CifpAirport

Airport reference data including location, elevation, runway, and operational characteristics per ARINC 424 Section PA records

Source: CIFPTable: CIFP_AIRPORTVersion: 239462ba9c35 (effective 2026-04-16)

Coordinates are encoded as NDDMMSSCC (latitude) and WDDDMMSSCC (longitude) where CC = centiseconds. Magnetic variation prefix E=East, W=West.

Example query

# Introspect the CifpAirport type in GraphiQL at https://api.nav.sortie.co/graphql
# Example shape (pair with a compatible root query field):
{
  # ...rootQuery... {
    recordType
    customerAreaCode
    sectionCode
    airportIcaoIdentifier
  # }
}

Run at https://api.nav.sortie.co/graphql — GraphiQL is available in-browser.

Fields (28)

Field	Type	Description	Units	Enum
recordType ← RECORD_TYPE	RecordType	Indicates whether the record is a standard record or a tailored record		S — Standard record
customerAreaCode ← CUSTOMER_AREA_CODE	CustomerAreaCode	Geographic area of the world in which the airport is located		CAN — Canada and Alaska LAM — Latin America and Caribbean PAC — Pacific (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) SPA — South Pacific / Oceania USA — Contiguous United States and Hawaii
sectionCode ← SECTION_CODE	SectionCode	ARINC 424 section code identifying the record type; PA indicates Airport record		PA — Airport
airportIcaoIdentifier ← AIRPORT_ICAO_IDENTIFIER	String	ICAO 4-letter airport identifier, or FAA location identifier for US airports without an ICAO code
icaoCode ← ICAO_CODE	IcaoCode	ICAO region code prefix identifying the geographic region of the airport		23 values CY — Canada K1 — Contiguous US (miscellaneous/FAA region 1) K2 — Contiguous US (FAA region 2) K3 — Contiguous US (FAA region 3) K4 — Contiguous US (FAA region 4) K5 — Contiguous US (FAA region 5) K6 — Contiguous US (FAA region 6) K7 — Contiguous US (FAA region 7) NS — Samoa / Pacific islands PA — Alaska PF — Pacific (FAA region F) PG — Guam and Mariana Islands PH — Hawaii PK — Marshall Islands / Micronesia PM — Midway Islands PO — Pacific (FAA region O) PP — Pacific (FAA region P) PT — Palau / Pacific Trust Territories PW — Wake Island TI — US Virgin Islands TJ — Puerto Rico PC — PC PS — PS
ataIataDesignator ← ATA_IATA_DESIGNATOR	String	ATA/IATA airport designator code; may differ from the ICAO identifier
continuationRecordNo ← CONTINUATION_RECORD_NO	String	Continuation record number; 0 indicates the primary record, 1 and above indicate continuation records with additional data
speedLimitAltitude ← SPEED_LIMIT_ALTITUDE	String	Altitude at or below which the published airport speed limit applies	feet MSL
longestRunway ← LONGEST_RUNWAY	String	Length of the longest runway at the airport, in hundreds of feet	hundreds of feet
ifrCapability ← IFR_CAPABILITY	ContrFuelAvbl	Indicates whether the airport has published IFR instrument approach procedures		Y — Airport has IFR capability (published instrument approaches) N — Airport does not have IFR capability
longestRunwaySurfaceCode ← LONGEST_RUNWAY_SURFACE_CODE	LongestRunwaySurfaceCode	Surface type of the longest runway at the airport		H — Hard surface (asphalt or concrete) S — Soft surface (grass, gravel, dirt, or similar) W — Water (seaplane base)
airportReferencePtLatitude ← AIRPORT_REFERENCE_PT_LATITUDE	String	Latitude of the Airport Reference Point (ARP), encoded as NDDMMSSCC or SDDMMSSCC (N/S hemisphere, degrees, minutes, seconds, centiseconds)	degrees
airportReferencePtLongitude ← AIRPORT_REFERENCE_PT_LONGITUDE	String	Longitude of the Airport Reference Point (ARP), encoded as EDDDMMSSCC or WDDDMMSSCC (E/W hemisphere, degrees, minutes, seconds, centiseconds)	degrees
magneticVariation ← MAGNETIC_VARIATION	String	Magnetic variation at the airport, encoded as E or W followed by degrees and tenths (e.g. E0137 = 13.7 degrees East)	degrees
airportElevation ← AIRPORT_ELEVATION	String	Elevation of the Airport Reference Point above mean sea level	feet MSL
speedLimit ← SPEED_LIMIT	String	Published speed limit for the airport terminal area, typically 250 knots below the speed limit altitude	knots
recommendedNavaid ← RECOMMENDED_NAVAID	String	Identifier of the recommended VHF navaid (VOR or VORTAC) associated with the airport for navigation reference
icaoCode2 ← ICAO_CODE_2	String	ICAO region code for the recommended navaid when it is in a different ICAO region than the airport
transitionAltitude ← TRANSITION_ALTITUDE	String	Altitude at or below which aircraft altitude is expressed as an altitude above mean sea level (QNH); above this, flight levels are used	feet MSL
transitionLevel ← TRANSITION_LEVEL	String	Lowest flight level available for use above the transition altitude; at or above this level aircraft use flight level references	feet MSL
publicMilitaryIndicator ← PUBLIC_MILITARY_INDICATOR	PublicMilitaryIndicator	Indicates whether the airport is operated for public civil use, military use, or both		C — Civil and military (joint use) M — Military only P — Public civil use
timeZone ← TIME_ZONE	String	UTC offset for the local time zone at the airport (e.g. U5 = UTC-5)
daylightIndicator ← DAYLIGHT_INDICATOR	ContrFuelAvbl	Indicates whether the airport location observes daylight saving time		Y — Daylight saving time observed N — Daylight saving time not observed
magneticTrueIndicator ← MAGNETIC_TRUE_INDICATOR	MagneticTrueIndicator	Indicates whether magnetic or true north is used as the reference for courses and bearings at this airport		M — Magnetic north reference T — True north reference
datumCode ← DATUM_CODE	DatumCode	Geodetic datum used for the airport's coordinate reference		NAR — North American 1983 (NAD83 / WGS84 compatible for North America) WGE — World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
airportName ← AIRPORT_NAME	String	Official name of the airport
fileRecordNo ← FILE_RECORD_NO	String	Sequential record number within the ARINC 424 data file, used for ordering and referencing records
cycleDate ← CYCLE_DATE	String	AIRAC cycle date in YYMM format indicating the 28-day cycle when this record was last updated (e.g. 2504 = 2025 cycle 04)