GET/v1/airportdistance

Calculate the great-circle distance, initial bearing, and estimated flight time between two airports. Premium only.

Calculates great-circle distance, initial bearing, and estimated flight time between two airports. Requires `from` and `to`.

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/airportdistance",
  query: {
    "from": "example",
    "to": "example"
  }
});

console.log(output);

Query parameters

fromrequired

string

Origin airport - IATA (3 chars) or ICAO (4 chars) code.

torequired

string

Destination airport - IATA (3 chars) or ICAO (4 chars) code.

units

string

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