Global Airport Codes

Get detailed airport data including name, city, country, coordinates, and elevation from IATA or ICAO airport codes.

Simply provide a list of airport codes and get back structured location data for each one.

No login required. No cookies needed. Pay-per-event pricing.

Why Choose This Actor?

"Resolve airport codes to real-world location data in seconds"

Our Global Airport Codes actor provides:

• Worldwide Coverage: Nearly 86,000 airports, heliports, and airfields across every country
• IATA and ICAO in One Call: No need to know which code type you have - both are matched automatically
• Very Fast Responses: Parallel processing for large batches
• Cost-Effective: Pay only for the airport codes you look up: $3.00 / 1k codes
• Rich Data: Get name, city, country, coordinates, elevation, and more

Quick Start

1. Open the actor on Apify and go to the Input tab.
2. Paste the example input below (or edit the prefilled list); IATA and ICAO codes can be mixed.
3. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
4. Open the Output (dataset) tab to view or export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

{
  "codes": ["LAX", "EDDF"]
}

Example output item for LAX:

{
  "id": "3632",
  "ident": "KLAX",
  "type": "large_airport",
  "name": "Los Angeles International Airport",
  "latitude_deg": "33.942501",
  "longitude_deg": "-118.407997",
  "elevation_ft": "125",
  "continent": "NA",
  "iso_country": "US",
  "iso_region": "US-CA",
  "municipality": "Los Angeles",
  "scheduled_service": "yes",
  "icao_code": "KLAX",
  "iata_code": "LAX",
  "gps_code": "KLAX",
  "local_code": "LAX",
  "home_link": "https://www.flylax.com/",
  "wikipedia_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport",
  "keywords": "Tom Bradley",
  "error": null
}

Usage Examples

Resolve a Single Airport Code

{
  "codes": ["LAX"]
}

Resolve Multiple Airport Codes (IATA and ICAO mixed)

{
  "codes": ["LAX", "KJFK", "LHR", "EDDF"]
}

Returns one record per airport code found, with the same fields as the example output item in Quick Start (here four records, for LAX, KJFK, LHR and EDDF).

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
codes	array	Yes	-	List of IATA (3-letter) and/or ICAO (4-letter) airport codes to resolve (letters only, case-insensitive). 1-1000 per run; duplicates are ignored, invalid or too many codes fail the run

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	string	OurAirports internal ID
ident	string	Airport identifier (usually the ICAO code)
type	string	Airport type (large_airport, medium_airport, small_airport, heliport, seaplane_base, closed, etc.)
name	string	Airport name
latitude_deg	string	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude_deg	string	Longitude in decimal degrees
elevation_ft	string	Elevation above sea level in feet
continent	string	Continent code
iso_country	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
iso_region	string	ISO 3166-2 region code
municipality	string	Nearest city/municipality
scheduled_service	string	Whether the airport has scheduled airline service - "yes"/"no"
icao_code	string	4-letter ICAO airport code
iata_code	string	3-letter IATA airport code
gps_code	string	GPS/FAA code
local_code	string	Local country-specific airport code
home_link	string	Airport's official website, if known
wikipedia_link	string	Wikipedia article URL, if known
keywords	string	Additional search keywords (old names, nearby cities, etc.)
error	null/string	Error message if lookup failed

Free plan

Free-plan users get 5 runs in total. Each free run processes only the first 10 codes in your input (the rest is ignored without an error) and returns at most 10 results.

Pricing

Cost	Description
$0.0001 / start	Charged per actor run
$3.00 / 1,000 airport codes	Charged per result returned

API Integration

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("bite-sized-insights/global-airport-codes").call(
    run_input={
        "codes": ["LAX", "JFK", "LHR", "CDG"]
    }
)

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['iata_code'] or item['icao_code']}: {item['name']}, {item['municipality']}")

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('bite-sized-insights/global-airport-codes').call({
    codes: ['LAX', 'JFK', 'LHR', 'CDG']
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach(item => {
    console.log(`${item.iata_code || item.icao_code}: ${item.name}, ${item.municipality}`);
});

Use Cases

• Travel & Logistics: Resolve flight/shipment airport codes to real-world locations
• Data Enrichment: Add airport name, city, and coordinates to existing records
• Mapping: Get coordinates for plotting airports or flight routes
• Aviation Analytics: Filter and cross-reference airports by country, type, or elevation

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• France Postal Code Search - French postal codes (5-digit)

Notes

• Codes are matched case-sensitively against both the iata_code and icao_code columns - no need to specify which type each code is
• Invalid or non-existent airport codes will not appear in results
• Results are returned in no particular order
• Large requests are automatically split into batches and processed in parallel
• Includes closed airports and small/private airfields, not just commercial airports with scheduled service - filter on type/scheduled_service downstream if you only want commercial airports

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