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Distance and Bearing

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Task
Distance and Bearing
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

It is very important in aviation to have knowledge of the nearby airports at any time in flight.

Task

Determine the distance and bearing from an Airplane to the 20 nearest Airports whenever requested. Use the non-commercial data from openflights.org airports.dat as reference.


A request comes from an airplane at position ( latitude, longitude ): ( 51.514669, 2.198581 ).


Your report should contain the following information from table airports.dat (column shown in brackets):

Name(2), Country(4), ICAO(6), Distance and Bearing calculated from Latitude(7) and Longitude(8).


Distance is measured in nautical miles (NM). Resolution is 0.1 NM.

Bearing is measured in degrees (°). 0° = 360° = north then clockwise 90° = east, 180° = south, 270° = west. Resolution is 1°.


See




C++

#include <cmath>
#include <cstdint>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <numbers>
#include <regex>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

constexpr double RADIUS = 6'371 / 1.852; // Mean radius of the Earth in nautical miles
constexpr double RADIAN_TO_DEGREE = 180.0 / std::numbers::pi;

class airport {
public:
	airport(std::string aName, std::string aCountry, std::string aIcao, double aLatitude, double aLongitude)
	: name(aName), country(aCountry), icao(aIcao), latitude(aLatitude), longitude(aLongitude) {}

	std::string name;
	std::string country;
	std::string icao;
	double latitude;
	double longitude;
};

// Convert the given string to a double, which represents an angle,
// and then convert the angle from degrees to radians
double to_double_radians(const std::string& text) {
    std::istringstream stream(text);
    double decimal = 0.0;
    stream >> decimal;
    return decimal / RADIAN_TO_DEGREE;
}

std::string do_replace(const std::string& text, const std::string& original, const std::string& replacement) {
	return std::regex_replace(text, std::regex(original), replacement);
}

std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& line, const char& delimiter) {
	std::stringstream stream(line);
	std::string item;
	std::vector<std::string> items;
	while ( std::getline(stream, item, delimiter) ) {
		items.push_back(std::move(item));
	}
	return items;
}

void read_file(const std::string& file_name, std::vector<airport>& airports) {
	std::ifstream airports_file(file_name);
	std::string line;
	while ( std::getline(airports_file, line) ) {
		std::vector<std::string> sections = split(line, ',');
		airport air_port(do_replace(sections[1], "\"", ""), // Remove the double quotes from the string
				         do_replace(sections[3], "\"", ""),
						 do_replace(sections[5], "\"", ""),
						 to_double_radians(sections[6]),
						 to_double_radians(sections[7]));
		airports.push_back(std::move(air_port));
	}
	airports_file.close();
}

// The given angles are in radians, and the result is in nautical miles.
double distance(double phi1, double lambda1, double phi2, double lambda2) {
	double a = pow(sin((phi2 - phi1) * 0.5), 2) + cos(phi1) * cos(phi2) * pow(sin((lambda2 - lambda1) * 0.5), 2);
	double c = 2 * atan2(sqrt(a), sqrt(1 - a));
    return RADIUS * c;
}

// The given angles are in radians, and the result is in degrees in the range [0, 360).
double bearing(double phi1, double lambda1, double phi2, double lambda2) {
	double delta = lambda2 - lambda1;
	double result = atan2(sin(delta) * cos(phi2), cos(phi1) * sin(phi2) - sin(phi1) * cos(phi2) * cos(delta));
	return std::fmod(result * RADIAN_TO_DEGREE + 360.0, 360.0);
}

int main() {
	std::vector<airport> airports;
	read_file("airports.dat", airports);

	const double plane_latitude = 51.514669 / RADIAN_TO_DEGREE;
	const double plane_longitude = 2.198581 / RADIAN_TO_DEGREE;

	std::vector<std::pair<double, uint64_t>> distances;
	for ( uint64_t i = 0; i < airports.size(); ++i ) {
		double dist = distance(plane_latitude, plane_longitude,	airports[i].latitude, airports[i].longitude);
		distances.push_back(std::make_pair(dist, i));
	}

	std::sort(distances.begin(), distances.end(),
		[](auto& left, auto& right) { return left.first < right.first; });

	std::cout << "Distance" << std::setw(9) << "Bearing" << std::setw(11) << "ICAO"
			  << std::setw(20) << "Country" << std::setw(40) << "Airport" << std::endl;
	std::cout << std::string(88, '-') << std::endl;

