Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM) is an

FAA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic m ...

database of the

National Airspace System The National Airspace System (NAS) is the airspace, navigation facilities and airports of the United States along with their associated information, services, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, personnel and equipment. It includes components ...

, a part of FAA Operations & Performance Data.

Data Description

ASPM data fall into two categories,

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

data and individual flight data. Airport data give airport capacity and throughput for every 15 minutes, and individual flight data give each airport's individual flight's scheduled and actual gate departure time,

runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...

departure time, runway arrival time and gate arrival time, etc.

Comprehensiveness

ASPM contains information operated flights only, which means that canceled flights are not in ASPM. ASPM contains domestic flights only. ASPM is more comprehensive than BTS database maintained by Department Of Transportation(DOT).

Accessibility

ASPM is not public available. A login is required and can be requested with a legitimate reason. Once a user has a login, he can access ASPM data through GUI or download raw data in DBF format.

External links

Official website of FAA ASPM database

FAA ASPM System Overview
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