Spaceports eng; USA 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 information applies to the dataset Miles Weule Chandler Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Cartographer 202-510-0186 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States miles.weule@dot.gov party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource 2025-07-16 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO/TS 19139:2007 20 Spaceports 2023-10-06 date identifies when the resource was brought into existence Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) party who created the resource map represented in raster or vector form The Spaceports dataset was compiled on August 08, 2023 from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). This layer is meant to be a reference layer and features public and private spaceport facilities in the United States. The information found on FAA’s Office of Spaceports was used in creating this layer by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), found here https://www.faa.gov/space/office_spaceports. These facilities support the launching and receiving of spacecraft into and from space. As a result, U.S. spaceports have a critical role in the growing global commercial space transportation industry. The FAA Office of Spaceports is responsible for development of policies that promote infrastructure improvements and strengthen the competitiveness of U.S. spaceports, supporting launch and reentry site licensing activities, providing technical assistance and guidance to existing and proposed new spaceports, and the domestic and global promotion of U.S. spaceports. The mission of the FAA’s Office of Spaceports is to enable the safest, most efficient network of launch and reentry spaceports in the world, along with a vision to advance a robust, innovative national system of spaceports supporting the U.S. as a global leader in the commercial space transportation industry. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529779 This layer’s use case is for medium and small-scale maps, which would benefit from the inclusion of the approximate location of spaceport facilities. It should not be used for navigational or surveying purposes. Acknowledgment of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). data is continually being updated Miles Weule Chandler Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Cartographer 202-510-0186 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States miles.weule@dot.gov party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource data is updated as deemed necessary NTAD National Transportation Atlas Database Transportation Atlas Database vector Spaceports Space Aviation FAA NASA Launch site Space Force USSF Rockets Reentry site keyword identifies a particular subject or topic none USA National keyword identifies a location none This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use. limitation not listed Access Constraints: unrestricted National Transportation Atlas Database 2023-08-11 publication Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) party who published the resource reference to a master dataset of which this one is a part vector data is used to represent geographic data eng; USA structure Native Dataset Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 -171.5 -67 18.5 71.5 2023-08-08 0 Spaceports Entity and Attribute Overview: This layer is meant to be a reference layer and features public and private spaceport facilities in the United States. The information found on FAA’s Office of Spaceports was used in creating this layer by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), found here https://www.faa.gov/space/office_spaceports. These facilities support the launching and receiving of spacecraft into and from space. As a result, U.S. spaceports have a critical role in the growing global commercial space transportation industry. The FAA Office of Spaceports is responsible for development of policies that promote infrastructure improvements and strengthen the competitiveness of U.S. spaceports, supporting launch and reentry site licensing activities, providing technical assistance and guidance to existing and proposed new spaceports, and the domestic and global promotion of U.S. spaceports. The mission of the FAA’s Office of Spaceports is to enable the safest, most efficient network of launch and reentry spaceports in the world, along with a vision to advance a robust, innovative national system of spaceports supporting the U.S. as a global leader in the commercial space transportation industry. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: https://doi.org/10.21949/1529779 Open Data Catalog 1.0 ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) 11.5 Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) NTAD Program Manager 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States ntad@dot.gov party who distributes the resource None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset. https://doi.org/10.21949/1529776 http Open Data Catalog An ESRI Geodatabase, ESRI shapefile, or spreadsheet. online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another https://doi.org/10.21949/1529778 http ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) complies with OGC WFS Map Service for visualizing geospatial information online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another information applies to the dataset Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. The U.S. Spaceports layer was created by the Bureau and Transportation Statistics (BTS). The layer was created using publicly available spaceport information provided by the FAA at the following website https://www.faa.gov/space/spaceports_by_state. Each spaceport contained in the preceding link was transcribed to a single row in a tabular format with its respective attribute information. Each spaceport was then manually geocoded referencing each facilities’ address field. data is updated as deemed necessary Miles Weule Chandler Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Cartographer 202-510-0186 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States miles.weule@dot.gov party that accepts accountability and responsability for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource