runways Data Dictionary

Abstract: Abstract: The Airport Runways database is a geographic dataset of runways in the United States and US territories containing information on the physical characteristics of the runways. The 5585 runways in the dataset are runways associated with the 20362 airports in the companion airport data set. This geospatial data is derived from the FAA's National Airspace System Resource Aeronautical Data Product (Effective 18 January 2007).

Purpose: Purpose: This data provides users with information about the runway locations and attributes for national and regional analysis applications.

Field NumberAttributeDescriptionData Type
0FIDInternal feature number. Long Integer representing an object identifier
1ShapeFeature geometry. Geometry
2LOCIDA unique 3-4 character identifier assigned to the landing facility (i.e. airport). Character String
3SITENOA unique identifying number followed by an asterisk and the 'landing facility type' code. The SITE_NO forms the key to the airport records in the NFDC (5010) database. Example: 04508.*A Character String
4FULLNAMEOfficial name of the runway's airport. Character String
5FAA_STAirport's associated state or territory name. Character String
6UNIQUE_IDSite number concatenate with the Runway ID Character String
7RWY_IDRunway unique identification code. For example: 01/19; 18L/36R (parallel runways); H1 (helipad); N/S (north/south); ALL/WAY (sealane); B1 (baloonport). Character String
8RWY_LENThe physical runway length, to the nearest foot. (Ex. 3500) Character String
9RWY_WITHThe physical runway width, to the nearest foot. (Ex. 100) Character String
10RWY_SFC_TYRunway surface type and condition. (NOTE 1: Surface type can have one entry or a combination of two entries when the runway is composed of distinct sections.) (NOTE 2: The surface type is optionally followed by a condition indicator: G=Good Condition, F=Fair Condition, P=Poor Condition. Some valid examples for this attribute: ASPH-CONC, ASPH-F, ASPH-CONC-G) Character String
11RWY_SFC_TRRunway Surface treatment Character String
12PAV_CLASS_Pavement Classification Number (PCN): A rating system that expresses the relative load carrying capacity of a pavement in terms of a standard single wheel load. Character String
13RWY_LIGHTSRunway lights edge intensity Character String
14STFIPSThe 2-character FIPS code of the State or State equivalent Character String
15ST_POSTALRunway state post office code Character String
16VERSIONThe VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. Character String