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airport

An airport. Created from flight search results and linked to flights.

MetadataValue
Pluralairports
Subtitle fieldiataCode
IdentityiataCode
FieldType
iataCodestring
icaoCodestring
citystring
countrystring
countryCodestring
timezonestring
elevationFtinteger
terminalCountinteger
RelationTarget
locationplace
operatororganization

External standards this shape draws from or aligns with. See Shape design principles for how prior art informs shape design.

  • IATA/ICAO Airport Codes — iataCode is 3-letter (LAX, JFK); icaoCode is 4-letter (KLAX, KJFK). Canonical identifiers for global airport routing.
  • schema.org/Airport — Our iataCode/icaoCode = iataCode/icaoCode; city/country = address fields; elevationFt ≈ elevation. Direct alignment.
  • OurAirports open dataset — Practical open dataset covering terminalCount, elevation, and country codes (ISO 3166-1) aligning with our countryCode field.