--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/airport	Sun Oct 30 23:43:42 2016 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import csv
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 3: sys.stderr.write('usage: airport any|name|iata|icao key\n'); sys.exit(1)
+kind, q = sys.argv[1], ' '.join(sys.argv[2:])
+
+fieldnames = dict(name=1, iata=4, icao=5)
+if kind == 'any': fields = [1, 4, 5]
+elif kind in fieldnames: fields = [fieldnames[kind]]
+else: sys.stderr.write('unknown search type: %s\n' % kind); sys.exit(1)
+
+def f(s): return s if s and s != '\N' else '?'
+
+with open('share/airports.dat', 'rb') as datafile:
+  for row in csv.reader(datafile):
+    for fi in fields:
+      if q.lower() in row[fi].lower():
+        print '%s (%s, %s)' % (row[1], f(row[4]), f(row[5]))