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Is Airport Authority

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is an airport authority. It identifies the type of government entity associated with the vendor site in the underlying FPDS record.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority
Title
Is Airport Authority
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isAirportAuthority
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is an airport authority. It identifies the type of government entity associated with the vendor site in the underlying FPDS record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving airport authorities, which can have distinct statutory, financial, or operational characteristics compared with other vendor types. It is useful for sector-specific reporting, compliance review, and segmentation of transportation- and infrastructure-related procurements.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isAirportAuthority
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isAirportAuthority' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards involving airport authorities
  • Segment vendor analysis by government entity type
  • Support compliance or oversight reporting for transportation-related entities

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming all false/0 values mean the vendor is not a government entity rather than only not an airport authority
  • Using the field without checking the actual coded values present in the extract

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the actual stored true-equivalent value for your feed, such as = 1, = 'Y', or = 'true'. If the field is nullable, explicitly handle NULLs and verify whether the pipeline stores boolean values or text codes before building filters or aggregations.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority AS is_airport_authority
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isAirportAuthority IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.