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name: gh-actions-scheduler description: GitHub Actions workflows for FAA data pipelines. Use when automating AIRAC cycle updates, scheduling chart downloads, or building data release workflows. Includes AIRAC date calculations and workflow templates.

GitHub Actions Scheduler

Overview

Automate FAA data updates using GitHub Actions workflows aligned with AIRAC cycles.

AIRAC Cycles

FAA publishes navigation data on 28-day cycles:

• NASR/CIFP: Every cycle (28 days)
• Charts: Every other cycle (56 days)
• DOF: Daily updates

Quick Start

Calculate Next AIRAC Date

Copyfrom calculate_airac import get_next_airac, get_cycle_id

next_date = get_next_airac()
cycle_id = get_cycle_id(next_date)
print(f"Next cycle: {cycle_id} on {next_date}")

Generate Workflow

Copyfrom generate_workflow import generate_nasr_workflow

workflow = generate_nasr_workflow(
    cycle_dates=['2025-01-23', '2025-02-20', '2025-03-20'],
    output_artifact='aviation-data'
)

Workflow Templates

2025-2026 AIRAC Schedule

CopyCycle  Effective Date
2501   2025-01-23
2502   2025-02-20
2503   2025-03-20
2504   2025-04-17
2505   2025-05-15
2506   2025-06-12
2507   2025-07-10
2508   2025-08-07
2509   2025-09-04
2510   2025-10-02
2511   2025-10-30
2512   2025-11-27
2513   2025-12-25
2601   2026-01-22

References

• Workflow patterns: references/workflow_patterns.md
• AIRAC cron expressions: references/airac_crons.md
• Artifact management: references/artifact_management.md

Scripts