Data Sources & Licensing

World Aviation Database combines source data and derived calculations. Source ownership and licensing remain with the respective providers. This page is updated as new aviation modules are added.

OurAirports

Airport, runway, airport-code, navigation-aid and related aviation records may be obtained from OurAirports, which publishes its airport data as Public Domain data.

GeoNames

Geographic reference data used for country, administrative-region and city matching are derived from GeoNames and used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Natural Earth

Low-resolution country boundary geometry used by the world explorer is derived from Natural Earth, which makes its data available in the public domain.

OpenStreetMap

Interactive map tiles and map context may be provided by OpenStreetMap contributors. Attribution is displayed with the map.

World SEO Factory calculations

Counts, rankings, distributions, geographic relationships, nearby results and distances may be calculated by this website from imported records.