Random Airports

Random Airports is a web app that displays satellite views of random airports.

Random Airports

Jump to the "Random Airports" website Source code on Github.com

Features

'Auto play' mode
Search function for ICAO codes, IATA codes, airport names and location names
Automatic fitting of view
Smooth fading to next airport

Used Technologies

Google Maps Javascript API for mapping and as a provider for satellite imagery
The frontend site queries airport data from a PHP/sqlite3 backend via AJAX calls
Airport data is imported from OurAirports.com