Why we built this
Most reference sites about US airports fall into one of two camps: enormous flight-tracker apps that bury the basics under live maps and ads, or single-page Wikipedia entries that mix tourist trivia with operational detail. Neither is well suited to the moment when a traveler simply wants to confirm "what is the IATA code for the airport in this city?" or "are there scheduled flights into that regional field?". AirportIQ exists to answer those questions cleanly, on a page that loads quickly and presents the same fact table for every airport in the country.
Editorial principles
We index airports, not airline marketing campaigns. Our entries are derived from the public records that the air-traffic-control system itself uses, FAA Form 5010 / NASR records for the operational facts, ICAO and IATA designators for the codes, and the OpenFlights aggregation for cross-checks against the international set. We do not edit those records to make any airport look bigger or smaller than it is.
For airlines, we maintain a curated profile based on the public list of US-certificated carriers. We track the IATA and ICAO designators that show up on a passenger ticket and on a flight plan respectively, the radio callsign that ATC uses to address the crew, the headquarters, and the published list of hub or focus cities. We do not editorialize about safety records, labor disputes, or financial positions, those topics deserve specialist coverage that this site is not equipped to deliver.
What this site is not
AirportIQ is not a flight-status tracker. We do not show live aircraft positions, gate assignments, or arrival times. For that information, consult the airline's website or a dedicated tracker such as the FAA's own status pages. AirportIQ is also not affiliated with the FAA, with any airport authority, or with any airline. The use of an airline name on this site is purely for reference.
Updates & corrections
The data behind this site is rebuilt from source on a periodic cadence. If you spot a factual error, a wrong code, a missing airport, an out-of-date hub listing, please reach out via the contact page. Aviation data changes constantly, and reader-flagged corrections are the fastest path to keeping the directory honest.