High resolution airport airspace model using geographic information system

This thesis develops innovative methods for high-resolution airspace modeling needed to conduct airport runway airspace analyses. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Federal Aviation Regulation Part 77 (PART 77) establishes standards and notification requirements for objects affecting navigable airspace. The overall methodology presented in this paper is called the GIS-based Airspace Analysis Model (GAAM). The GAAM allows for rapid and accurate computation of the specific 3D airport airspace governed by FAA PART 77 regulations. The method for PART 77 model development is termed GIS database from survey data (GISFSD) and is based on high accuracy spatial data Presented processes and tools are based exclusively on existing ArcGISRTM capabilities, which avoids extensive programming and third party software implementation. To suit better 3D representation and because ArcGIS does not support true 3D volumetric modeling this paper propose a new approach of development and generating a pseudo 3D model for airspace analysis (P3DMAA). Airport planners can now accomplish these analyses in a timely, technically accurate and FAA regulatory responsive manner.