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Free tool · 72,000+ airfields
Airports near me
Find the closest airports to where you are right now — measured in miles, from major hubs to local strips. Your position is used once, in your browser, and never stored.
FlightLogic's airports-near-me tool finds the closest airports to your location, measured in miles. It covers every landing strip in the public-domain OurAirports dataset — over 72,000 airfields worldwide — not just the big hubs, so it works for private strips and regional airports too. Your position is processed in your browser and is never stored.
Find airports near you
Tap the button and allow location access when your browser asks. We compute distances to every airfield in the public-domain OurAirports dataset and show the ten closest. Prefer not to share your location? Search by place name instead.
Or search by name, city or IATA code
Searching “Manchester”, “MAN” or “Ringway” works just as well — the search index covers every airport with an IATA code or scheduled passenger service, plus all large and medium airports worldwide. Or type a UK postcode (e.g. “M90 1QX” or just “SW1A”) to find the closest airports to that address.
Reference data: OurAirports (public domain). Distances are great-circle (“as the crow flies”). Flying from a UK airport? Read our rated airport guides for terminals, lounges and transport.
Airports near me FAQ
How does the airports near me tool work?
Your browser shares your approximate position (with your permission), and we compute the great-circle distance to every airport in the OurAirports reference dataset — over 72,000 airfields — returning the ten closest with distances in miles. Your location is never stored on our servers.
Why does a small airstrip appear instead of my nearest big airport?
The tool ranks by straight-line distance to every kind of airfield, including private strips, glider fields and heliports. The nearest commercial airport is usually in the top ten; look for the entries with a three-letter IATA code — those almost always handle passenger flights.
What if I deny location permission?
No problem — the tool falls back to a search box. Type a town, airport name or IATA code and open any profile from the results. Nothing about your location is ever requested again unless you ask.
Where does the airport data come from?
Airport names, codes, coordinates and runway data come from OurAirports (ourairports.com), a public-domain dataset. Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") measurements, not driving distances.