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Airport Code Lookup

Look up an airport by IATA code (3 letters), ICAO code (4 chars), or free-text name / city. Provide one of iata, icao, or q; optional type filter. Returns full airport record(s); ambiguous names return ranked candidates. Data: OurAirports (public domain), cross-checked vs OpenFlights + Wikidata.

get/api/airports

Request

  • Base URL: https://www.freightutils.com
  • URL: https://www.freightutils.com/api/airports
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

iatastring

Exact 3-letter IATA code.

icaostring

Exact 4-character ICAO code.

qstring

Name / city / municipality search (min 2 chars).

type'large_airport' | 'medium_airport' | 'small_airport' | 'heliport' | 'closed' | 'seaplane_base'

Optional filter by airport type.

Response

Matching airport record(s).

countinteger required
disclaimerstring

Example response

{
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "ident": "EGLL",
      "iata_code": "LHR",
      "name": "London Heathrow Airport",
      "type": "large_airport",
      "municipality": "London",
      "region": "England",
      "country": "GB",
      "country_name": "United Kingdom",
      "latitude": 51.470748,
      "longitude": -0.459909,
      "elevation_ft": 83
    }
  ]
}

Changes

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