The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) is responsible for aviation development and the supervision of civil aviation activities in Switzerland. The FOCA is part of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) and is charged with ensuring that the high safety standards in civil aviation in Switzerland are maintained, and with pursuing a policy of sustainable development.

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10 datasets found

  • Geographical UAS zones of Switzerland

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    A UAS geographical zone is a portion of airspace designated by the competent authority in which the operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) is permitted, restricted or...

    Last updated: December 14, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • WMS
    • API
    • GPKG
    • JSON
    • SHP
    • ZIP
    • GeoJSON
    • air-navigation
    • airspace
    • aircraft
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Built-up areas as defined in Swiss civil aviation legislation

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    In Swiss civil aviation legislation, the term "built-up areas" refers to the definition of areas, in both quantitative terms and with respect to aviation criteria, that is applied...

    Last updated: November 28, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • HTML
    • GPKG
    • SHP
    • air-navigation
    • air-navigation-obstacle
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • built-up-area
    • aviation-law
  • Civil and military aerodromes

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    Aerodromes are facilities defined in the Sectoral aviation infrastructure plan as intended for aircraft take-off and landing. The official list of aerodromes and heliports...

    Last updated: March 23, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • WMTS
    • API
    • GPKG
    • SHP
    • heliport
    • airfield
    • air-navigation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • civil-air-traffic
    • military-air-traffic
  • Mountain landing sites: specially designated landing sites situated above 1100 m altitude

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    Mountain landing sites are landing fields that are located outside an aerodrome at over 1100 m altitude and that have no infrastructure. They are used for instruction and training...

    Last updated: March 23, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • API
    • WMTS
    • GPKG
    • SHP
    • airfield
    • air-navigation
    • air-traffic
    • mountain-range
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Sanctuaries for silence and nature for aviation

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    Sanctuaries for silence and nature are areas of defined dimensions where antrophogenic (man-made) noise sources have been suppressed to a minimum level. The aim of such sanctuaries...

    Last updated: January 1, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • WMS
    • SHP
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • tranquility
    • protected-sites
    • transport-networks
    • aircraft-noise
    • noise-reduction
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geographical UAS zones of Switzerland

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    A UAS geographical zone is a portion of airspace designated by the competent authority in which the operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) is permitted, restricted or...

    Last updated: December 14, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • WMS
    • API
    • GPKG
    • JSON
    • SHP
    • ZIP
    • GeoJSON
    • air-navigation
    • airspace
    • aircraft
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Built-up areas as defined in Swiss civil aviation legislation

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    In Swiss civil aviation legislation, the term "built-up areas" refers to the definition of areas, in both quantitative terms and with respect to aviation criteria, that is applied...

    Last updated: November 28, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • HTML
    • GPKG
    • SHP
    • air-navigation
    • air-navigation-obstacle
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • built-up-area
    • aviation-law
  • Civil and military aerodromes

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    Aerodromes are facilities defined in the Sectoral aviation infrastructure plan as intended for aircraft take-off and landing. The official list of aerodromes and heliports...

    Last updated: March 23, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • WMTS
    • API
    • GPKG
    • SHP
    • heliport
    • airfield
    • air-navigation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • civil-air-traffic
    • military-air-traffic
  • Mountain landing sites: specially designated landing sites situated above 1100 m altitude

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    Mountain landing sites are landing fields that are located outside an aerodrome at over 1100 m altitude and that have no infrastructure. They are used for instruction and training...

    Last updated: March 23, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • API
    • WMTS
    • GPKG
    • SHP
    • airfield
    • air-navigation
    • air-traffic
    • mountain-range
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Sanctuaries for silence and nature for aviation

    Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
    Regions and cities, Transport

    Sanctuaries for silence and nature are areas of defined dimensions where antrophogenic (man-made) noise sources have been suppressed to a minimum level. The aim of such sanctuaries...

    Last updated: January 1, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • WMS
    • SHP
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • tranquility
    • protected-sites
    • transport-networks
    • aircraft-noise
    • noise-reduction
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure