Introduction & description of travel utilities

Airports
Links to several hundred airport websites and IATA 3-digit airport code lookup

Calendars

City Latitudes
Find locations that are equally far north or south of the equator.

Country Links
Our database of thousands of links to travel-related sites covering over 200 countries and 24 categories covering Airports, Gazetteers, History, Maps, Museums, Weather and many other topics.

Currency conversion
Convert to and from tens of different currencies. We don't maintain conversion rates on a day to day basis but this converter is handy for approximate conversions and we provide links to sites offering rates updated daily.

City to city distances
This sophisticated utility calculates the shortest possible distance between two points on the Earth's surface and is based on spherical geometry.

Distance to the horizon
If you were standing on top of the leaning tower or Pisa or the CN tower in Toronto, how far would you be able to see? This calculator works for any altitude and provides maps around the World's famous tall landmarks.

Country ISO codes and names of countries in 'foreign' languages
Dansk, deutsch, ελληνικά, english, español, français, italiano,日本語, magyar, polski português, Русский and svensk lists link to latitude and longitude data for the countries and local maps.

National, public and bank holidays
Holiday dates and information about observance for every country in the world.

Rail Timetables
Links to several hundred railway websites, many having live timetables

Streetplans
Detailed streetplans for London, New York and Paris

Sunrise, Sunset & Climate
Sunrise and set times as well as average daily temperatures in the world's capital cities

Time zones
Time zones: how to find the current time in different countries in the world. Links to useful time sites.

ITP - International Travel Partnership