gisco_get_airports: Airports dataset
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gisco_get_airports

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Airports dataset

Description

This dataset includes the location of over 11,800 Pan European airports and heliports. The airports are identified using the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) airport codes.

Usage

gisco_get_airports(
  year = c(2013, 2006),
  country = NULL,
  cache_dir = NULL,
  update_cache = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

`year`	character string or number. Release year of the file. One of `2013`, `2006`.
`country`	character vector of country codes. It could be either a vector of country names, a vector of ISO3 country codes or a vector of Eurostat country codes. See also `countrycode::countrycode()`.
`cache_dir`	character string. A path to a cache directory. See Caching strategies section in `gisco_set_cache_dir()`.
`update_cache`	logical. Should the cached file be refreshed?. Default is `FALSE`. When set to `TRUE` it would force a new download.
`verbose`	logical. If `TRUE` displays informational messages.

Details

Dataset includes objects in EPSG:4326.

Value

A sf object.

Source

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/transport-networks.

Examples


airp <- gisco_get_airports(year = 2013)
coast <- giscoR::gisco_coastal_lines

if (!is.null(airp)) {
  library(ggplot2)

  ggplot(coast) +
    geom_sf(fill = "grey10", color = "grey20") +
    geom_sf(
      data = airp, color = "#00F0FF",
      size = 0.2, alpha = 0.25
    ) +
    theme_void() +
    theme(
      plot.background = element_rect(fill = "black"),
      text = element_text(color = "white"),
      panel.grid = element_blank(),
      plot.title = element_text(face = "bold", hjust = 0.5),
      plot.subtitle = element_text(face = "italic", hjust = 0.5)
    ) +
    labs(
      title = "Airports in Europe", subtitle = "Year 2013",
      caption = "Source: Eurostat, Airports 2013 dataset."
    ) +
    # Center in Europe: EPSG 3035
    coord_sf(
      crs = 3035,
      xlim = c(2377294, 7453440),
      ylim = c(1313597, 5628510)
    )
}

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