datapackage.json

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            "description": "Two-letter continent code (e.g. `NA` = North America, `EU` = Europe, `AS` = Asia, `AF` = Africa, `OC` = Oceania, `SA` = South America, `AN` = Antarctica).",
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      "description": "Distribution of the world's ~72,000 active airports by facility type. Small airports dominate with over 42,000 facilities — the infrastructure of general aviation. Heliports number over 22,000. Large commercial airports handling scheduled passenger services number just 1,194 worldwide, underscoring how concentrated commercial aviation is.",
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