airport data will be provided through
WFS (WFS 2.0)
– Survey data will be integrated with NGA baseline data
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Support Tactical Airport Operations
• Provide static airport
configuration
information to support
operations in the
Terminal and En Route
environments
– Airport/runway configurations
– Taxiway routing
– Airport base data for moving
map displays
• Airport Mapping Database
(AMDB)
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Integration with Industry
• AMDB requirements
• RTCA data link applications (DO-272) –
performance and operations
– D-(Aerodrome) NOTAMs
– D-Taxi
– D-Traffic
– D-Lighting
• Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC)
– Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC)
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Integration with Federal NOTAM System (FNS)
Closure of TWY A between RWY 13/31 and Approach RWY End 22 at ACY
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Integration with Special Activity Airspace (SAA)
Design of an SAA around a VORTAC near GRB
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Status & Next Steps
• Prototype OGC and AIXM web services
• Demonstrate enterprise airport data services (End
June 2010)
• Deliver digital airport information to support situational
awareness – airport configuration (End September
2011)
• Airport survey data collection
– Support improvement of data standards, workflow, and
automatic validation
– Phase I (FY2009) – Southwest Region – 6 airports and ATL
– Phase II (FY2010) – Remaining Regions – 30 airports
– Phase III (FY2010–25) – Incremental projects
• Electronic Airport Layout Plans (eALP)
– Beta (CY10–11) and Release (CY12)
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Contact Information
Joseph Norton
Research Analyst
CNA Analysis & Solutions
Aeronautical Information Management (AIM)
(202) 580-7497
Joseph.CTR.Norton@faa.gov
Airports GIS
Web Application – http://airports-gis.faa.gov
Web Services – https://agisdemo.faa.gov/airportsgis/services
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Summary
• AGIS is a single access point for the collection of
airport survey data; continually working to improve
workflow and data standards
• AGIS uses a data-centric approach to support the
aeronautical community
– Support distribution of airport data using a standardized format;
ICAO and international standards – AIXM and OGC web
services
– Provide static airport data to support dynamic operational
environment of NextGen – airport configuration, airport status,
taxiway routing
• Integrate with other FAA and AIM systems, and
industry
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