OpenFlights Airport & Route Data
OpenFlights provides airport, airline, and route tables that can be converted into point and line GIS layers for aviation network visualization.
Format CSV / DAT
Coverage Global
Resolution Airport and route-level
License Open Database License
Update Repository updates
Format
CSV / DAT
Geometry
Point / line tables
Coverage
Global
Resolution
Airport and route-level
About this dataset
Airport, airline, and route tables that can be joined into GIS point and line layers.
Download OpenFlights airport and route data for aviation network mapping and transport analysis workflows.
Aviation network maps Route visualization Airport basemap layers
How to download
- 1 Open the OpenFlights data page.
- 2 Download airports.dat and routes.dat.
- 3 Load the tables into a GIS tool and join coordinates to create point and line layers.
- 4 Export to GeoJSON for web mapping.
FAQ
Is OpenFlights data directly a GIS file?
No. It is tabular data with coordinates that can be converted into GIS point and line layers.
How do I create route lines from OpenFlights data?
Join the routes table with the airports table on source and destination IDs, then generate line features from coordinate pairs.