Airport Code Explainer

Look for IATA airport codes in a page and give them a tooltip with the full airport name.

What is Airport Code Explainer?

Airport Code Explainer is a Chrome extension that adds tooltips with the full airport names for any airport codes found in the text of the current page. Press the plane icon to add the tooltips when needed. Get the open-source code and airport data from OurAirports. Icon licensed by EmojiOne.

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By: Gilmore Davidson

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Users: 265 ▲ 5

Rating: 5.00 (2)

Version: 1.1.3 (Last updated: 2020-12-15)

Creation date: 2019-03-17

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 183.30K

Email: gi*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 48066 ▲ 158

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#3747 in Tools ▼ 11 #123 in code keyword 28 ▲ 5

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Summary

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People on social media will often post details of where they’re flying by just referencing airport codes. This is fine if you know which airports the (sometimes obscure) codes refer to. This extension finds any airport codes in the text of the current page, and adds a tooltip with the full airport name.

Press the plane icon to add the tooltips when needed. The extension doesn’t run automatically on any pages as there are too many false positives for common abbreviations (such as ATM and PDF).

I originally made this just to be lazy when I’m looking at Twitter, so it’s very simple at the moment. I’m open to suggestions for improving the extension.

• Code is open source at https://github.com/gilmoreorless/convert-airport-codes • Airport data provided in the Public Domain by OurAirports: http://ourairports.com/data/ • Icon from EmojiOne, licensed CC-BY 4.0: http://emojione.com/

User reviews

Airliners.net changed a few years ago to where this was no longer an automatic feature. Glad to have found this extension.

Christopher Dendy, 2019-08-27

This both helps me know where I am about to land as well as alert me to when I've mistyped an airport code in a tweet. Five stars because it won't let me put ten.

Chris LePetit, 2017-03-16

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Safety

Risk impact

Airport Code Explainer may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.