@squawk/airports

  @squawk/airports

Pure logic library for querying US airport data. Look up airports by FAA ID, ICAO code, geographic proximity, or name/city search. Contains no bundled data - accepts an array of Airport records at initialization. For zero-config use, pair with @squawk/airport-data.

Part of the @squawk aviation library suite. See all packages on npm.

Usage

import { usBundledAirports } from '@squawk/airport-data';
import { createAirportResolver } from '@squawk/airports';

const resolver = createAirportResolver({ data: usBundledAirports.records });

// Look up by FAA ID
const jfk = resolver.byFaaId('JFK');

// Look up by ICAO code
const ord = resolver.byIcao('KORD');

// Find nearest airports to a position
const nearby = resolver.nearest({ lat: 40.6413, lon: -73.7781 });
for (const result of nearby) {
  console.log(result.airport.name, result.distanceNm, 'nm');
}

// Search by name or city
const results = resolver.search({ text: 'chicago' });

Consumers who have their own airport data can use this package standalone:

import { createAirportResolver } from '@squawk/airports';

const resolver = createAirportResolver({ data: myAirports });

Browser / SPA usage

The resolver factory has no Node-specific imports and ships an explicit /browser subpath for SPAs and edge runtimes. Pair it with @squawk/airport-data/browser:

import { loadUsBundledAirports } from '@squawk/airport-data/browser';
import { createAirportResolver } from '@squawk/airports/browser';

const dataset = await loadUsBundledAirports();
const resolver = createAirportResolver({ data: dataset.records });

The /browser entry is identical to the main entry; the separate subpath exists so browser support is an explicit, publint-verified part of the public API surface.

API

createAirportResolver(options)

Creates a resolver object from an array of Airport records.

Parameters:

• options.data - an array of Airport objects (from @squawk/types)

Returns: AirportResolver - an object with the lookup methods described below.

resolver.byFaaId(faaId)

Looks up an airport by its FAA location identifier (e.g. "JFK", "LAX", "3N6"). Case-insensitive. Returns Airport | undefined.

resolver.byIcao(icao)

Looks up an airport by its ICAO code (e.g. "KJFK", "KLAX"). Case-insensitive. Returns Airport | undefined.

resolver.nearest(query)

Finds airports nearest to a geographic position, sorted by distance ascending.

Property	Type	Description
lat	number	Latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84)
lon	number	Longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84)
maxDistanceNm	number	Optional. Maximum distance in nautical miles. Defaults to 30
limit	number	Optional. Maximum number of results. Defaults to 10
types	ReadonlySet<FacilityType>	Optional. When provided, only facilities of these types are returned

Returns NearestAirportResult[], each containing:

• airport - the matched Airport record
• distanceNm - great-circle distance in nautical miles (rounded to 2 decimal places)

// Find the 5 nearest airports within 50 nm
const nearby = resolver.nearest({
  lat: 40.6413,
  lon: -73.7781,
  maxDistanceNm: 50,
  limit: 5,
});

// Find only nearby heliports
const heliports = resolver.nearest({
  lat: 40.6413,
  lon: -73.7781,
  types: new Set(['HELIPORT']),
});

resolver.search(query)

Searches airports by name or city using case-insensitive substring matching. Results are returned in alphabetical order by name.

Property	Type	Description
text	string	Case-insensitive substring to match against name or city
limit	number	Optional. Maximum number of results. Defaults to 20
types	ReadonlySet<FacilityType>	Optional. When provided, only facilities of these types are returned

Returns Airport[].

const results = resolver.search({ text: 'san francisco', limit: 10 });

Local time at an airport

Every airport record carries an IANA timezone field (e.g. America/New_York) resolved from the airport's lat/lon at build time. Combine it with the standard Intl.DateTimeFormat API to format a timestamp in the airport's local time without pulling in a timezone library at runtime:

const jfk = resolver.byIcao('KJFK');
if (jfk) {
  const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
    timeZone: jfk.timezone,
    dateStyle: 'medium',
    timeStyle: 'short',
  });
  console.log(formatter.format(new Date())); // e.g. "Apr 23, 2026, 3:42 PM"
}

The same field works anywhere an IANA zone is accepted - Temporal, date-fns-tz, luxon, moment-timezone, etc.