Federal Aviation Administration

FAA Aeronautical Information Services Open Data

ArcGIS Open Data hub published by "Federal Aviation Administration - AIS" carrying 73 datasets — class airspace, frequencies, runways, navaids, obstacles, VFR and IFR chart tile services. Every feature dataset is offered as an ArcGIS GeoServices REST FeatureServer plus bulk CSV, GeoJSON, KML and shapefile download, and the hub publishes a DCAT-US 1.1 catalog. Verified 2026-07-28 (HTTP 200, 73 datasets).

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://ais-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/

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DCAT
https://ais-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/data.json

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: faa:faa-ais-open-data
name: FAA Aeronautical Information Services Open Data
description: ArcGIS Open Data hub published by "Federal Aviation Administration - AIS" carrying 73 datasets
  — class airspace, frequencies, runways, navaids, obstacles, VFR and IFR chart tile services. Every feature
  dataset is offered as an ArcGIS GeoServices REST FeatureServer plus bulk CSV, GeoJSON, KML and shapefile
  download, and the hub publishes a DCAT-US 1.1 catalog. Verified 2026-07-28 (HTTP 200, 73 datasets).
humanURL: https://ais-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/
baseURL: https://services6.arcgis.com/ssFJjBXIUyZDrSYZ/arcgis/rest/services
tags:
- Open Data
- Airspace
- GIS
- Airports
- Aeronautical Information
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ais-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/
- type: DCAT
  url: https://ais-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/data.json