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Airport
Airports are root objects, meaning it does not have a parent object.
AIDs identifying airports have
APT
as their namespace.An airport identifies a landing site, regardless of its form, usage or amount of traffic. For example, a heliport next to a hospital will be modelled by an Airport object.
Separate landing surfaces within the same establishment, for example, different runways or helipads within the same airport, are identified as Runways, not as separate Airports.
Below is a description of all properties of the Airport object:
Property | Type | Description |
aid | string | A string with the AID of the airport, with APT as namespace |
icao | string, null | A string with the 4-letters ICAO code of the airport, or null if none is assigned |
iata | string, null | A string with the 3-letters IATA code of the airport, or null if none is assigned. |
faa
⚠ | string, null | A string with the FAA code, or null if none is assigned. |
localIdentifier | string, null | An identifier issued by the local authority, which is not recognised as an official ICAO or IATA code.
The name of the code for each country can be found in Country. localIdentifierName |
coordinates | object, null | A Coordinates object which represents the location of the Aerodrome Reference Point.
This is null when the information is not known. |
elevation | number, null | A decimal number representing the elevation of the airport expressed in meters. Two decimal positions are provided, for precise conversion to feet.
This is null when the information is not known. |
variation | number, null | A decimal number representing the magnetic variation at the airport. This is expressed in degrees, with two decimal positions. Positive for East variation and Negative for West variation.
This is null when the information is not known. |
country | object | |
timeZone | string, null | The time-zone of the airfield as noted in the IANA Time Zone Database.
null indicates that this information is not available. |
name | string | The name of the airport. This should be the official name of the airport written in Latin characters. |
servedCity | string, null | A string containing the name of the city served by the airport.
This is null when the information is not known. |
servedCityGoverningDistrict | string, null | This is null when the information is not known. |
administrativeCity | string, null | A String containing the name of the city where the airport is situated (not the major city that it serves, as in servedCity ) This is null when the information is not known. |
administrativeCityGoverningDistrict | string, null | This is null when the information is not known. |
type | string, null | A string that describes the type of airport. Possible values are:
null indicates that the information is not known. |
operator | string, null | A string that identifies the type of operator that runs the airport. Possible values are:
null indicates that the information is not known. |
accessibleFor | list, null | A list of strings that identifies what type of traffic has access to the airport.
This is null when the information is not known.
Each element of the list is a string of possible value:
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ifr | boolean, null | Indicates if the airport is capable and authorised to accept flights operating under Instrument Flight Rules.
true if IFR flights are accepted, false otherwise.
null if the information is not known. |
mandatoryHandling | boolean, null | Indicates if local regulations mandate that visiting aircraft utilise a ground handling company.
true if the use of a ground handling company is mandated, false otherwise.
null if the information is not known. |
mandatoryQualification | boolean, null | Indicates if local regulations mandate that pilots are qualified before operating at the airport.
true if pilots require a qualification, false otherwise.
null if the information is not known.
When this property is true , the properties qualificationLink and qualificationNotes may contain additional information. |
qualificationLink | string, null | A URL that points to a page explaining the process for pilots to obtain the qualification required to operate at the airport.
null indicate that this information was not added. |
qualificationNotes | string, null | Free-text notes about the mandatory qualification that must be obtained before operating at the airport.
null if this information was not added. |
nonScheduledPermission | string, null | Indicates what kind of permission is required for non-scheduled flights (of either a private or commercial nature) to operate on the airport.
Possible values are:
null indicates that this information is not available.
If this property is not null additional information may be available in the nonScheduledPermissionNotes property. |
nonScheduledPermissionNotes | string, null | Free text with an explanation of the permission that needs to be obtained by non-scheduled flights to operate. |
paxLimit | number, null | The maximum number of passengers seats allowed for each aircraft operating at the airfield.
When this is set to 999 there are no restrictions imposed.
null indicates that the information is not known. |
weightLimit | number, null | The highest MTOM (Maximum Take-off Mass, or Weight) allowed for an aircraft operating at the airfield.
Values are expressed in Kilos.
When this is set to 9999999 there are no restrictions imposed.
null indicates that the information is not known. |
wingspanLimit | number, null | The largest wingspan allowed for an aircraft operating at the field.
Values are expressed in meters.
When this is set to 999 there are no restrictions imposed.
null indicates that the information is not known. |
referenceWeatherStation | string, null | If an airfield is known to not publish weather reports, or if the weather reports are not published 24h a day, the identifier of a different location can be specified here to indicate which nearby station best describes the weather conditions at the airfield.
The value of this field is the AID of a nearby airport that is known to issue weather reports 24h a day.
null indicates that this information was not added. |
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