What is NDC and why do I need an aggregator?

NDC (New Distribution Capability) is IATA's XML messaging standard for selling airline products. Every airline implements it differently. An aggregator gives you one integration that handles all those quirks.

How does pricing work?

You pay per request for data lookups (€0.01/request, first 50 free each month) and transaction fees when bookings, seats, or ancillaries are completed.

Aviation Data

Get airport

Look up a single airport by IATA, ICAO, or internal ID — the Swiss Army knife of airport lookups.

GET/v1/aviation/airports/{id}Requires X-API-Key

The fastest way to resolve an airport. Accepts any identifier you have on hand:
- IATA code (e.g. MAD)
- ICAO code (e.g. LEMD)
- Internal ID (lowercase IATA or ICAO)Returns:
- Full name, city, country, region
- Coordinates (latitude/longitude) and elevation
- Timezone
- Airport type classification
- scheduled_service flag — whether the airport has regular commercial flights
- Runway countReturns 404 with a clear error message if the airport is not found. No need to know which code type you're holding — this endpoint normalizes it automatically.

Request example

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.norba.io/v1/aviation/airports/{id} \
  --header "X-API-Key: $NORBA_KEY"

Response example

{
  "data": {
    "id": "mad",
    "name": "Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport",
    "iata_code": "MAD",
    "icao_code": "LEMD",
    "city": "Madrid",
    "country": "ES",
    "region": "ES-MD",
    "latitude": 40.493407,
    "longitude": -3.572249,
    "elevation_ft": 1998,
    "timezone": "Europe/Madrid",
    "airport_type": "large_airport",
    "scheduled_service": true,
    "runways_count": 4
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "2db6c88b57479527"
  },
  "errors": []
}

Authorization

X-API-KeystringRequired

Opaque API key issued from the Norba dashboard. Sent on every request as the X-API-Key HTTP header. Missing or invalid keys are rejected with 401 Unauthorized.

Path parameters

idstringRequired

IATA, ICAO or internal id.

Example: MAD