High speed aerostatic spindle can be utilized in high-precision machinery industry. Different from using the micro-hole aerostatic bearing in the previous domestic-development cases, we choose "porous media aerostatic bearing" as our topic because of its higher carrying capacity. In order to study porous media radial aerostatic bearings, single plunger is used as a simplified model to investigate the air gap pressure of porous media aerostatic bearing by applying the volume method and pressure-velocity coupling method. Through the analysis and simulation of pressure distribution and average pressure of various thicknesses and lengths of air gap, we are able to understand the effects of those parameters upon aerostatic bearing.