The Airports API provides vital information on nearly 30,000 airports worldwide including major international airports and small regional airports.
HTTP GET
Returns a list of up to 30 airport results. Use the offset
parameter to access more results if available.
At least one of the following parameters must be provided:
icao
(optional) - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 4-character airport code.
iata
(optional) - International Air Transport Association (IATA) 3-character airport code.
name
(optional) - airport name. This parameter supports partial matching (e.g. Heathrow
will match London Heathrow Airport
)
country
(optional) - airport country. Must be 2-character ISO-2 country code (e.g. GB
)
region
(optional) - administrative region such as state or province within a country (e.g. California
)
city
(optional) - airport city (e.g. London
)
timezone
(optional) - airport timezone (e.g. Europe/London
)
min_elevation
(optional) - minimum airport elevation in feet.
max_elevation
(optional) - maximum airport elevation in feet.
offset
(optional) - number of results to offset for pagination.
X-Api-Key
(required) - API Key associated with your account.
Live Demo!
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airports?name=
[
{
"icao": "EGLL",
"iata": "LHR",
"name": "London Heathrow Airport",
"city": "London",
"region": "England",
"country": "GB",
"elevation_ft": "83",
"latitude": "51.4706001282",
"longitude": "-0.4619410038",
"timezone": "Europe/London"
}
]
import requests
name = 'London Heathrow'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airports?name={}'.format(name)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
var name = 'London Heathrow'
$.ajax({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airports?name=' + name,
headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'},
contentType: 'application/json',
success: function(result) {
console.log(result);
},
error: function ajaxError(jqXHR) {
console.error('Error: ', jqXHR.responseText);
}
});
const request = require('request');
var name = 'London Heathrow';
request.get({
url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airports?name=' + name,
headers: {
'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
},
}, function(error, response, body) {
if(error) return console.error('Request failed:', error);
else if(response.statusCode != 200) return console.error('Error:', response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
else console.log(body)
});
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
URL url = new URL("https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airports?name=London Heathrow");
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestProperty("accept", "application/json");
InputStream responseStream = connection.getInputStream();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(responseStream);
System.out.println(root.path("fact").asText());
let name = "London Heathrow".addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)
let url = URL(string: "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airports?name="+name!)!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue("YOUR_API_KEY", forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Api-Key")
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) {(data, response, error) in
guard let data = data else { return }
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}
task.resume()
If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.