1.4.0 • Published 7 years ago
airports-data v1.4.0
airports-data 
Airports data: static, dynamic and custom dump. Data from OpenFlights Airports Database.
Installation
npm install airports-data
Usage
const fs = require("fs");
const getAirportsData = require("airports-data");
process.on("unhandledRejection", err => {
console.error(err);
process.exit(1);
});
async function dumpData() {
const data = await getAirportsData({
dynamic: true,
keys: ["name", "iata"]
});
fs.writeFileSync("airports.json", JSON.stringify(data));
}
dumpData();API
getAirportsData(options): Promise<AirportData[]>
| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| options | object? | ||
| options.dynamic | boolean? | false | Request the latest data online. |
| options.keys | string?[] | string? | undefined | Apply a simple filtering to the loaded data (both statically and dynamically). Array of strings or string with comma separated keys. |
CLI
Usage
$ airports-data
Options
--dynamic, -d Get data from https://openflights.org/data.html#airport instead of the local dump [Default: false]
--keys, -k Keys to include [Default:
id
name
city
country
iata
icao
latitude
longitude
altitude
timezone
dst
tz
type
source
]
Examples
$ airports-data
[..., {"id":1382,"name":"Charles de Gaulle International Airport","city":"Paris","country":"France","iata":"CDG","icao":"LFPG","latitude":49.0127983093,"longitude":2.54999995232,"altitude":392,"timezone":1,"dst":"E","tz":"Europe/Paris","type":"airport","source":"OurAirports"}, ...]
$ airports-data --keys name,iata
[..., {"name":"Charles de Gaulle International Airport","iata":"CDG"}, ...]Data
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| id | Unique OpenFlights identifier for this airport. |
| name | Name of airport. May or may not contain the City name. |
| city | Main city served by airport. May be spelled differently from Name. |
| country | Country or territory where airport is located. See countries.dat to cross-reference to ISO 3166-1 codes. |
| iata | 3-letter IATA code. null if not assigned/unknown. |
| icao | 4-letter ICAO code. null if not assigned. |
| latitude | Decimal degrees, usually to six significant digits. Negative is South, positive is North. |
| longitude | Decimal degrees, usually to six significant digits. Negative is West, positive is East. |
| altitude | In feet. |
| timezone | Hours offset from UTC. Fractional hours are expressed as decimals, eg. India is 5.5. |
| dst | Daylight savings time. One of E (Europe), A (US/Canada), S (South America), O (Australia), Z (New Zealand), N (None) or U (Unknown). |
| tz | Timezone in "tz" (Olson) format, eg. "America/Los_Angeles". |
| type | Type of the airport. Value "airport" for air terminals, "station" for train stations, "port" for ferry terminals and "unknown" if not known. |
| source | Source of this data. "OurAirports" for data sourced from OurAirports, "Legacy" for old data not matched to OurAirports (mostly DAFIF), "User" for unverified user contributions. |
License
MIT. See license file.