	for ( uint32_t i = 0; i < 20; ++i ) {
		auto[distance, index] = distances[i];
		airport air_port = airports[index];
		double bear = bearing(plane_latitude, plane_longitude, air_port.latitude, air_port.longitude);

		std::cout << std::setw(8) << std::fixed << std::setprecision(1) << distance
				  << std::setw(9) << std::setprecision(0) << std::round(bear)
				  << std::setw(11) << air_port.icao << std::setw(20) << air_port.country
				  << std::setw(40) << air_port.name << std::endl;
	}
}
Output:
Distance  Bearing       ICAO             Country                                 Airport
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    30.7      146       EBFN             Belgium                       Koksijde Air Base
    31.3      127       EBOS             Belgium     Ostend-Bruges International Airport
    33.5      252       EGMH      United Kingdom              Kent International Airport
    34.4      196       LFAC              France                Calais-Dunkerque Airport
    42.6      105       EBKW             Belgium                    Westkapelle heliport
    51.6      240       EGMK      United Kingdom                          Lympne Airport
    52.8      114       EBUL             Belgium                          Ursel Air Base
    56.2      274       EGMC      United Kingdom                        Southend Airport
    56.4      163       LFQT              France                Merville-Calonne Airport
    56.5      137       EBKT             Belgium                        Wevelgem Airport
    57.3       90       EHMZ         Netherlands                  Midden-Zeeland Airport
    58.0      235       EGMD      United Kingdom                            Lydd Airport
    59.0      309       EGUW      United Kingdom                           RAF Wattisham
    59.3      339       EGSM      United Kingdom                         Beccles Airport
    59.7      146       LFQO              France          Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport
    62.2      250       EGKH      United Kingdom           Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield
    63.7      200       LFAT              France         Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport
    64.2      262       EGTO      United Kingdom                       Rochester Airport
    66.2      149       LFQQ              France                   Lille-Lesquin Airport
    68.4      272       EGMT      United Kingdom                       Thurrock Airfield

