MassDOT

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Regional Transit Authorities

Massachusetts Port Authority

Airports

Picture of an Airport

Overview

This point datalayer contains the name and location of airports owned by the Massachusetts Port Authority or overseen by the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Production

The airport names and locations were obtained from the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission. The locations of the airports were digitized from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1:5000 color orthophoto imagery.

Attributes

Item Name Contents

ID

Airport ID

TOWN

Name of town where airport is located

AIRPORT_NAME

Airport name

OWNER_TYPE

Ownership:
MAC = Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission oversees airport
Massport = Massachusetts Port Authority owns airport

FACILITY_TYPE

Type of facility:
PUBLIC OWNED AP =Public owned airport
PRIVATE OWNED AP = Privately owned airport

CLASS

Type of airport:
Tran = Transport: Serves virtual types of aircraft, precision instrument approaches
GU-1 = General Utility 1: Serves single and twin engine aircraft up to 12,500 lbs.
GU-2 = General Utility 2: Serves large aircraft up to 60,000 lbs., serves precision instrument approaches
BU-1 = Basic Utility 1: Serves small engine aircraft generally under 3,500 lbs.
BU-2 = Basic Utility 2: Serves small single engine and light twin engine aircraft up to 6,500 lbs.
LU = Limited Use

RUNWAY

Number of runways at airport

LATITUDE

Latitude

LONGITUDE

Longitude

ELEVATION

Airport Elevation (feet)

P_LENGTH

Primary runway length

S_LENGTH

Secondary runway length

P_WIDTH

Primary runway width

S_WIDTH

Secondary runway width

P_SURFACETYPE

Primary runway surface type

S_SURFACETYPE

Secondary runway surface type

P_RUNWAYLIGHTS

Primary runway lights
HIRLS = High intensity runway lights
MIRLS = Medium intensity runway lights

S_RUNWAYLIGHTS

Secondary runway lights
HIRLS = High intensity runway lights
MIRLS = Medium intensity runway lights

CONTROLTOWER

Presence and type of control tower:
N = no control tower
MILITARY = Military control tower
FAA = Federal Aviation Administration control tower

RESTAURANT

Restaurant presence at airport:
Y = there is a restaurant
N= there is no restaurant

RENTALCAR

Rental car presence at airport:
Y = rental car service is available
N = rental car service is not available

SERVICELEVEL

Service level of airport

AIRSERVICE

Airline service of airport:
Y = there is scheduled airline service
N = there is not scheduled airline service

Status

This data is current as of June 2006.

Download Data

File Name Format

Airports.zip (25 KB)

Zipped Geodatabase