OPSNET Manual
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Overview
The Operations Network (OPSNET) is the official source of NAS air traffic operations and delay data. The data collected through OPSNET is used to analyze the performance of the FAA's air traffic control facilities.
The data sent daily to OPSNET can be viewed on the the FAA Operations & Performance Data Web site.
To access OPSNET data, users require a login. Without a login, users can access the official count released to the public from Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS), which provides data after the 20th of the month for the previous month.
OPSNET records the following information and data:
- Airport Operations: Reports IFR itinerant and VFR itinerant operations (arrivals and departures), and local operations at the airport as reported by Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs). It does not include overflights.
- Tower Operations: Reports IFR and VFR itinerant operations (arrivals and departures), IFR and VFR overflights, and local operations worked by the tower.
- TRACON Operations: Reports IFR and VFR itinerant operations and overflights worked by the TRACON.
- Total Terminal Operations: Reports total operations worked by any facility based on the functions at the facility. If a facility has a tower and a TRACON present, the Total Terminal operations would be a sum of the Tower Operations and the TRACON Operations for that facility.
- Center Aircraft Handled: Reports domestic and oceanic departures and overflights and total aircraft handled by ARTCCs and CERAPs.
- Facility Information: Provides information about each air traffic control facility, such as facility name and type, region, state, hours of operation, etc.
- Delays: Provides information about the reportable delays provided daily through FAA's Air Traffic Operations Network (OPSNET).
For a list of facility classifications reported by OPSNET, please see Facility Classifications.
OPSNET Data
The data sent daily to OPSNET can be viewed on the FAA Operations & Performance Data Web site: aspm.faa.gov. There are two applicable sections for terminal facilities: Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS) and Operations Network (OPSNET).Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS)
Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS) is the official count that has been released to the public and is available without a login. ATADS data are available after the 20th of the month for the previous month.
Operations Network (OPSNET)
The Operations Network (OPSNET) uses the same interface as ATADS and includes data reported from the previous day’s activity. OPSNET requires a user ID and password.
Obtaining User ID and Password
You may request a user ID and password by clicking on the You may request a login from FAA by following this link on the OPSNET page. Complete the 'Data Access Request Form'. In the 'Comments' section, indicate that you are a facility official and need access to previous days' data. This will ensure you are given full access.
Obtaining Data Reports
Using either the ATADS or OPSNET link (interface is the same), you may select the option for the needed data. For example, to request reports for Tower Operations, select 'Tower Operations' from the main screen.
The main screen is divided into seven sections that allow the user to build a report.
My Reports
My Reports displays a list of OPSNET reports you saved after running your query. You may save a report after you enter your search criteria and select the 'Run' button. Then you may name your report and save it for future use.
Reports can be created in all OPSNET system views. Saved reports are not available when creating reports in ATADS.
Selecting the information button will display a window listing the selection criteria used for the report. Selecting the deletion button will delete the report.
Saved Reports
This section lists reports that you have saved after clicking the 'Run' button. By clicking on the report name, you will be able to modify or update the saved report with new criteria. Just click on any of the desired tabs to change output, dates, facilities, filters, and grouping options. To view the criteria of a saved report, click on the information button on the left of the report name. For more information about saving reports, see the Run section.
Output
The Output page contains three sections. The Display section allows you to choose the basic report structure; the Options section allows you to limit the types of Operations displayed; and the Format section allows you to choose the output format.
Display
In this section, you may select several options for displaying the data. The following options are available in Airport Operations, Tower Operations, TRACON Operations, and Center Aircraft Handled.
- Standard Report: Provides totals of selected operations according to specified dates, states(s), region(s), and class(es).
- Day of the Week Report: Provides numbers of operations for individual days (Sun-Sat) as well as weekday and weekend grouping.
- Comparison Report: Compares operations occurred on different dates, months, years, ranges, and periods.
- Ranking Report: Sorts operations based on the fields included in the report.
- Missing Data Report: Lists dates in which no data were provided. Missing dates are provided by period, facility, or service area. One day of data for the time range must be present to check if any other is missing. (not available in Delays).
- Peak Days Report: Lists top 3, 5, 10, or 25 days of activity according to type of operation.
In Total Terminal Operations, you may select the following display options:
- Detail Report: Provides the number of Tower and TRACON operations according to facility, date, state, region, type, and class.
