airport_lookup: Translate airport codes or names into other standard airport...

In airportr: Convenience Tools for Working with Airport Data

Description

Return city name, airport name, IATA code, or IACO code given an input IATA code, ICAO code, or airport name.

Usage

airport_lookup(input, input_type = "IATA", output_type = "name")

Arguments

input	An airport name, IATA code, or ICAO code. Input type will be guessed unless #' explicitly defined
input_type	One of "name", "IATA", or "ICAO". Function will attempt to guess type if not supplied
output_type	One of "name", "city", "IATA", or "ICAO". Defaults to "name" if otherwise not specified

Value

The appropriate city, airport name, IATA code, or ICAO code for that airport

Examples

airport_lookup("CYVR")
airport_lookup("YVR", output_type = "city")
airport_lookup("Vancouver International Airport", input_type="name",output_type = "IATA")
airport_lookup("YVR",input_type = "IATA", output_type = "city")

# Produces a list of similar named airports
airport_lookup("Vancoover","name","city")

Example output

[1] "Vancouver International Airport"
[1] "Vancouver"
[1] "YVR"
[1] "Vancouver"
Warning in airport_lookup("Vancoover", "name", "city") :
  No exact matches but some similar names in the database include:
Vancouver International Airport
Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome
Vancouver International Seaplane Base

airportr documentation built on Oct. 9, 2019, 9:05 a.m.