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Cadastre of obstacle limitation surfaces

Obstacle limitation surfaces are a series of three-dimensional surfaces that delimit the obstacle-free airspace generally required for flight safety. Objects that penetrate these limitation surfaces are referred to as aeronautical obstacles. The aim is to protect the airspace from obstacles so that safe flight operations can be guaranteed.



The obstacle limitation surfaces cadastre (OLS) is an official determination of the obstacle limitation surfaces for an airfield, an air traffic control facility or a flight path. The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) maintains this cadastre for civil installations. This maps all types of three-dimensional obstacle limitation surfaces in accordance with ICAO Annex 14 in a structured and unambiguous manner.

The layer only contains data that is approved and conforms to the model.

Simple

Alternate title

Obstacle limitation surfaces

Date (Publication)
2024-03-13
Date (Revision)
2025-11-05
Identifier
ch.bazl.hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster

Purpose

Geodata on federal law

Status
On going

Point of contact

Federal Office of Civil Aviation - Michael Müntener (Aerodromes and Air Navigation Obstacles)
Bern
3003
CH
+41 (0)58 465 80 39
https://www.bazl.admin.ch/en

Owner

Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Bern
3003
CH
+41 (0)58 465 80 39
https://www.bazl.admin.ch/en
Spatial representation type
Vector
Spatial representation type
TIN

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
5000

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
25000
Topic category
  • E Planning cadastre

Extent

Extent

Description

Switzerland

N
S
E
W








Extent

Extent

Description

Liechtenstein

N
S
E
W








Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Duration of Conservation
10
Comment on Duration of Conservation

Zur Bestimmung von bewilligungspflichten Objekten

Appraisal of Archival Value
A
Reason for Archiving Value
Evidence of business practice
Comment on Archival Value

Behördenverbindlich, Historisierung

Resource format

Title

INTERLIS 2 (XTF)

Date
GEMET
  • airport

  • air traffic

  • civil air traffic

geocat.ch
  • air navigation obstacle

  • airfield

  • official geodata

  • air navigation

  • Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation

  • opendata.swiss

  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
Other constraints

https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/terms-and-conditions.html

Associated resource

Title

Hindernisbegrenzungsflächen-Kataster

Association Type
Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Italiano
Character encoding
UTF8
Subtopic Category
E1 Spatial Planning, Spatial Development
Basic Geodata
true
Basic Geodata ID

106.1

Basic Geodata Legal Level
Federal
Distribution format
  • INTERLIS 2 (XTF)

  • OGC Geopackage (GPKG)

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://www.bazl.admin.ch/en/safety-zones-ols

Link to detailed description

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch

Preview map.geo.admin.ch

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://www.bazl.admin.ch/de/hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster

Link to geoinformation

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

RESTful API von geo.admin.ch

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://data.geo.admin.ch/browser/#/collections/ch.bazl.hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster/items/hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster

Link for data download

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.bazl.hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster/hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster/hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster_2056.xtf.zip

Link for data download

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

ch.bazl.hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster

Link to WMS

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=en&topic=aviation&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-grau&E=2639782.89&N=1199895.20&zoom=2&layers=ch.bazl.hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster&catalogNodes=1379

Link to portal

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.bazl.hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster/hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster/hindernisbegrenzungsflaechen-kataster_2056.gpkg

Link for data download

Geometric object type
Surface
Reference system identifier
EPSG: 2056

Metadata

Metadata identifier
87c13b99-b1a0-4822-a923-42f63067d48d

Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Italiano
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Rumantsch
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Federal Office of Civil Aviation - Specialist unit for geographical information systems (GIS)
Bern
3003
CH
+41 (0)58 465 80 39
https://www.bazl.admin.ch/de/geoinformation

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/87c13b99-b1a0-4822-a923-42f63067d48d

Date info (Creation)
2011-11-14T14:45:02Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-13T09:38:42.960551Z

Metadata standard

Title

eCH-0271

 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

air traffic airport civil air traffic
geocat.ch

Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure air navigation air navigation obstacle airfield official geodata opendata.swiss


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