Airport Data API - IATA & ICAO

Airport lookup by IATA or ICAO code, search by name or city, nearest airports to any coordinates and great-circle distance and flight time between two airports. 9,500 airports with coordinates, elevation, country, region and city.

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Endpoints

GET `/v1/airports/{code}`

Airport by code

Parameter	In	Description	Example
`code` *	path	IATA (MAD) or ICAO (LEMD)	`MAD`

GET `/v1/airports/search`

Search airports

Parameter	In	Description	Example
`q` *	query	Name, city or code	`london`
`country`	query	ISO country filter
`limit`	query	1-100	`10`

GET `/v1/airports/nearby`

Nearest airports

Parameter	In	Description	Example
`lat` *	query	Latitude	`40.96`
`lon` *	query	Longitude	`-5.66`
`radius`	query	Radius km	`200`
`type`	query	large, medium or small
`limit`	query	1-100	`10`

GET `/v1/airports/distance`

Distance between airports

Parameter	In	Description	Example
`from` *	query	IATA/ICAO	`MAD`
`to` *	query	IATA/ICAO	`JFK`

Example

GET /v1/airports/search?q=london&country=&limit=10

{
  "query": "london",
  "count": 10,
  "airports": [
    {
      "iata": "LTN",
      "icao": "EGGW",
      "name": "London Luton Airport",
      "lat": 51.8747,
      "lon": -0.36833,
      "elevationFt": 526,
      "size": "large",
      "country": "GB",
      "region": "GB-ENG",
      "city": "Luton, Luton",
      "scheduledService": true
    },
    {
      "iata": "LGW",
      "icao": "EGKK",
      "name": "London Gatwick Airport",
      "lat": 51.14874,
      "lon": -0.18574,
      "elevationFt": 202,
      "size": "large",
      "country": "GB",
      "region": "GB-ENG",
      "city": "London",
      "scheduledService": true
    },
    {
      "iata": "LHR",
      "icao": "EGLL",
      "name": "London Heathrow Airport",
      "lat": 51.47075,
      "lon": -0.45991,
      "elevationFt": 83,
      "size": "large",
      "country": "GB",
      "region": "GB-ENG",
      "city": "London",
      "scheduledService": true
    },
    {
      "iata": "STN",
      "icao": "EGSS",
      "name": "London Stansted Airport",
      "lat": 51.885,
      "lon": 0.235,
      "elevationFt": 348,
      "size": "large",
      "country": "GB",
      "region": "GB-ENG",
      "city": "London, Essex",
      "scheduledService": true
    },
    {
      "iata": "ELS",
      "icao": "FAEL",
      "name": "King Phalo Airport",
      "lat": -33.0356,
      "lon": 27.8259,
      "elevationFt": 435,
      "size": "large",
      "country": "ZA",
      "region": "ZA-EC",
      "city": "East London",
      "scheduledService": true
    },
    {
  …

Use cases

Travel and booking apps, flight trackers, logistics, airport pickers in forms, carbon/distance calculators, data enrichment.

Why this API

Fast: global edge network, answers in milliseconds.
Data: OurAirports (public domain), updated regularly.
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