ArcGIS Aviation Airports and ArcGIS Aviation Charting are extensions to ArcGIS Pro that allow users to do their best aviation work with the power of the next generation of desktop software. The tools in these two extensions are enhanced and incorporated in ArcGIS Pro to support your airport, charting, data management, migration, and design needs.
Key advantages
ArcGIS Pro provides some key advantages:
- Improved user experience with a more modern and intuitive UI.
- Project-based design.
- Enhanced performance and productivity with a 64-bit multithreaded desktop application.
- Increased collaboration with ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise integration.
- ArcMap compatibility. You can work with existing datasets with some modifications.
ArcGIS Aviation Airports and ArcGIS Aviation Charting in ArcGIS Pro include the following benefits:
- Enhanced tools and models are regularly updated to adapt to changing domestic and international standards.
- Most cartographic production information is now stored in the AIS database.
- Automatically apply data-driven symbology and annotation using the Prepare Aviation Data tool and ArcGIS Arcade.
- Guided support to help you with questions, training information, technical support, consulting services, and more.
- Up-to-date help documentation, workflows, and conceptual topics.
Supported standards and GIS compliance
The following list includes some of the standards and tools to support GIS and flight safety compliance provided by the ArcGIS Aviation Airports and ArcGIS Aviation Charting:
- Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 77.
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 2C, 13, and 18B.
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 4, 14, and 15
- ICAO EUR-DOC 15.
- Take advantage of preconfigured data checks developed from FAA 18B, Aerodrome Mapping Database (AMDB), and Electronic Terrain and Obstacle Data (eTOD) specifications.
- Use the aviation data model and validation tools to meet aeronautical data quality requirements through the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM), Electronic Terrain and Obstacle Data (eTOD), and Aerodrome Mapping Database (AMDB).
- Aviation Charting also includes templates and business rules to create ICAO Annex 4- and FAA-compliant aeronautical charts.
Migration resources
Many users have already transitioned successfully from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro with the help of our in-house instructors. Train with us and receive instructor support to get your questions answered as you work through direct and active exercises in the following course:
To pair with the instructor course, or to do independent training, the following resources are also helpful to get started:
- This learning plan includes a series of training videos, documents, and courses to help your migration to ArcGIS Pro: Migrate to ArcGIS Pro
- This learning path includes a series of videos and tutorials to explore at your own pace to help jump-start your transfer of ArcMap content to ArcGIS Pro: Migrate to ArcGIS Pro
- Video: Migrating to ArcGIS Pro from ArcMap
- Guide: ArcGIS Pro Migration Guide
- Documentation: Get started with ArcGIS Aviation Airports, Get started with ArcGIS Aviation Charting
- Transition Guide for ArcGIS Aviation Charting: ArcGIS Aviation Charting: Transition Guide to ArcGIS Pro
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