SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE DATA BASE RECORD LAYOUT (SUA-FILE) INFORMATION EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/03/2002 CHARTING CYCLE RECORD FORMAT: FIXED LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH: 622 FILE STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION: --------------------------- THERE ARE A VARIABLE NUMBER OF FIXED-LENGTH RECORDS FOR EACH SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE AREA (SUA). THE NUMBER OF RECORDS IS DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF TEXTUAL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SUA, AND THE NUMBER OF POINTS (OR SEGMENTS) DEFINING THE AREA. EACH OF THE EIGHT RECORD TYPES IS IDENTIFIED BY A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR (SUA1, SUA2,...,SUA8) AND THE AIRSPACE TYPE AND NAME. THE RECORDS ARE IN SEQUENCE, I.E., ALL TEXT RECORDS FOLLOW THEIR READABLE ORDER AND ALL SEGMENT RECORDS ARE LOGICALLY ARRANGED TO DEFINE THE AREA. THE FILE IS SORTED BY AIRSPACE TYPE & NAME, RECORD TYPE, AND RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER (INSURES THAT MULTIPLE RECORDS OF A SPECIFIC TYPE ARE IN TEXT/POINT ORDER). EACH RECORD ENDS WITH A CARRIAGE RETURN CHARACTER AND LINE FEED CHARACTER (CR/LF). THIS LINE TERMINATOR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH. DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORD TYPES: -------------------------------- 'SUA1' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS THE BASE SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE DATA. THERE IS ONE SUA1 RECORD FOR EACH AREA. 'SUA2' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING ANY TIMES OF USE. EACH SUA2 RECORD CONTAINS ONE LINE OF TEXT. THERE CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF SUA2 RECORDS, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF TEXT. 'SUA3' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING ALTITUDE. EACH SUA3 RECORD CONTAINS ONE LINE OF TEXT. THERE CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF SUA3 RECORDS. 'SUA4' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING AREA/ALTITUDE EXCLUSION. EACH SUA4 RECORD CONTAINS ONE LINE OF TEXT. THERE CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF SUA4 RECORDS. 'SUA5' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE EXCLUSION AND ALTITUDE EXCLUSION. EACH SUA5 RECORD CONTAINS ONE LINE OF TEXT. THERE CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF SUA5 RECORDS. 'SUA6' RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING REMARKS ABOUT THE SUA BASE DATA. EACH SUA6 RECORD C0NTAINS ONE LINE OF TEXT. THERE CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF SUA6 RECORDS. 'SUA7' RECORD TYPE DESCRIBES EACH POINT. EACH SUA7 RECORD CONTAINS ONE LINE OF TEXT DESCRIBING THE POINT/SEGMENT. THERE CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF SUA7 RECORDS FOR A POINT, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF THE DESCRIPTION TEXT. EACH SUA7 RECORD FOR A POINT WILL REPEAT ALL OF THE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, BUT WILL SHOW A NEW SUA7 DESCRIPTION SEQUENCE NUMBER. THERE CAN ALSO BE ANY NUMBER OF UNIQUE POINTS/SEGMENTS WITHIN A SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE AREA. EACH UNIQUE POINT HAS A SUA7 POINT SEQUENCE NUMBER. NOTE: THERE ARE THEREFORE THREE SEQUENCE NUMBERS WITHIN THE SUA7 RECORD; THE POINT SEQUENCE NUMBER, THE POINT DESCRIPTION SEQUENCE NUMBER, AND THE RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER. THE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR AN SUA7 RECORD IS THE COMBINATION OF THE AIRSPACE TYPE, AIRSPACE NAME, THE POINT SEQUENCE NUMBER, AND THE POINT DESCRIPTION SEQUENCE NUMBER. ‘SUA8’ RECORD TYPE CONTAINS TEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING ANY CONTACT FACILITY FREQUENCY DATA. EACH SUA8 RECORD CONTAINS ONE LINE OF TEXT DESCRIBING THE CONTACT FACILITY. THERE CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF SUA8 RECORDS. THE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR AN SUA8 RECORD IS THE COMBINATION OF THE AIRSPACE TYPE, AIRSPACE NAME, CONTACT FACILITY NAME, AND THE FREQUENCY PAIRS. GENERAL INFORMATION: -------------------- 1. LEFT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE TRAILING BLANKS 2. RIGHT JUSTIFIED FIELDS HAVE LEADING ZEROS 3. ELEMENT NUMBER IS FOR INTERNAL REFERENCE ONLY AND NOT IN RECORD 4. THE SUA AIRSPACE ID IS MADE UP OF THE AIRSPACE TYPE AND THE NAME. IT IS REPEATED ON EACH RECORD. J T L S L E N U Y E T O L U S P N A C E M T E G R A M B T T T E E H I N R O T N FIELD DESCRIPTION ********************************************************************* 'SUA1' RECORD TYPE - BASE AIRSPACE DATA ******************************************************************** L AN 04 00001 N/A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. SUA1: BASE AIRSPACE DATA L AN 0035 00005 DLID AIRSPACE TYPE. DESCRIPTION ----------------------- ALERT AREA MILITARY OPERATION AREA PROHIBITED AREA RESTRICTED AREA WARNING AREA ATC ASSIGNED AIRSPACE L AN 0025 00040 DLID AIRSPACE NAME. L AN 0010 00065 N/A CHART/PUBLICATION EFFECTIVE DATE (MM/DD/YYYY) L AN 0042 00075 SUA1 LOCATION NAME L AN 0002 00117 SUA2 STATE POST OFFICE CODE (AL,AK,NJ, ETC.) L AN 0100 00119 SUA22 CONTROLLING AGENCY NAME L AN 0100 00219 SUA23 SCHEDULING/USING AGENCY NAME L AN 0296 00319 N/A BLANKS R N 0008 00615 N/A RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER ******************************************************************** 'SUA2' RECORD TYPE - TIMES OF USE ******************************************************************* L AN 04 00001 N/A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. SUA2: TIMES OF USE L AN 0035 00005 DLID AIRSPACE TYPE. L AN 0025 00040 DLID AIRSPACE NAME. L AN 0050 00065 SUA21 TIMES OF USE TEXT L AN 0500 00115 N/A BLANKS R N 0008 00615 N/A RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER ******************************************************************** 'SUA3' RECORD TYPE - AIRSPACE ALTITUDE TEXT ******************************************************************* L AN 04 00001 N/A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. SUA3: AREA/ALTITUDE TEXT L AN 0035 00005 DLID AIRSPACE TYPE. L AN 0025 00040 DLID AIRSPACE NAME. L AN 0550 00065 SUA24 AREA ALTITUDE TEXT R N 0008 00615 N/A RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER ******************************************************************** 'SUA4' RECORD TYPE - AREA/ALTITUDE EXCLUSION TEXT ******************************************************************* L AN 04 00001 N/A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. SUA4: AREA/ALTITUDE EXCLUSION TEXT L AN 0035 00005 DLID AIRSPACE TYPE. L AN 0025 00040 DLID AIRSPACE NAME. L AN 0150 00065 SUA27 AREA/ALTITUDE EXCLUSION TEXT L AN 0400 00215 N/A BLANKS R N 0008 00615 N/A RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER ******************************************************************** 'SUA5' RECORD TYPE - SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE EXCLUSION ******************************************************************* L AN 04 00001 N/A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. SUA5: SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE EXCLUSION L AN 0035 00005 DLID AIRSPACE TYPE. L AN 0025 00040 DLID AIRSPACE NAME. L AN 0035 00065 SUA28 AIRSPACE EXCLUSION TYPE DESCRIPTION -------------------------------- WARNING AREA VFR MILITARY TRAINING ROUTE CONTROL ZONE PROHIBITED AREA MILITARY OPERATIONS AREA VFR LOW ALTITUDE TRAINING ROUTE RESTRICTED AREA IFR MILITARY TRAINING ROUTE ALERT AREA L AN 0025 00100 SUA28 AIRSPACE EXCLUSION NAME L AN 0050 00125 SUA29 ALTITUDE EXCLUSION TEXT L AN 0440 00175 N/A BLANKS R N 0008 00615 N/A RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER ******************************************************************** 'SUA6' RECORD TYPE - BASE REMARKS TEXT ******************************************************************* L AN 04 00001 N/A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. SUA6: BASE REMARKS TEXT L AN 0035 00005 DLID AIRSPACE TYPE. L AN 0025 00040 DLID AIRSPACE NAME. L AN 0200 00065 N/A REMARKS TEXT L AN 0350 00265 N/A BLANKS R N 0008 00615 N/A RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER ******************************************************************** 'SUA7' RECORD TYPE - AIRSPACE POINT DATA ******************************************************************* L AN 04 00001 N/A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. SUA7: AREA POINT DATA L AN 0035 00005 DLID AIRSPACE TYPE. L AN 0025 00040 DLID AIRSPACE NAME. R N 0005 00065 SUT21 SEQUENCE NUMBER FOR POINT/SEGMENT R N 0003 00070 SUT24 SEQUENCE NUMBER FOR POINT/SEGMENT DESCRIPTION L AN 0060 00073 SUT24 POINT/SEGMENT DESCRIPTION TEXT L AN 0001 00133 N/A BLANK L AN 0014 00134 SUT4 LATITUDE LOCATION OF POINT L AN 0014 00148 SUT5 LONGITUDE LOCATION OF POINT L AN 0453 00162 N/A BLANKS R N 0008 00615 N/A RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER ********************************************************************* 'SUA8' RECORD TYPE – CONTACT FACILITY DATA ******************************************************************** L AN 04 00001 N/A RECORD TYPE INDICATOR. SUA8: CONTACT FACILITY DATA L AN 0035 00005 DLID AIRSPACE TYPE L AN 0025 00040 DLID AIRSPACE NAME L AN 0004 00065 DLID CONTACT FACILITY ID L AN 0048 00069 DLID CONTACT FACILITY NAME (TYPE OF FACILITY CONCATENATED TO THE NAME) L AN 0004 00117 DLID RELATED LOC ID R N 0008 00121 DLID COMMERCIAL FREQUENCY L AN 0001 00129 DLID COMMERCIAL CHART FLAG R N 0008 00130 DLID MILITARY FREQUENCY L AN 0001 00138 DLID MILITARY CHART FLAG L AN 0030 00139 DLID SECTOR R N 0020 00169 DLID ALTITUDE L AN 0426 00189 N/A BLANKS R N 0008 00615 N/A RECORD SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER