Question 1

Which is better, airportsapi or Gateway?

Accepted Answer

If you need a Transportation API that's easy to integrate, go with airportsapi. airportsapi uses apiKey while Gateway uses apiKey.

Question 2

What is the main difference between airportsapi and Gateway?

Accepted Answer

airportsapi: Get name and website-URL for airports by ICAO code. Covered airports are mostly in Germany.. Gateway: Gateway is the hub that routes/orchestrates the interaction between consent managers and API bridges. There are 5 categories of APIs; discovery, link, consent flow, data flow and  monitoring. To re.... They differ in authentication (apiKey vs apiKey), HTTPS support (yes vs yes), and CORS (unknown vs unknown).

Question 3

Which Transportation API is easier to integrate?

Accepted Answer

Both have similar integration complexity. airportsapi uses apiKey and Gateway uses apiKey.

airportsapi vs Gateway

airportsapi

Gateway

When to use which?

Feature	airportsapi	Gateway
Authentication	apiKey	apiKey
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS	Unknown	Unknown