Google Places autocomplete for Airports

Question

I am trying to build an auto-complete for airports using Googles auto-complete places API. I found the following code in an question here, but it returns no results: Setting Google Places 'Types' on Dropdown Input

<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() 
{
  var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
  var options = {
      types: ['airport'],

  };

  autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
<input id="searchTextField" type="text" size="50" placeholder="Search for an Airport!">

Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

There is no airport place type.

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#AutocompleteOptions

types | Array.<string>

The types of predictions to be returned. For a list of supported types, see the developer's guide. If nothing is specified, all types are returned. In general only a single type is allowed. The exception is that you can safely mix the 'geocode' and 'establishment' types, but note that this will have the same effect as specifying no types.

Types supported in place autocomplete requests