aid: cities-database-api
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cities-database-api.png
name: Cities Database API
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cities-database-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-03-30'
modified: '2026-05-19'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Cities
  - Data
  - Geography
  - Locations
  - Reference Data
  - Travel
description: >-
  The Cities Database API by AirLabs provides a global reference dataset of cities keyed to IATA metropolitan area
  codes, ISO country codes, and geographic coordinates. The API is consumed alongside the AirLabs Airports, Airlines,
  and Flights APIs to power travel search, mapping, geocoding, and clustering experiences. Authentication uses an
  api_key query parameter obtained from the AirLabs account dashboard. All responses are JSON arrays of city objects.
apis:
- aid: cities-database-api:cities-database-api-cities-api
  name: Cities Database API Cities API
  description: The Cities API from Cities Database API — 1 operation(s) for cities.
  humanURL: https://airlabs.co/docs/cities
  baseURL: https://airlabs.co/api/v9
  tags:
  - Cities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cities-database-api-cities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://airlabs.co/docs/cities
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://airlabs.co/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://airlabs.co/account/api-key
common:
  - type: PostmanWorkspace
    url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/cities-database-api/overview
  - type: AgenticAccess
    url: agentic-access/cities-database-api-agentic-access.yml
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/cities-database-api-domain-security.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/cities-database-api-authentication.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://airlabs.co/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://airlabs.co/docs
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://airlabs.co/pricing
  - type: Signup
    url: https://airlabs.co/signup
  - type: Login
    url: https://airlabs.co/login
  - type: Account
    url: https://airlabs.co/account
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://airlabs.co/account/api-key
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://airlabs.co/privacy
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://airlabs.co/terms
  - type: Support
    url: https://airlabs.co/contact
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://airlabs.co/status
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/cities-database-api-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cities-database-api-city-schema.json
  - type: Spectral
    url: rules/cities-database-api-rules.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com