Fortran

      program code_translation
          use iso_fortran_env , only:real64 , real32
          use helpers
          implicit none
          integer :: i
          character(len = 300) :: input_string
          character(len = *) , parameter :: filnam = "airports.csv"
          character(len = *) , parameter :: delimiter = ","
          character(len = 100) :: tokens(20)
          integer :: num_tokens
          integer :: iostat , counter
          type(airport) , allocatable :: airports(:)
          type(whereme) :: location
          integer :: ii , jj
          real(real64) :: dist
          location%latitude = (51.514669D0)!Rosetta co-ords
          location%longitude = (2.19858D0)
 !Nearest to latitude 51.51467,longitude 2.19858 degrees
 !
 !Open the file for reading
          open(unit = 10 , file = 'airports.csv' , status = 'OLD' ,             &
              &action = 'READ' , iostat = iostat , encoding = 'UTF-8')
          if( iostat/=0 )stop 'Could not open file'
          counter = 0
          do
              read(10 , '(a)' , end = 100)input_string
              counter = counter + 1
          end do
 100      continue  ! Now we know how many elements there are
          rewind(unit = 10)
          write(*, '(a,1x,i0,1x,a)') 'Scanning',counter,'lines'
          allocate(airports(counter))
          call system_clock(count = ii)
          do i = 1 , counter
              read(10 , '(a)' , end = 200)input_string
              call tokenizes(input_string , tokens , num_tokens , ',')
              read(tokens(1) , *)airports(i)%airportid
              airports(i)%name = trim(adjustl(tokens(2)))
              airports(i)%city = trim(adjustl(tokens(3)))
              airports(i)%country = trim(adjustl(tokens(4)))
              airports(i)%iata = trim(adjustl(tokens(5)))
              airports(i)%icao = trim(adjustl(tokens(6)))
              read(tokens(7) , '(f20.16)')airports(i)%latitude
              read(tokens(8) , '(F20.16)')airports(i)%longitude
              read(tokens(9) , *)airports(i)%altitude
              read(tokens(10) , '(F5.2)' )airports(i)%timezone
              airports(i)%dst = trim(adjustl(tokens(11)))
              airports(i)%tzolson = trim(adjustl(tokens(12)))
              airports(i)%typez = trim(adjustl(tokens(13)))
              airports(i)%source = trim(adjustl(tokens(14)))
              ! Calculate the distance and bearing straight away
              airports(i)%distance = haversine(location%latitude ,              &
                                   & location%longitude , airports(i)%latitude ,&
                                   & airports(i)%longitude)
              airports(i)%bearing = bearing(location%latitude ,                 &
                                  & location%longitude , airports(i)%latitude , &
                                  & airports(i)%longitude)
          end do
 200      continue
          call system_clock(count = jj)
          write(* , *) 'Read complete, time taken = ' , (jj - ii) ,               &
              & 'milliseconds' // char(10) // char(13)
          call sortem(airports) ! Sort the airports out
          write(*, '(/,2x,a,t14,a,t75,a,t95,a,t108,a,t117,a)')  'Num' , 'Name' ,   &
               &'Country' , 'ICAO' , 'Dist.' , 'Bearing'
          write(*, '(a)') repeat('=' , 130)
          do jj = 1 , 20!First 20 only
              write(*, '(i5,t8,a,t75,a,t95,a,t105,f8.1,t117,i0)') airports(jj)    &
                  & %airportid , airports(jj)%name , airports(jj)%country ,     &
                  & airports(jj)%icao , airports(jj)%distance ,                 &
                  & nint(airports(jj)%bearing)
          end do
          stop 'Normal completion' // char(10) // char(13)
      end program code_translation
      module helpers
          use iso_fortran_env , only:real32,real64
          implicit none
          real(real64) , parameter :: radius_in_km = 6372.8D0
          real(real64) , parameter :: kilos_to_nautical = 0.5399568D0
          type whereme
              real(real64) :: latitude , longitude
          end type whereme
          type airport
              integer :: airportid
              character(len = 100) :: name
              character(len = 50) :: city , country
              character(len = 10) :: iata , icao
              real(real64) :: latitude , longitude
              integer :: altitude
              real(real32) :: timezone
              character(len = 10) :: dst
              character(len = 100) :: tzolson
              character(len = 20) :: typez , source
              real(real64) :: distance , bearing
          end type airport
      contains                                ! We'll calculate them and store in each airport
 !
 ! The given angles are in radians, and the result is in degrees in the range [0, 360).
          function bearing(lat1 , lon1 , lat2 , lon2)
              real(real64) , parameter :: toradians = acos( - 1.0D0)/180.0D0
              real(real64) :: bearing
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: lat1
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: lon1
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: lat2
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: lon2
              real(real64) :: dlat
              real(real64) :: dlon
              real(real64) :: rlat1
              real(real64) :: rlat2
              real(real64) :: x
              real(real64) :: y
 !
              dlat = (lat2 - lat1)*toradians
              dlon = toradians*(lon2 - lon1)
              rlat1 = toradians*(lat1)
              rlat2 = toradians*(lat2)
                            !
              x = cos(rlat2)*sin(dlon)
              y = cos(rlat1)*sin(rlat2) - sin(rlat1)*cos(rlat2)*cos(dlon)
              bearing = atan2(x , y)
              bearing = to_degrees(bearing)
              bearing = mod(bearing + 360.0D0 , 360.0D0)
          end function bearing
 !
 !
          function to_radian(degree) result(rad)
              real(real64) , parameter :: deg_to_rad = atan(1.0D0)/45.0D0 ! exploit intrinsic atan to generate pi/180 runtime constant
 !
              real(real64) :: rad
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: degree
          ! degrees to radians
              rad = degree*deg_to_rad
          end function to_radian
 !
          function to_degrees(radians) result(deg)
              real(real64) , parameter :: radian_to_degree = 180.0D0/acos( - 1.0D0)
 !
              real(real64) :: deg
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: radians
              deg = radians*radian_to_degree
          end function to_degrees
    !
          function haversine(deglat1 , deglon1 , deglat2 , deglon2) result(dist)
              real(real64) :: dist
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: deglat1
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: deglon1
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: deglat2
              real(real64) , intent(in) :: deglon2
              real(real64) :: a
              real(real64) :: c
              real(real64) :: dlat
              real(real64) :: dlon
              real(real64) :: lat1
              real(real64) :: lat2
          ! great circle distance
              dlat = to_radian(deglat2 - deglat1)
              dlon = to_radian(deglon2 - deglon1)
              lat1 = to_radian(deglat1)
              lat2 = to_radian(deglat2)
              a = (sin(dlat/2.0D0)**2) + cos(lat1)*cos(lat2)                    &
                & *((sin(dlon/2.0D0))**2)
              c = 2.0D0*asin(sqrt(a))
              dist = radius_in_km*c*kilos_to_nautical
          end function haversine
          subroutine sortem(airports)!Bubble sort them, nice and easy
              type(airport) , intent(inout) , dimension(:) :: airports
              integer :: i
              integer :: k
              logical :: swapped
              type(airport) :: temp
              swapped = .true.
              k = size(airports%distance)
              do while ( swapped )
                  swapped = .false.
                  do i = 1 , k - 1
                      if( airports(i)%distance>airports(i + 1)%distance )then
                          temp = airports(i)
                          airports(i) = airports(i + 1)
                          airports(i + 1) = temp
                          swapped = .true.
                      end if
                  end do
              end do
              return
          end subroutine sortem
 !
          subroutine tokenizes(input_string , tokens , num_tokens , delimiter)
              character(*) , intent(in) :: input_string
              character(*) , intent(out) , dimension(:) :: tokens
              integer , intent(out) :: num_tokens
              character(1) , intent(in) :: delimiter
              integer :: end_idx
              integer :: i
              integer :: start_idx
              character(100) :: temp_string
              num_tokens = 0
              temp_string = trim(input_string)
              start_idx = 1
              do i = 1 , len_trim(temp_string)
                  if( (temp_string(i:i)==delimiter) )then
                      end_idx = i - 1
                      if( end_idx>=start_idx )then
                          num_tokens = num_tokens + 1
                          tokens(num_tokens) = ''
                          tokens(num_tokens) = temp_string(start_idx:end_idx)
                      end if
                      start_idx = i + 1
                  end if
              end do
        ! Handle the last token
              if( start_idx<=len_trim(temp_string) )then
                  num_tokens = num_tokens + 1
                  tokens(num_tokens) = temp_string(start_idx:len_trim(          &
                                     & temp_string))
              end if
          end subroutine tokenizes
 !
      end module helpers
 !
Output:
Scanning 7698 lines
 Read complete, time taken =           93 milliseconds



