Transport Canada

Transport Canada Canadian Airports ArcGIS REST API

Queryable Esri ArcGIS REST MapServer (currentVersion 10.81) published by Transport Canada through the Government of Canada geospatial platform, covering Canadian airports served by NAV CANADA control towers or flight service stations. The layer 0 /query operation returns JSON features carrying TC_ID, IATA code, ICAO code, airport name, type (Control Tower / Flight Service Station), city, province, latitude and longitude. No key required. French service tree mirrored at the _fr path.

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Documentation

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Documentation

https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3a1eb6ef-6054-4f9d-b1f6-c30322cd7abf

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APIReference

https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/TC/canadian_airports_w_air_navigation_services_en/MapServer?f=json

Other Resources

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ServiceDescriptor

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/transport-canada/refs/heads/main/capabilities/transport-canada-airports-arcgis-mapserver.json

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BulkDownload

https://ftp.cartes.canada.ca/pub/tc_tc/Airports_Aeroport/canadian_airports_w_air_navigation_services/Airports_Aeroports.csv

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License

https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: transport-canada:transport-canada-canadian-airports-arcgis-rest-api
name: Transport Canada Canadian Airports ArcGIS REST API
description: Queryable Esri ArcGIS REST MapServer (currentVersion 10.81) published by Transport Canada
  through the Government of Canada geospatial platform, covering Canadian airports served by NAV CANADA
  control towers or flight service stations. The layer 0 /query operation returns JSON features carrying
  TC_ID, IATA code, ICAO code, airport name, type (Control Tower / Flight Service Station), city, province,
  latitude and longitude. No key required. French service tree mirrored at the _fr path.
humanURL: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3a1eb6ef-6054-4f9d-b1f6-c30322cd7abf
baseURL: https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/TC/canadian_airports_w_air_navigation_services_en/MapServer
tags:
- Airports
- Aviation
- Geospatial
- Open Data
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3a1eb6ef-6054-4f9d-b1f6-c30322cd7abf
- type: APIReference
  url: https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/TC/canadian_airports_w_air_navigation_services_en/MapServer?f=json
- type: ServiceDescriptor
  url: capabilities/transport-canada-airports-arcgis-mapserver.json
- type: BulkDownload
  url: https://ftp.cartes.canada.ca/pub/tc_tc/Airports_Aeroport/canadian_airports_w_air_navigation_services/Airports_Aeroports.csv
- type: License
  url: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada