2,463 carriers
Global Airlines Master Registry
Complete records of operating and defunct airlines. Includes IATA/ICAO codes, callsigns, country, operational status, observed fleet, and corporate alliances.
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OPEN AVIATION RESEARCH HUB
Open Aviation Data Hub
We believe foundational aviation data should be transparent, accessible, and structured for research. Download clean, static datasets of airlines, historical closures, airports, and flight routes.
Total Airlines
2,463
Active & historical carriers
Commercial Airports
3,053
Geocoded global aerodromes
Flight Route Pairs
33,114
Unique commercial connections
Data As-Of Date
2026-10-08
Nightly automated verification
Key Facts: Open Datasets & Licensing
- All datasets are available via direct download without registration, API keys, or rate limits.
- Airport and route networks are sourced from the OpenFlights dataset and published under the Open Database License (ODbL).
- Airline corporate facts and Wikidata properties are released into the public domain (CC0 1.0 Universal).
- Commercial fleet figures represent observed physical airframes catalogued at build time.
Available Datasets & Direct Downloads
1,349 defunct carriers
Historical & Defunct Airlines Archive
Dedicated archival dataset of ceased, merged, and rebranded airlines with founding years, cessation years, operational lifespan, and resolution fates.
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3,053 airports
Commercial Airports & Gateways Registry
Global aerodromes database containing 3-letter IATA codes, 4-letter ICAO codes, airport name, city, country, and precise geographic coordinates.
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33,114 route pairs
Airline Flight Routes & Destination Network
Commercial scheduled non-stop airport pairs connecting international destinations across major operating carriers.
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Thousands of codes
IATA & ICAO Codeholder Indexes
Complete cross-reference directory of historical and active airline code assignments, documenting code reallocations across different aviation eras.
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Programmatic Access (curl / wget)
Fetch datasets directly in shell scripts or data analysis pipelines:
# Download all airlines in CSV format
curl -sSL "https://airlinenation.com/data/airlines.csv" -o airlines.csv
# Download historical defunct airlines archive
curl -sSL "https://airlinenation.com/data/defunct_airlines.csv" -o defunct_airlines.csv
# Fetch geocoded commercial airports in JSON
curl -sSL "https://airlinenation.com/data/airports.json" -o airports.json