Data sources

OurAirports

Airport, runway, frequency, country and region records come from OurAirports (ourairports.com), a community-maintained dataset released into the public domain. We download the CSV files, keep commercially relevant airports for detailed pages, and convert them to JSON. Last import: 9 November 2026.

OpenFlights airline database

Airline designators come from the OpenFlights Airline Database, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0), with contents under the Database Contents License (DbCL 1.0). The dataset is a historical snapshot; we do not use its “active” flag as proof that an airline operates today. Our derived airline file is available under the same licence at /data/airlines/airlines.json.

Time zones

Each airport’s IANA time zone is derived from its coordinates using timezone-boundary-builder boundaries (ODbL) via the open-source geo-tz library. Daylight saving rules are applied by your browser’s built-in time zone database.

Maps

World outlines come from Natural Earth (public domain). Links to OpenStreetMap open the location on openstreetmap.org (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Corrections

If you find an error in airport data, the best place to fix it is OurAirports itself; corrections appear on FlyingWorld after the next import.

provenance.json

Data updated: 9 November 2026