GET/v1/closestairport

Find the airports nearest to a given latitude/longitude. Results are sorted by airport size (largest first), then by dis

Returns the airports nearest a coordinate, sorted by airport size then by distance. Requires `lat` and `lon`.

API Ninjas·$0.001 per call

Example code

// Using @orth/sdk - The simplest way to call APIs
// Install: npm install @orth/sdk
import Orthogonal from "@orth/sdk";

const orthogonal = new Orthogonal({
  apiKey: process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY,
});

const output = await orthogonal.run({
  api: "api-ninjas",
  path: "/v1/closestairport",
  query: {
    "lat": 123,
    "lon": 123
  }
});

console.log(output);

Query parameters

latrequired

number

Latitude of the search center, in decimal degrees.

lonrequired

number

Longitude of the search center, in decimal degrees.

radius

number

Search radius in kilometres. Default is 50, maximum is 500. (Default: 50)

size

string

Restrict to airport size. (Allowed: large, medium, small)

has_iata

string

Filter by whether the airport has an IATA code. (Allowed: true, false)

min_runway_length

number

Minimum runway length in feet.

limit

number

Maximum number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 50. Default is 10. (Default: 10)

units

string

Distance units. Default is km. (Allowed: km, mi) (Default: km)