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Airports API

Airport codes to airports, and airports by city.

Every airport in the world with an IATA code, plus every Indian airfield and heliport, from OurAirports. Indian airports carry their state code.

Base URL https://api.dharun.devNo API key600 requests a minuteThis page as Markdown

Airport for a code

GET/v1/airports/{code}

Parameter	Description
`code`path, required	IATA code (MAA) or ICAO code (VOMM).

curl

curl "https://api.dharun.dev/v1/airports/MAA"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.dharun.dev/v1/airports/MAA");
const body = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(body.error.message);
console.log(body.data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get("https://api.dharun.dev/v1/airports/MAA", timeout=10)
body = response.json()
if not response.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(body["error"]["message"])
print(body["data"])

Response

{
  "data": {
    "iata": "MAA",
    "icao": "VOMM",
    "ident": "VOMM",
    "name": "Chennai International Airport",
    "type": "large_airport",
    "city": "Chennai",
    "stateCode": "TN",
    "country": "IN",
    "countryName": "India",
    "latitude": 12.990005,
    "longitude": 80.169296,
    "elevationFt": 52,
    "scheduledService": true,
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_International_Airport"
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": {
      "name": "OurAirports",
      "url": "https://ourairports.com/data/",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "version": "9509 airports kept",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-13",
      "attribution": "Airport data from OurAirports, released into the public domain."
    }
  }
}

Search airports

GET/v1/airports

By name, city or code; airports with scheduled flights and larger airports first.

Parameter	Description
`q`query	Name, city or code, 2 or more characters.
`country`query	Two-letter ISO country code, such as IN.
`state`query	State code or name, for example TN or Tamil Nadu.
`type`query	Kind of airfield. One of: large_airport, medium_airport, small_airport, heliport, seaplane_base.
`limit`query	Results per page, 1 to 100.
`offset`query	Results to skip.

curl

curl "https://api.dharun.dev/v1/airports?q=chennai"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.dharun.dev/v1/airports?q=chennai");
const body = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(body.error.message);
console.log(body.data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get("https://api.dharun.dev/v1/airports?q=chennai", timeout=10)
body = response.json()
if not response.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(body["error"]["message"])
print(body["data"])

Response, with lists and long text shortened

{
  "data": [
    {
      "iata": "MAA",
      "icao": "VOMM",
      "ident": "VOMM",
      "name": "Chennai International Airport",
      "type": "large_airport",
      "city": "Chennai",
      "stateCode": "TN",
      "country": "IN",
      "countryName": "India",
      "latitude": 12.990005,
      "longitude": 80.169296,
      "elevationFt": 52,
      "scheduledService": true,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_International_Airport"
    },
    {
      "iata": null,
      "icao": null,
      "ident": "VOTX",
      "name": "Tambaram Air Force Station",
      "type": "small_airport",
      "city": "Chennai",
      "stateCode": "TN",
      "country": "IN",
      "countryName": "India",
      "latitude": 12.9072,
      "longitude": 80.121902,
      "elevationFt": 90,
      "scheduledService": false,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambaram_Air_Force_Station"
    },
    {
      "iata": null,
      "icao": null,
      "ident": "IN-0260",
      "name": "Chennai Military Hospital Helipad",
      "type": "heliport",
      "city": "Chennai",
      "stateCode": "TN",
      "country": "IN",
      "countryName": "India",
      "latitude": 13.0196,
      "longitude": 80.1976,
      "elevationFt": 52,
      "scheduledService": false
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "total": 4,
    "limit": 20,
    "offset": 0,
    "source": {
      "name": "OurAirports",
      "url": "https://ourairports.com/data/",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "version": "9509 airports kept",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-13",
      "attribution": "Airport data from OurAirports, released into the public domain."
    }
  }
}

Data source

OurAirports, 9509 airports kept. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Licence: Public domain. Airport data from OurAirports, released into the public domain.

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