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Note: These guidelines are not complete and could use some general comments on what should be provided.
This is a set of suggested guidelines for articles on specific airports. Some Wikipedians prefer a standardised look and feel to articles on closely-related subjects and these guidelines exist to facilitate achieving that goal for articles about aircraft.
For general guidelines about writing and editing Wikipedia articles, see Category:Wikipedia style guidelines.
Remember that you're in no way obliged to follow all, or even any, of these guidelines to contribute an article.
The history sections should explain highlights of the airport's history in prose form, avoid lists when possible.
Can be used to highlight operational features or design constraints, such as unique airspace, special flight rules, noise curfews, etc.
Describes the various transportation methods that are available to reach the airport including:
However, be careful not to violate WP:NOTTRAVEL by including detailed information about bus numbers, specific train services and the like.
The consensus among the participants in a
2023 request for comment (RfC) was summarized as follows: airlines and destination tables may only be included in articles when independent, reliable, secondary sources demonstrate they meet
WP:DUE
. A
review of the closure of that RfC yielded no consensus to overturn it.
Past discussions about lists of airlines and destinations are listed below:
Airlines | Destinations |
---|---|
Aeroméxico | Seasonal charter: Cancún |
Air France |
Algiers Seasonal: Calvi, Dublin, Eilat–Ovda, Halifax, Kittilä, Oujda, Rhodes |
Delta Air Lines |
Atlanta,
Austin (begins March 2, 2018),
Boston,
Detroit,
Los Angeles,
Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Paris–Charles de Gaulle,
Salt Lake City,
Seattle/Tacoma Charter: Cancún, Orlando |
Delta Connection |
Austin (ends March 1, 2018),
Baltimore,
Boston,
Cincinnati,
Cleveland,
Columbus–Glenn,
Detroit,
Fort Lauderdale,
Hartford,
Indianapolis,
Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Nashville,
New York–JFK,
New York–LaGuardia,
Newark,
Orlando,
Philadelphia,
Tampa,
Washington–National Seasonal: Fort Myers, Miami |
Shandong Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Changchun (resumes May 18, 2018), Chiang Mai, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Kunming, Phnom Penh, Pyongyang (suspended), Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Xiamen, Zhengzhou |
Statistics should be included when proper sourcing is available. Per WP:NOTSTATBOOK, avoid including too many statistics, and it is recommended to provide some explanatory context. Below is an example of such context:
Foo Airport was ranked the fourth-busiest airport in the country in 2016, with approximately 10 million passengers transiting through it that year.[1] The majority of these passengers were traveling within the country (65%), whereas the remainder were traveling internationally.[2] The airport witnessed a 3% increase in passenger traffic compared to the previous year. Officials stated that the rise in traffic represents Foo City's gradual recovery from the Great Recession.[3]
Tables of data plus a graph can accompany this information. Examples of common statistics are the following:
Per WP:NOTTRAVEL, Wikipedia is not a travel guide, so take caution when adding information about services/concessions, airline lounges, navigation tips, nearby hotels, and ground transportation options. Similarly, detailed lists of aviation services and rental or charter aircraft offered by organizations such as fixed base operators, flight schools and flying clubs are typically not encyclopedic and may violate WP:PROMOTION.
Accidents or incidents should only be included in airport articles if they took place at or near the airport and:
This section contains details of print references and/or external links to websites used in the article. Wikipedia prefers the APA format, so that's what we should use as well (see here for a comprehensive example set, and here for a list of templates). To integrate your references into the article, please use the reference tags. Examples of citations:
There are also templates that allow the automatic formatting of references based on the information you have available; for websites, use {{ cite web | }}, and for books, use {{ cite book | }}.
The following guidelines suggest what to include or avoid in External links sections. Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum.
When available, start with a link to the airport's or airport operator's website. News articles about the airport may be appropriate if they establish notability or provide relevant information not already used as an in-line reference. Links to official or government (including local, state, federal or national government organizations) websites are good sources if they add value to the article. When available, try to include links that provide additional information about the history or notable events related to the airport.
WikiProject Airports recommends that government airport databases only provide verifiability. So notability must still come from other citations and sources in the article.
If the entry has an infobox then links to mapping sites are available by clicking on the linked coordinates.
Airline service, if offered at the airport, should be in its own section of the body as shown above.
An airport operator may not provide all the services and activities of an airport. This applies more often in some countries than others. Links to on-field businesses and organizations may be relevant parts of the description of the airport but are subject to restrictions. See WP:SPAM and WP:EL for guidelines. In general, these guidelines are intended to help differentiate appropriate and relevant links from linkspam.
Keep in mind that the primary purpose of an airport article is an encyclopedic-level description of the airport. An airport article is not a comprehensive travel or business guide – however, it is also not prohibited from having general information which could be used as an overview by a potential visitor. Links to travel or ground transportation providers may not be suitable unless they are relevant to the description of the airport. Likewise, links to businesses operating at or near the airport also need to be relevant to the description of the airport. FBOs independent of the airport operator generally are relevant to an airport's description. See WP:REL for guidance on relevance.
Links to opposition groups or opinion sites may not be suitable with regard to WP:NPOV.
Links to organizations that are already wiki-linked in the article should not be repeated.
Be mindful that airports are used and regulated in different ways in different countries. Wikipedia is a global resource – editors should seek a balance between consistency of presentation and tolerance of different cultures, while resisting abuse of the system. Bring questions to the article's talk page or to WikiProject Airports' talk page.
