FLflightaware
airports

Get static information about an airport

Returns information about an airport given an ICAO or LID airport code such as KLAX, KIAH, O07, etc. Data returned includes airport name, city, state (when known), latitude, longitude, and timezone.

get/airports/{id}

Request

Path parameters

idstring required

ICAO, IATA or LID ID of destination airport to fetch. ICAO is highly preferred to prevent ambiguity.

Response

Information about the requested airport.

airport_codestring required

Default airport identifier, generally ICAO but may be IATA or LID if the airport lacks an ICAO code

code_icaostring nullable

ICAO identifier for the airport if known

code_iatastring nullable

IATA identifier for the airport if known

code_lidstring nullable

LID identifier for the airport if known

alternate_identstring nullable required

IATA or LID identifier for the airport. (Deprecated, use code_iata for the IATA identifier or code_lid for the LID identifier instead.)

namestring required

Common name for the airport

type'Airport' | 'Heliport' | 'Seaplane Base' | 'Ultralight' | 'Stolport' | 'Gliderport' | 'Balloonport' | 'null' nullable

Type of airport

elevationnumber required

Height above Mean Sea Level (MSL)

citystring required

Closest city to the airport

statestring required

State/province where the airport resides if applicable. For US states this will be their 2-letter code; for provinces or other entities, it will be the full name.

longitudenumber required

Airport's longitude, generally the center point of the airport

latitudenumber required

Airport's latitude, generally the center point of the airport

timezonestring required

Applicable timezone for the airport, in the TZ database format

country_codestring required

2-letter code of country where the airport resides (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)

wiki_urlstring uri nullable required

Link to the wikipedia page for the airport

airport_flights_urlstring uri-reference required

The URL to flights for this airport

Example response

{
  "airport_code": "KHOU",
  "code_icao": "KHOU",
  "code_iata": "HOU",
  "code_lid": "HOU",
  "name": "London Heathrow",
  "timezone": "America/Chicago",
  "alternatives": [
    {
      "airport_code": "KHOU",
      "code_icao": "KHOU",
      "code_iata": "HOU",
      "code_lid": "HOU",
      "name": "London Heathrow",
      "timezone": "America/Chicago"
    }
  ]
}

Changes

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