airport-codes/README.md

Airport codes (IATA) and information pulled from OpenFlights.org.

# Airport Codes
> Airport codes (IATA) and information pulled from OpenFlights.org

## Install

```
npm install airport-codes
```

## Usage

The list of airport codes is wrapped in a Backbone Collection, so have access to all normal collection methods like `findWhere`, `at`, and `sort`.

```javascript
var airports = require('airport-codes');

console.log(airports.findWhere({ iata: 'LAX' }).get('name'));
//=> Los Angeles Intl

console.log(airports.at(124).get('city'));;
//=> Sydney

console.log(airports.at(0).get('name'));
//=> Goroka
airports.comparator = 'city';
airports.sort();
console.log(airports.at(0).get('name'));
//=> 7 Novembre
```

If you'd like only the JSON list of airport codes, you can use either the Backbone Collection's `toJSON` method or import the json list directly:

```javascript
require('airport-codes').toJSON();
require('airport-codes/airports.json');
```

## Update the list of Airport Codes

### Fetch Airport codes

```
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/airports.dat
```

### Generate the list

Convert the list of airport codes from csv format to JSON.

```
node convert.js
```

## Thanks

- [Ram Nadella](https://github.com/ram-nadella/airport-codes)
- [Jani Patokallio](https://github.com/jpatokal/openflights/)