- Airport Report: Provides the number of Tower and TRACON operations according to airport, state, region, type, and class.
- Summary Report: Provides operations by month and quarter for the selected facilities.
In Facility Information, you may select the following display options:
- Delay Report: Provides numbers of operations sorted by facility, start and end dates, region, state, facility type, level, class, hours of operations, etc.
- Summary Report: Provides the number of facilities per Facility Type.
- Approach Primary Report: Lists the primary facility with the satellite facility it services.
- Required Forms Report: Provides information on required FAA forms that must be submitted for their operations (FAA forms 7230-1, 7230-26, and 7230-14).
- Missing Forms Report: Lists dates by month in which monthly FAA forms were not provided. A facility must be missing for a complete month to show.
Delay Reports
In the Delays view, these are the available report options:
- Standard Report: Provides the number of delayed operations at a selected facility or group of facilities, the user class and cause of the delay, and the average and total minutes of delay.
- Day of the Week Report: Provides the number of delayed operations for each day of the week, weekday, and weekend within a selected date range.
- Comparison Report: Compares standard delay information (number, user class, cause, and minutes of delay) between selected date ranges.
- Ranking Report: Provides standard delay information (number, user class, cause, and minutes of delay) according to selected ranking option (Total Operations, Total Delays, TMI To, Departure, Airborne, TMI From, Total Occurred At, Airborne Destination To, Air Carrier, Air Taxi, General Aviation, Military, Weather, Volume, Equipment, Runway, Other, Average Minutes, Total Minutes).
- Ground Delay Report: Displays information about Ground Stops delays, EDCT delays, and total delays per selected grouping option(s).
- Peak Days Report: Displays standard delay information (number, user class, cause, and minutes of delay) for the top 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100 days of activity for a selected facility.
- ATC Delays Report: Displays the number of delayed operations, number of operations, Ground Stop Minutes, and Ground Delay Program Minutes at selected facilities for a selected date range and compares them to the same month range in the previous year. This report can only be run when date range is selected in months.
- Ground Stop/EDCT Delays Report: Displays information about Ground Stop Delays and EDCT Delays at selected facilities.
- National Delay Synopsis Report: Displays the delays by cause for the total number of delays per date range, and the number of delays per 1000 operations.
- Delays Per Activity Report: The report displays the number of delays by cause, the number of activities by facility type, and the number of delays per 100,000 activities by delay cause for selected facilities within a selected date range..
Options
You may select supplemental options for your reports in all views with the exception of Total Terminal Operations and Facility Information. These are the available options:
Option | Description | Views |
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Show Itinerant | Shows operations by air carrier, air taxi, general aviation, and military aviation arriving from outside the Traffic Pattern or departing the airport Traffic Pattern. | Airport Ops |
Show Local | Shows civil and military operations within the airport's Traffic Pattern airspace. | Airport Ops, Tower Ops |
Show IFR | Shows operations conducted under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). | Airport Ops |
Show VFR | Shows operations conducted under Visual Flight Rules (VFR). | Airport Ops, Center Acft Handled |
Show IFR Itinerant | Shows operations conducted under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) arriving from outside the Traffic Pattern or departing the airport Traffic Pattern. | Tower Ops, TRACON Ops |
Show VFR Itinerant | Shows operations conducted under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) arriving from outside the Traffic Pattern or departing the airport Traffic Pattern. | Tower Ops, TRACON Ops |
Show IFR Overflight | Shows terminal IFR flights originating outside the TRACON’s/RAPCON’s/Radar ATCT’s area and passing through the area without landing. | Tower Ops, TRACON Ops |
Show VFR Overflight | Shows terminal VFR flights originating outside the TRACON’s/RAPCON’s/Radar ATCT’s area and passing through the area without landing. | Tower Ops, TRACON Ops |
Show Aircraft Handled | Shows the number of ARTCC enroute IFR departures multiplied by two, plus the number of enroute IFR overflights. | Center Acft Handled |
Show VFR Advisories | Shows the number of VFR aircraft provided with VFR advisories. | Center Acft Handled |
Show Domestic | Shows enroute IFR departures and overflights occurring over land. | Center Acft Handled |
Show Oceanic | Shows enroute IFR departures and overflights occurring over the ocean. | Center Acft Handled |
Format
In this section, you may choose between several options for the output of the data:
- HTML: The requested data are presented in a Web browser format.
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- No Sub-Totals: Eliminates sub-totals in long reports.
- Show Definitions: Where applicable, shows the definitions of the report fields.
Facilities
In this section, you may select facilities by:
- Center: ARTCC or CERAP Center (only available in the Center Aircraft Handled view).
- Airport: Allows use of the facility ID (not available in the Center Aircraft Handled view).
- State: Allows selection by state.
- Region: Allows selection by region.
- Service area: Allows selection by service area.
- Class: Allows selection by facility classification, i.e., Tower with Radar, TRACON, etc.
When the default 'Quick Entry Mode' checkbox is selected, enter the facility ID to search for matching facilities. By deselecting the 'Quick Entry Mode' option, you will be able to query the database for a facility by typing the facility ID into the 'Find a Facility' box. Potential matches will be displayed.
You may also select predefined groups such as ASPM 77, OPSNET 45, or OEP 35 by selecting the appropriate link. In the TRACON Operations view, you may instead select the predefined group 34 Select. To include all facilities in your report, do not select any.
Dates
For your OPSNET report, you may select specific time periods to query.
The following options are available:
- Days: Allows user to input individual dates through navigation of the calendar.
- Months: Allows the selection of month and year range (from... to).
- Years: Allows the selection of a specific year range (from... to) and between calendar or fiscal years.
- Date Range: Allows user to input individual dates without the use of the navigation calendar.
- Period: Allows selection by predefined periods:
- Yesterday
- Current Month by Day
- Last Month by Day
- Calendar Year by Month
- Fiscal Year by Month
- Last 12 Months
If you selected the Comparison Report in the Output tab, the Dates screen will also prompt you to choose a comparison period.
Please verify that your selection is for a time period in which data are available. Selected options will appear on the right.
Filters
In Airport Operations, Tower Operations, TRACON Operations and Delays, you may select supplemental filters for your reports. For example, users who selected 'ETSA' may restrict their search to FAA Facilities by selecting the appropriate option. These are the available options:
- No Filters: Default.
- FAA Only: Will display only FAA staffed facilities.
- Contract Towers Only: Will display only FAA contract staffed facilities.
- ARTCC Only: Will display data by ARTCC only (only available in Delays)
In Facility Information, you may select the following filter options:
- Type
- TRACONs, RAPCONs, CERAPs
- Radar Tower
- Limited Radar Tower
- Nonradar Tower
- VFR Tower
- Non-FAA Facility
- Federal Contract Tower
- Air Route Traffic Control Center
- FAA Facilities Only
- Class
- Tower without Radar
- TRACON, RAPCON, or CERAP
- Combined TRACON and Tower with Radar
- Combination Non-Radar Approach Central and Tower without Radar
- Towers with Display (VFR)
- Combined Control Facility
- Towers with Radar
- Air Route Traffic Control Center
- Combined TRACON
- Federal Contract Tower
- Non-FAA Facility
- Old Level (0-5)
- New Level (0-12)
'Old Level' and 'New Level' refer to facility pay levels.
For a list of definitions of facility types, please see OPSNET: Facility Types. For a list of definitions of facility classifications, please see OPSNET: Facility Classification.
By clicking the 'Not' checkbox, you can exclude one Facility Type from your report. Selected options will appear on the right.
Groupings
In this section, you may group the data in the desired format. At least one selection has to be made. Click the green area beside the filter in the desired order. If the report is restricted to only one facility, then 'Date' is the only necessary grouping field.
Available grouping fields are:
- Date
- Airport (only available in Airport Operations)
- Facility (not available in Airport Operations)
- State
- region
- Service Area
- Class
- Local Hour
- Quarter Hour
Select the 'Plus' button to choose the groupings for the report. Selected fields will appear on the right. Selected fields can be removed by selecting the 'Minus' button next to each selected field.
Run
Selecting the Run option will run the query and create a report. In the OPSNET system (not ATADS), you may save the search criteria you used to create the report by entering a name for the report and clicking the 'Save' button. From then on, the report name will appear in the 'My Reports' section.
Definitions of Variables
For more information about these topics, please see the Definitions of Variables for the Operations Network (OPSNET) system.