Airport Locations
Shapefile
Description    
Spatial Attributes
Keywords Theme: Airport 
Description 
Abstract 
Features in this dataset represent the point locations of public or military airports in Colorado.
Purpose 
Geographic data representing airports is required by the ISTEA and TEA21 Federal legislation.
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Status of the data Complete
Data update frequency: Every two years.

Time period for which the data is relevant 
Date and time: July, 2001 
Description: July, 2001 
Publication Information Who created the data: CDOT, Div. of Transportation Development
Date and time: March, 2002 _________________
Data storage and access information File name: airports
Type of data: vector digital data
Data processing environment: Windows NT Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 1; ESRI
ArcInfo 8.1.0.415
Accessing the data Data format: SHP
Size of the data: 0.198
Data transfer size: 0.198
How to decompress the file: no compression applied
Network location: 
http:/www.dot.state.co.us 
Access instructions: Download from Internet website for CDOT.
Constraints on accessing and using the data Access constraints: This data is public data. There are
no restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing the data set.
Use constraints: There are no restrictions and legal prerequisites for using the data set after access
is granted. The State of Colorado assumes no liability relating to the completeness, correctness, or
fitness for use of this data.

Details about this document Contents last updated: 20020322 at time 10162200 
Who completed this document Person: Louis S. Henefeld
Organization: CDOT, Div. of Transportation Development
mailing address
Address: 4201 E. Arkansas Ave.
City: Denver
State or province: CO
Postal code: 80222
Country: USA
Voice telephone: 303 757 9809
Electronic mail address: dtd@dot.state.co.us

Standards used to create this document Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital
Geospatial Metadata
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention used in this document: local time
Metadata profiles defining additonal information: ESRI Metadata Profile :
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html 
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Horizontal coordinate system Projected coordinate system name: UTM Zone 13 
Details 
Grid Coordinate System Name: Universal Transverse Mercator 
UTM Zone Number: 13 
Planar Coordinate Information 
Planar Distance Units: meters 
Coordinate Encoding Method: row and column
Geodetic Model 
Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983 
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Altitude System Definition 
Distance Units: feet _________________
Bounding coordinates Horizontal In decimal degrees West: Western-most coordinate of the limit
of coverage expressed in longitude. REQUIRED. East: Eastern-most coordinate of the limit of
coverage expressed in longitude. REQUIRED. North: Northern-most coordinate of the limit of
coverage expressed in latitude. REQUIRED. South: Southern-most coordinate of the limit of
coverage expressed in latitude. REQUIRED. In projected or local coordinates Left:
157422.966065 Right: 753019.672429 Top: 4538989.549620 Bottom: 4097771.229874
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Spatial data quality Horizontal positional accuracy Report on coordinate accuracy Horizontal
Accuracy based on airport locations published by the FAA.
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Spatial data description Vector data information ESRI description airports ESRI feature type: Simple
Geometry type: Point
Topology: FALSE
Feature count: 83
Spatial Index: TRUE
Linear referencing: FALSE

SDTS description 
Feature class: SDTS feature type, feature count airports: Entity point , 83 
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Details for airports Type of object: Feature Class Number of records: 83 Attributes FID Alias: FID
Data type: OID
Width: 4
Precision: 0
Scale: 0
Shape Alias: Shape
Data type: Geometry
Width: 0
Precision: 0
Scale: 0
NAME Alias: NAME
Data type: String
Width: 127
Definition: Airport name
Definition Source: CDOT Div. of Aeronautics
LOC_ID Alias: LOC_ID
Data type: String
Width: 50
Definition: FAA Airport identifier
Definition Source: CDOT Div. of Aeronautics
ELEV Alias: ELEV
Data type: Number
Width: 20
Number of decimals: 5
Definition: Airport elevation
Definition Source: CDOT Div. of Aeronautics
FUNC_LEVEL Alias: FUNC_LEVEL
Data type: String
Width: 50
Definition: Functional role of the airport in Colorado's airport system.
Definition Source: CDOT Div. of Aeronautics
COUNTY Alias: COUNTY
Data type: String
Width: 32
Definition: Name of county in which airport is located.
FIPSCOUNTY Alias: FIPSCOUNTY
Data type: String
Width: 5
Definition: FIPS County Code of county in which airport is located.
ASSOCCITY Alias: ASSOCCITY
Data type: String
Width: 50
Definition: Name of nearest city or community to the airport. Usually the airport's basis of support.
FIPSCITY Alias: FIPSCITY
Data type: String
Width: 5
Definition: FIPS City Code of associated city.
REGION Alias: REGION
Data type: Number
Width: 20
Number of decimals: 5
Definition: CDOT Transportaton Region number in which the airport is located.
TPRID Alias: TPRID
Data type: Number
Width: 20
Number of decimals: 5
Definition: Colorado Transportation Planning Region number in which the airport is located.
ISNHS Alias: ISNHS
Data type: String
Width: 2
Definition: Is the airport located near the National Highway System?
NEARHWY Alias: NEARHWY
Data type: String
Width: 64
Definition: Closest highway(s) to the airport.
AIRPORTTYP Alias: AIRPORTTYP
Data type: String
Width: 16
Definition: Types of aviation service provided.
AIRCRAFTOP Alias: AIRCRAFTOP
Data type: String
Width: 50
Definition: Aircraft operations.
AIRPORTHOU Alias: AIRPORTHOU
Data type: String
Width: 127
Definition: Airport's hours of operation
RUNWAYS Alias: RUNWAYS
Data type: String
Width: 2
Definition: Number of runways
RUNWAYLENG Alias: RUNWAYLENG
Data type: String
Width: 254
Definition: Lengths of each runway.
RUNWAYSURF Alias: RUNWAYSURF
Data type: String
Width: 254
Definition: Types of runway surfaces.
LIGHTING Alias: LIGHTING
Data type: String
Width: 254
Definition: Types of runway lighting.
NAVIGATION Alias: NAVIGATION
Data type: String
Width: 254
Definition: Types of navigational aids.
NEARRECREA Alias: NEARRECREA
Data type: String
Width: 254
Definition: Recreation areas near the airport.
COMMENTS Alias: COMMENTS
Data type: String
Width: 254
Definition: Comments on the airport.
X_COORD Alias: X_COORD
Data type: Number
Width: 20
Number of decimals: 5
Definition: X Coordinate - UTM Zone 13.
Y_COORD Alias: Y_COORD
Data type: Number
Width: 20
Number of decimals: 5
Definition: Y Coordinate - UTM Zone 13.
LAT Alias: LAT
Data type: Number
Width: 20
Number of decimals: 5
Definition: Latitude of airport.
LONG Alias: LONG
Data type: Number
Width: 20
Number of decimals: 5
Definition: Longitude of airport.