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Data APIs & developer tools

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Airport and place APIs with clear source details, plus a practical toolkit for requests, data and app assets.

JSON responses Source attribution Scoped API keys
Request workspaceGET · JSON
Request
curl 'https://cleapi.com/api/v1/airports?country=US&iata=SFO&limit=1' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

Illustrative response · selected fields

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "oa:3878",
      "name": "San Francisco International Airport",
      "iataCode": "SFO",
      "icaoCode": "KSFO"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "dataset": {
      "source": {
        "name": "OurAirports",
        "license": "Public domain"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Catalog & request explorer

2 datasets

Find cities and settlements by name or alias, with coordinates, population and time zone fields.

alternateNamescountryCodepopulationtimezone

Coverage and reuse

GeoNames cities500: populated places over 500 inhabitants and administrative seats, with country and administrative references.

CC BY 4.0

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  2. 02

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  3. 03

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