World Airports, Countries and Currencies Pack (CSV, JSON, SQLite)

← All Open reference data, cleaned and documented

About this data pack

Airport, country and currency data are each free, but not joined: airports carry an ISO country code, countries live in Wikidata, and currencies live behind SPARQL statements with ranks and end dates. This pack joins OurAirports, Wikidata (country and currency items only, CC0) and Natural Earth's country attributes on their ISO codes, and cleans the result.

Every airport, heliport and closed airfield carries its country name, ISO alpha-3, region name and the country's primary currency, so many tasks need no join at all. The country table has ISO 3166-1 codes, names in English plus Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese, UN region, income group and Natural Earth's recorded population and GDP estimates (older estimates, labelled). The currency tables hold ISO 4217 codes with names, dates and a statement-by-statement history of which country used which currency, with retired codes dated.

Where Wikidata is ambiguous (several current currencies) the primary currency is left empty rather than guessed, and the README says so. Airport data is community maintained and comes with no accuracy guarantee; do not use it for navigation. This pack is independent and not endorsed by any source.

What you get

• 86,293 airports/heliports/airfields, 3,987 regions, 261 countries, 307 currencies, 339 country-currency statements
• Airports pre-joined to country name, alpha-3, region name and primary currency; closed airfields flagged
• Country names in 8 languages, UN region, income group, ISO alpha-2/alpha-3/numeric codes
• Currency history: start/end dates and statement rank resolved; retired ISO 4217 codes dated; non-currency noise removed
• Honest nulls: primary currency left empty where Wikidata lists several current currencies
• Data dictionary for every column, sources with vintages, caveats and validation report; 66/66 automated checks passed
• Public-domain / CC0 sources; no attribution to us required; one price, no subscription

What is included in the download

• csv/ (one file per table), json/ (one file per table), world-airports-countries-currencies.sqlite (all tables plus the data dictionary)
• README.md (quick start, data dictionary for every column, sources and vintages, cleaning steps, caveats)
• DATA_DICTIONARY.csv, VALIDATION.txt, SOURCES.lock.json (sha256 of every raw source file)
• LICENSE_AND_ATTRIBUTION.txt (each source's licence, quoted from its page), CHANGELOG.md, VERSION
• reproduce/ (the Python scripts and SPARQL queries that built this edition)

Free sample (about 50 rows per table, zip, no purchase needed)

Questions

• Where does the data come from? OurAirports (public domain), Wikidata country and currency items only (CC0) and the Natural Earth admin-0 country attribute table (public domain). Nothing else.
• Is the airport data accurate? It is community maintained and comes with no guarantee, as OurAirports says. IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates can be wrong or missing. Do not use it for navigation or any safety-critical purpose.
• Why are some primary currencies empty? Wikidata lists several current currencies for some places (for example Lesotho: LSL and ZAR) and none for some territories. We leave primary_currency_code empty rather than guess; the full list is in the country_currency table.
• Is it up to date? It is a snapshot taken 2026-10-28 (see the README for each source's vintage). Natural Earth's population and GDP fields are older estimates and are labelled with their year.
• Do I need to credit anyone? No attribution is required. Suggested source lines are in LICENSE_AND_ATTRIBUTION.txt.
• Can I use it commercially? Yes, in your own products, apps and analyses. You may not resell or republish the pack itself as a data product. The source data stay public domain / CC0.
• Refunds? Within 14 days, see the refund policy.

Quietcog is the seller. Not official, not endorsed by the U.S. Census Bureau, USPS, OurAirports, Wikidata, Natural Earth or any other source. Data provided as is, without warranty. Support: gb1@mail.grokbot.com. See also the terms, refund policy and privacy policy.