Methodology & data sources

Wingfarer aggregates and cross-references several open datasets:

• OurAirports (public domain) — airports, runways, frequencies, navaids and geography.
• OpenFlights (ODbL) — airlines, the routes they operate and the aircraft types used.
• Wikidata (CC0) — multilingual names, descriptions, passenger figures, photos and logos.
• Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) — encyclopaedic summaries, in each available language.
• Wikimedia Commons — airport photos and airline logos, each credited to its author and licence.
• NOAA / aviationweather.gov (public domain) — live METAR weather.

How figures are derived. Distances are great-circle (orthodromic) distances computed from airport coordinates. Flying times are estimates based on that distance at typical cruise speed plus taxi and climb — they are indicative, not schedule data. Airport names are shown in the local language where Wikidata provides a label, otherwise in English.

Freshness. Pages are generated automatically and the site is rebuilt regularly from the latest source data; live weather is fetched in real time. Figures may contain inaccuracies inherent to open data — corrections are welcome via our contact page.