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airportsapi

Look up an airport's name and website by ICAO code

🚆 TransportUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Give it a four-letter ICAO code and it returns the airport's official name and homepage URL as JSON. Minimal but keyless, with CORS enabled for browser use. The underlying dataset is static and hasn't been refreshed since 2017.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://airport-web.appspot.com/_ah/api/airportsapi/v1/airports/EDDF

{
  "ICAO": "EDDF",
  "last_update": "2017-07-28T14:18:23.168000",
  "name": "Flughafen Frankfurt Main",
  "url": "https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://airport-web.appspot.com/_ah/api/airportsapi/v1/airports/EDDF"
const res = await fetch("https://airport-web.appspot.com/_ah/api/airportsapi/v1/airports/EDDF");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://airport-web.appspot.com/_ah/api/airportsapi/v1/airports/EDDF")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 5On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /airports/EDDF awaits first probe
GET/airports/EDDFPROBED

Look up an airport's name and website by ICAO code

GET/airports

Airports — documented GET route.

GET/airports/1

Airports details by ID (example: 1).

GET/airports?limit=10

Airports — documented GET route.

GET/airports/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

airportsapi: common questions

Is airportsapi free to use?

Yes — airportsapi is a free transport API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does airportsapi need an API key?

No — airportsapi needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call airportsapi from the browser?

Yes — airportsapi returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is airportsapi up right now?

airportsapi is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.