IATA code to longitude and latitude

A function enabling the easy extraction of longitude and latitude data from an IATA code.

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An input of a 3 character IATA code string and outputs the relevant longitude and latitude of the airport.

Using a Matlab's URLread and regexpi to read and extract the data from the relevant websites (in this case wikipedia =>toolserver.org/~geohack/

Lookups take under a second (depending on your internet speeds).

Cite As

Tom K (2026). IATA code to longitude and latitude (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35749-iata-code-to-longitude-and-latitude), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.1.0.0

Added the ability to handle and input of a vector of strings.

1.0.0.0