This package uses open source airport data to provide tools to look up information, translate names and codes into other formats, as well as some basic calculation functions for measuring distances.
Check out the airportr reference site for more details and examples.
install.packages("airportr")
library(airportr)Alternatively, the dev version can be installed from Github using devtools.
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("dshkol/airportr")
library(airportr)This package is primarily to facilitate working with and translating structured airport data from one format into another.
# Return an airport name given an IATA code
airport_lookup("YVR", input_type = "IATA", output_type = "name")
[1] "Vancouver International Airport"
# Return an airport IATA code given an airport name
airport_lookup("Vancouver International Airport", input_type = "name", output_type ="IATA")
[1] "YVR"
# If input type is not specified will try to guess
airport_lookup("YVR", output_type = "city")
[1] "Vancouver"
# Return all available details for an aiport given an airport name, IATA code, or ICAO code
airport_detail("YVR")
# A tibble: 1 x 14
`OpenFlights ID` Name City Country IATA ICAO Latitude Longitude Altitude UTC DST
<int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <int> <dbl> <chr>
1 156 Vancouve… Vanc… Canada YVR CYVR 49.2 -123. 14 -8 A
# ... with 3 more variables: Timezone <chr>, Type <chr>, Source <chr>
airport_detail("CYVR")
# A tibble: 1 x 14
`OpenFlights ID` Name City Country IATA ICAO Latitude Longitude Altitude UTC DST
<int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <int> <dbl> <chr>
1 156 Vancouve… Vanc… Canada YVR CYVR 49.2 -123. 14 -8 A
# ... with 3 more variables: Timezone <chr>, Type <chr>, Source <chr>
# Return location of an airport given an ICAO code
airport_location("CYVR", input_type = "ICAO")
# A tibble: 1 x 2
Latitude Longitude
<dbl> <dbl>
1 49.2 -123.
# Display all airports serving a given city
city_airports("Vancouver")
# A tibble: 3 x 14
`OpenFlights ID` Name City Country IATA ICAO Latitude Longitude Altitude UTC DST
<int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <int> <dbl> <chr>
1 156 Vancouve… Vanc… Canada YVR CYVR 49.2 -123. 14 -8 A
2 4107 Coal Har… Vanc… Canada "\\N" CAQ3 50.6 -128. 0 -8 A
3 5500 Vancouve… Vanc… Canada CXH CYHC 49.3 -123. 0 -8 A
# ... with 3 more variables: Timezone <chr>, Type <chr>, Source <chr>This package also includes some convenience functions for working with distances between airports.
# Calculate distance between two airports in km
airport_distance("YVR","LHR")
[1] 7580.963Another common airport-related task is to locate airports in the vicinity of a city or specified location. This is easy to implement with the airports_near_airport() and airports_around() functions:
#' airports_near_airport("YEG")
# A tibble: 3 x 14
`OpenFlights ID` Name City Country IATA ICAO Latitude Longitude Altitude UTC DST Timezone Type Source
<int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <int> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 49 Edmonton Inter… Edmonton Canada YEG CYEG 53.3 -114. 2373 -7 A America/E… airp… OurAir…
2 131 Rocky Mountain… Rocky Mo… Canada YRM CYRM 52.4 -115. 3244 -7 A America/E… airp… OurAir…
3 165 Edmonton City … Edmonton Canada YXD CYXD 53.6 -114. 2202 -7 A America/E… airp… OurAir…
#' airports_around(49.2,-123, distance = 20)
# A tibble: 3 x 14
`OpenFlights ID` Name City Country IATA ICAO Latitude Longitude Altitude UTC DST Timezone Type Source
<int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <int> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 156 Vancouver Inte… Vancouv… Canada YVR CYVR 49.2 -123. 14 -8 A America/Va… airp… OurAir…
2 5500 Vancouver Harb… Vancouv… Canada CXH CYHC 49.3 -123. 0 -8 A America/Va… airp… OurAir…
3 7273 Boundary Bay A… Boundar… Canada YDT CZBB 49.1 -123. 6 -8 A America/Va… airp… OurAir…Software code is licensed under the MIT license. Airport data is from the OpenFlights Airport Database made available under the Open Database License. A local copy of the license exists in the inst/extdata directory.
Disclaimer on the data from OpenFlights:
This data is not suitable for navigation. OpenFlights does not assume any responsibility whatsoever for its accuracy, and consequently assumes no liability whatsoever for results obtained or loss or damage incurred as a result of application of the data. OpenFlights expressly disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose.