CARATS Open Data for Research and Development

Promotion of research and development (R&D) is crucial for building safe and efficient air traffic systems. To this end, the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau is distributing “CARATS open data”, which include flight tracks and flight-plan route information for commercial flights, along with weather data such as METAR.

The Electronic Navigation Research Institute supports R&D promotion through data conversion and tool development. Collaborating with NTT DATA Japan corporation, we have additionally created operational characteristic data (cruise speed, climb and descent rates) for analysis and simulations, which are published on our website. Users of CARATS open data can conduct various research and development activities contributing to future improvements of Air Traffic Management systems.