CARATS Open Data for Research and Development
Air traffic systems are expected to improve for safer and more efficient air traffic management. A long-term vision - “CARATS” *1 - has been established with the committee, including the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau, to promote efforts to renovate and modernize existing air traffic systems. One of the committee's activities involves distributing a series of commercial aircraft track data possessed by air traffic control centers, namely CARATS open data, to accelerate research and development in air traffic management fields. ENRI has extended its support to create data and promote the activity. Currently, data on around 2.12 million flights for the period 2012-2020 is available and provided to applicants to facilitate academic-related objectives. Weather data has also been added since the 2018 data set. To date, the number of users from various fields has also increased significantly. It is considered that CARATS open data will be utilized for activities that can help foster the development of aviation.
*1 CARATS : Collaborative Actions for Renovation of Air Traffic Systems
| Time | Virtual C/S | Latitude | Longitude | Altitude | Acft type |
| 00:00:00.2, | AP0001, | 35.068212, | 139.778839, | 32000, | B77W |
| 00:00:00.3, | AP0003, | 29.723355, | 124.978437, | 32025, | A321 |
| 00:00:00.3, | AP0004, | 32.774102, | 133.073657, | 36000, | A333 |
| 00:00:00.7, | AP0006, | 38.286998, | 145.442742, | 31000, | B77W |
- A image of PlotTrack(Trajectory Viewer)
- On the left side of the screen, a map of the Tokyo Bay area is shown with green lines on a dark green background. A white dotted line shows the wake. On the right side of the screen, a toolbox is shown.
- A image of PlotSurface(Trajectory Viewer)
- On the left side of the screen, a map of Tokyo International Airport is shown in green on a black background. A pink line shows the flight path on the aerodrome surface. On the right side of the screen, a toolbox is shown.
Application Process: CARATS Official Web site(Japanese website)
https://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/koku_fr13_000006.html