How to configure EUROCONTROL data files?

The traffic library supports two sources of information provided, under conditions, by EUROCONTROL:

• the nm_ prefix refers to data that we download from EUROCONTROL Network Manager Demand Data Repository (DDR), under Dataset Files > Airspace Environment Datasets.

  Access conditions are managed by EUROCONTROL.

  from traffic.data import nm_airways, nm_airspaces, nm_navaids, nm_freeroute
  

• the aixm_ prefix refers to XML files following the AIXM standard and produced by EUROCONTROL. We download these files from the Network Manager B2B web services.

  You have to own a B2B certificate granted by EUROCONTROL to get access to this data.

  from traffic.data import aixm_airspaces, aixm_navaids
  

  See also: download AIXM data with aixm_dataset()

The first thing to do is to put the path to a directory containing your files from EUROCONTROL in your configuration file.

Identify the path to your configuration file here:

>>> import traffic
>>> traffic.config_file
PosixPath('/home/xo/.config/traffic/traffic.conf')

Then edit the following line accordingly, only set the path to data you have access to:

[global]
aixm_path = /home/xo/Documents/data/AIRAC_2111
nm_path = /home/xo/Documents/data/ENV_PostOPS_AIRAC_2111_04NOV2021_With_Airspace_Closure