Cities

Retrieves the complete details of one particular city or list of cities and supports multiple languages whereever its applicable and available.

The resource contains city name(s), country code(s) and local airport(s).

Request URIs

Code snippet: Call

GET /mds-references/cities
GET /mds-references/cities/{cityCode}[?lang={languageCode}]
GET /mds-references/cities[?limit={recordLimit}][&][offset={recordOffset}]
Variable Description Format
{cityCode} Optionally return only this city. 3-letter IATA city code, e.g. “FRA”
{languageCode} Optionally return the city name in only this language. If not present, all languages will be in the response. 2-letter ISO 639-1 language code, e.g. “EN”
recordLimit Optionally sets the number of records returned. Defaults to 20, maximum is 100. integer, e.g 44
recordOffset Optionally sets the number of records skipped when sorting response records alphabetically. Defaults to 0. integer, e.g 123

Request Examples

Code snippet: Call

GET /mds-references/cities
GET /mds-references/cities/NYC 
GET /mds-references/cities/NYC?lang=DE
GET /mds-references/cities?limit=44&offset=123

Response Structure Definition

Key Description
CityResource Root element of city response.
.Cities Container for city elements.
..City[] Array of all available cities or one city matching the request.
...CityCode 3-letter IATA city code, e.g. “FRA”.
...CountryCode 2-letter ISO 3166-1 country code, e.g. “DE”.
...Names Container for city full names.
....Name[] Array: language-specific full name of city.
...UtcOffset UTC Offset value.
...TimeZoneId Time zone of city.
@LanguageCode 2-letter ISO 639-1 language code for the corresponding item.
...Airports Container for airport IATA codes.
....AirportCode[] Array: 3-letter IATA airport codes of airports within the city,
e.g. “LCY”, “LHR” and “STN” for city of London.
.Meta Container for meta links.
..Link[]
@Href Link to actual a resource.
@Rel Specifying kind of link such as ‘self’ (link that returned this response), ‘alternate’ (link that points to another resource) or ‘related’ (link that points to related resource).

Response Examples

Code snippet: XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CityResource>
    <Cities>
        <City>
            <CityCode>NYC</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="DE">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="EL">Νέα Υόρκη</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="ES">Nueva York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="FR">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="IT">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="JA">ニューヨーク</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="KO">뉴욕</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="PL">Nowy Jork</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="PT">Nova Iorque</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="RU">Нью-Йорк</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="TR">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="ZH">紐約</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>-05:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>America/New_York</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>EWR</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>FLU</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>JFK</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>JRA</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>JRB</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>JRE</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>LGA</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>NBP</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>NES</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>NWS</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>NYS</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>SWF</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>TSS</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>WTC</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>XNY</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZME</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZRP</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZYP</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
    </Cities>
    <Meta Version="1.0.0">
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/mds-references/cities/NYC" Rel="self"/>
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/references/countries/US" Rel="related"/>
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/references/airports/{airportCode}" Rel="related"/>
        <Link Href="http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/de/de/new-york-city/" Rel="alternate"/>
        <Link Href="http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/de/en/new-york-city/" Rel="alternate"/>
        <Link Href="http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/de/fr/new-york-city/" Rel="alternate"/>
        <Link Href="http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/de/it/new-york-city/" Rel="alternate"/>
    </Meta>
</CityResource>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CityResource>
    <Cities>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAA</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>PF</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Anaa</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>-10:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Pacific/Tahiti</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAA</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAB</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>AU</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Arrabury</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+10:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Australia/Brisbane</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAB</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAC</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>EG</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">El Arish</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+02:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Africa/Cairo</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAC</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAD</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>SO</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Adado</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+03:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Africa/Mogadishu</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAD</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAE</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>DZ</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Annaba</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+01:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Africa/Algiers</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAE</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAF</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Apalachicola</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>-05:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>America/New_York</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAF</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAG</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>BR</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Arapoti</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>-03:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>America/Araguaina</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAG</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAH</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>DE</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Aachen</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+01:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Europe/Berlin</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAH</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>AAW</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>XHJ</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAI</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>BR</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Arraias</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>-03:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>America/Araguaina</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAI</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAJ</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>SR</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Awaradam</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>-03:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>America/Paramaribo</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAJ</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAK</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>KI</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Aranuka</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+12:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Pacific/Tarawa</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAK</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAL</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>DK</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Aalborg</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+01:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Europe/Copenhagen</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAL</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZTG</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAM</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>ZA</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Mala Mala</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+02:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Africa/Johannesburg</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAM</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAN</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>AE</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Al Ain</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+04:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Asia/Dubai</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAN</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZVH</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAO</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>VE</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Anaco</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>-04:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>America/Caracas</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAO</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAP</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>ID</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Samarinda</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+08:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Asia/Makassar</TimeZoneId>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAQ</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>RU</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="BG">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="CS">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="DE">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="EL">Ανάπα</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="ES">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="FR">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="HU">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="IT">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="RO">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="SV">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="TR">Anapa</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="UK">Anapa</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+03:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Europe/Moscow</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAQ</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAR</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>DK</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Aarhus</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+01:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Europe/Copenhagen</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAR</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZBU</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZID</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZJH</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAS</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>ID</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Apalapsili</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+09:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Asia/Jayapura</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAS</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
        <City>
            <CityCode>AAT</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>CN</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">Altay</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>+08:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>Asia/Urumqi</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>AAT</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
    </Cities>
    <Meta Version="1.0.0">
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/mds-references/cities" Rel="self"/>
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/mds-references/cities?offset=20&amp;limit=20" Rel="next"/>
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/mds-references/cities?offset=10640&amp;limit=20" Rel="last"/>
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/references/airports/{airportCode}" Rel="related"/>
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/references/countries/{countryCode}" Rel="related"/>
        <TotalCount>10657</TotalCount>
    </Meta>
</CityResource>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CityResource>
    <Cities>
        <City>
            <CityCode>NYC</CityCode>
            <CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
            <Names>
                <Name LanguageCode="DE">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="EL">Νέα Υόρκη</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="EN">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="ES">Nueva York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="FR">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="IT">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="JA">ニューヨーク</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="KO">뉴욕</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="PL">Nowy Jork</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="PT">Nova Iorque</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="RU">Нью-Йорк</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="TR">New York</Name>
                <Name LanguageCode="ZH">紐約</Name>
            </Names>
            <UtcOffset>-05:00</UtcOffset>
            <TimeZoneId>America/New_York</TimeZoneId>
            <Airports>
                <AirportCode>EWR</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>FLU</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>JFK</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>JRA</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>JRB</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>JRE</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>LGA</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>NBP</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>NES</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>NWS</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>NYS</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>SWF</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>TSS</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>WTC</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>XNY</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZME</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZRP</AirportCode>
                <AirportCode>ZYP</AirportCode>
            </Airports>
        </City>
    </Cities>
    <Meta Version="1.0.0">
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/mds-references/cities/NYC" Rel="self"/>
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/references/countries/US" Rel="related"/>
        <Link Href="https://api.lufthansa.com/v1/references/airports/{airportCode}" Rel="related"/>
        <Link Href="http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/de/de/new-york-city/" Rel="alternate"/>
        <Link Href="http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/de/en/new-york-city/" Rel="alternate"/>
        <Link Href="http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/de/fr/new-york-city/" Rel="alternate"/>
        <Link Href="http://travelguide.lufthansa.com/de/it/new-york-city/" Rel="alternate"/>
    </Meta>
</CityResource>

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