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# Airports Nearby

> Find nearby airports around a location (lat/lng), optionally filtered by radius and result limit.

This endpoint helps you build “near me” experiences: nearest airports to a user, airport suggestions around a point on a map, or picking the best departure/arrival options within a radius.

### Authentication

<ParamField header="x-api-key" type="string" required={true}>
  Your FlyStack API token. You can create one from the dashboard (see [Authentication](/authentication)).
</ParamField>

### Query parameters

<ParamField query="lat" type="number" required={true}>
  Latitude (e.g., `48.8566`).
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="lng" type="number" required={true}>
  Longitude (e.g., `2.3522`).
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="radius" type="number" required={false}>
  Search radius around the point (in kilometers).
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="limit" type="number" required={false}>
  Max number of results to return.
</ParamField>

<Note>
  For airport metadata fields, the returned objects follow the Airports Dataset shape.
</Note>

### Response

The endpoint returns a list of nearby airports (sorted by distance).

### See also

* [Airports Dataset API](/api-reference/endpoints/airports)
* [Airports Nearby API](/api-reference/endpoints/airports-nearby)