Welcome to OurAirports, a site for discovering and discussing the world's airports. This site currently has information about 81,382 airports around the world, and our members have personally visited 15,503 of them and left 15,505 comments.
(This page contains information about using the OurAirports interface. If you are interested in information about the open-data formats, please visit the Data dictionary page.
Topics: Searching for airports | Using the map
Search
The search box at the top right of every page is the easiest way to find an airport: just type in an airport code (like "LHR" or "KLAX") or an airport location (like "Cairo, Egypt") and OurAirports will show you the best candidates. You can also explore the site interactively by scrolling and zooming on the Big Map or drilling down by continent, country, and region, starting with The World.
| Search type | Example | Description |
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| Airport code | LAX | Any ICAO, IATA, or local airport code, or an OurAirports identifier for airports that don't have official codes. |
| Keyword | Dakar | Any word(s) that might appear in the airport name, city, administrative region, country, or continent. |
| Latitude, Longitude | 23.843347,90.397783 | Latitude and longitude in decimal format, separated by a comma (some other lat/lon formats will also work, such as N04 42 05 W074 08 48). |
Map legend
Airports
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Large airport | Land airport with scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers/year, or major military base). |
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Medium airport | Land airport with scheduled regional airline service, or regular general aviation or military traffic. |
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Small airport | Land airport with little or no scheduled service, light general aviation traffic. |
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Heliport | Helicopter pad(s) with no runways available for fixed-wing aircraft. |
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Seaplane base | Docking/fueling area for seaplanes, with no facilities for land aircraft. |
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Seaplane base | Area for launching hot-air balloons. |
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Closed | Any type of airport that's no longer operational. |
More airports and/or navaids appear as you zoom in closer on the map.
An airport icon will appear green when it is the currently-selected airport, or grey when it falls outside the set of airports you're currently viewing (e.g. not in the same country, not in the list of airport's you've visited, etc.).
Radio navigation aids
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VOR | Civilian VOR without a colocated DME. |
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VOR-DME | Civilian VOR with a colocated DME. |
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VORTAC | Civilian VOR colocated with a military TACAN (also usable as a DME). |
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TACAN | Military TACAN without a colocated civilian VOR, usable by civilians as a DME. |
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NDB | Non-directional beacon without a colocated DME. |
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NDB-DME | Non-direction beacon with a colocated DME. |
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DME | Standalone distance-measuring equipment. |
Members
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Single member | Location of an airport where a single OurAirports member is based. |
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Multiple members | Location of an airport with more than one OurAirports member. |