Main | Participants | Page content | Templates | Categories | New articles | AfD record | Notability | Article requests |
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General information |
|
![]() | This page is transcluded from Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide/Layout (Airports). ( | history) |
Note: These guidelines are not complete and could use some general comments on what should be provided.
This is a set of suggested guidelines for articles on specific airports. Some Wikipedians prefer a standardised look and feel to articles on closely-related subjects and these guidelines exist to facilitate achieving that goal for articles about aircraft.
For general guidelines about writing and editing Wikipedia articles, see Category:Wikipedia style guidelines.
Remember that you're in no way obliged to follow all, or even any, of these guidelines to contribute an article.
The history sections should explain highlights of the airport's history in prose form, avoid lists when possible.
Can be used to highlight operational features or design constraints, such as unique airspace, special flight rules, noise curfews, etc.
Describes the various transportation methods that are available to reach the airport including:
However, be careful not to violate WP:NOTTRAVEL by including detailed information about bus numbers, specific train services and the like.
The consensus among the participants in a
2023 request for comment (RfC) was summarized as follows: airlines and destination tables may only be included in articles when independent, reliable, secondary sources demonstrate they meet
WP:DUE
. A
review of the closure of that RfC yielded no consensus to overturn it.
Past discussions about lists of airlines and destinations are listed below:
Airlines | Destinations |
---|---|
Aeroméxico | Seasonal charter: Cancún |
Air France |
Algiers Seasonal: Calvi, Dublin, Eilat–Ovda, Halifax, Kittilä, Oujda, Rhodes |
Delta Air Lines |
Atlanta,
Austin (begins March 2, 2018),
Boston,
Detroit,
Los Angeles,
Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Paris–Charles de Gaulle,
Salt Lake City,
Seattle/Tacoma Charter: Cancún, Orlando |
Delta Connection |
Austin (ends March 1, 2018),
Baltimore,
Boston,
Cincinnati,
Cleveland,
Columbus–Glenn,
Detroit,
Fort Lauderdale,
Hartford,
Indianapolis,
Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Nashville,
New York–JFK,
New York–LaGuardia,
Newark,
Orlando,
Philadelphia,
Tampa,
Washington–National Seasonal: Fort Myers, Miami |
Shandong Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Changchun (resumes May 18, 2018), Chiang Mai, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Kunming, Phnom Penh, Pyongyang (suspended), Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Xiamen, Zhengzhou |
Statistics should be included when proper sourcing is available. Per WP:NOTSTATBOOK, avoid including too many statistics, and it is recommended to provide some explanatory context. Below is an example of such context:
Foo Airport was ranked the fourth-busiest airport in the country in 2016, with approximately 10 million passengers transiting through it that year.[1] The majority of these passengers were traveling within the country (65%), whereas the remainder were traveling internationally.[2] The airport witnessed a 3% increase in passenger traffic compared to the previous year. Officials stated that the rise in traffic represents Foo City's gradual recovery from the Great Recession.[3]
Tables of data plus a graph can accompany this information. Examples of common statistics are the following:
Per WP:NOTTRAVEL, Wikipedia is not a travel guide, so take caution when adding information about services/concessions, airline lounges, navigation tips, nearby hotels, and ground transportation options. Similarly, detailed lists of aviation services and rental or charter aircraft offered by organizations such as fixed base operators, flight schools and flying clubs are typically not encyclopedic and may violate WP:PROMOTION.
Accidents or incidents should only be included in airport articles if they took place at or near the airport and:
This section contains details of print references and/or external links to websites used in the article. Wikipedia prefers the APA format, so that's what we should use as well (see here for a comprehensive example set, and here for a list of templates). To integrate your references into the article, please use the reference tags. Examples of citations:
There are also templates that allow the automatic formatting of references based on the information you have available; for websites, use {{ cite web | }}, and for books, use {{ cite book | }}.
The following guidelines suggest what to include or avoid in External links sections. Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum.
When available, start with a link to the airport's or airport operator's website. News articles about the airport may be appropriate if they establish notability or provide relevant information not already used as an in-line reference. Links to official or government (including local, state, federal or national government organizations) websites are good sources if they add value to the article. When available, try to include links that provide additional information about the history or notable events related to the airport.
WikiProject Airports recommends that government airport databases only provide verifiability. So notability must still come from other citations and sources in the article.
If the entry has an infobox then links to mapping sites are available by clicking on the linked coordinates.
Airline service, if offered at the airport, should be in its own section of the body as shown above.
An airport operator may not provide all the services and activities of an airport. This applies more often in some countries than others. Links to on-field businesses and organizations may be relevant parts of the description of the airport but are subject to restrictions. See WP:SPAM and WP:EL for guidelines. In general, these guidelines are intended to help differentiate appropriate and relevant links from linkspam.
Keep in mind that the primary purpose of an airport article is an encyclopedic-level description of the airport. An airport article is not a comprehensive travel or business guide – however, it is also not prohibited from having general information which could be used as an overview by a potential visitor. Links to travel or ground transportation providers may not be suitable unless they are relevant to the description of the airport. Likewise, links to businesses operating at or near the airport also need to be relevant to the description of the airport. FBOs independent of the airport operator generally are relevant to an airport's description. See WP:REL for guidance on relevance.
Links to opposition groups or opinion sites may not be suitable with regard to WP:NPOV.
Links to organizations that are already wiki-linked in the article should not be repeated.
Be mindful that airports are used and regulated in different ways in different countries. Wikipedia is a global resource – editors should seek a balance between consistency of presentation and tolerance of different cultures, while resisting abuse of the system. Bring questions to the article's talk page or to WikiProject Airports' talk page.