  Num        Name                                                         Country             ICAO         Dist.    Bearing
==================================================================================================================================
  306  Koksijde Air Base                                                  Belgium             EBFN          30.7    146     
  310  Ostend-Bruges International Airport                                Belgium             EBOS          31.3    127     
  510  Kent International Airport                                         United Kingdom      EGMH          33.6    252     
 1254  Calais-Dunkerque Airport                                           France              LFAC          34.4    196     
 7810  Westkapelle heliport                                               Belgium             EBKW          42.6    105     
 6886  Lympne Airport                                                     United Kingdom      EGMK          51.6    240     
  314  Ursel Air Base                                                     Belgium             EBUL          52.8    114     
  508  Southend Airport                                                   United Kingdom      EGMC          56.2    274     
 1400  Merville-Calonne Airport                                           France              LFQT          56.4    163     
  308  Wevelgem Airport                                                   Belgium             EBKT          56.5    137     
 7836  Midden-Zeeland Airport                                             Netherlands         EHMZ          57.3    90      
  509  Lydd Airport                                                       United Kingdom      EGMD          58.0    235     
  558  RAF Wattisham                                                      United Kingdom      EGUW          59.0    309     
 8965  Beccles Airport                                                    United Kingdom      EGSM          59.3    339     
10089  Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport                                     France              LFQO          59.7    146     
10745  Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield                                      United Kingdom      EGKH          62.2    250     
 1259  Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport                                    France              LFAT          63.7    200     
 8894  Rochester Airport                                                  United Kingdom      EGTO          64.2    262     
 1399  Lille-Lesquin Airport                                              France              LFQQ          66.3    149     
10747  Thurrock Airfield                                                  United Kingdom      EGMT          68.4    272

J

Implementation:

DAT=: {{ require'web/gethttp csv'
  if.0=#$fread F=.'airports.dat' do.
    (gethttp y) fwrite F
  end.
  readcsv F
}}'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/airports.dat'
LATLONG=: _".&>6 7{"1 DAT

fmtm=: {{
 9!:7]9 1 1#'  -'
 r=._1 _1}.1 1}.":boxopen y
 ~.r[9!:7]9 1 1#'+|-'
}}
AIRPORTS=: 1 3 5{"1 DAT

deg=: %&180p_1     NB. convert from degrees
R=:  21600 % 2p1   NB. radius of spherical  earth in nautical miles

dist=: {{R*2*_1 o.1<.%:(*:1 o.0.5*x-y)p.x*&(2 o.{.)y}}&deg
bear=: {{
  re=. (2 o.{.y)*1 o.dlon=.y-&{:x
  2p1|1r2p1-{:*.re j. ((*|.)/+.^j.x,&{.y) p.-2 o.dlon
}}&.deg

NB. round y to nearest whole number under multiplying by x
pkg=: {{ <"0 (<.0.5+x*y)%x }}

LABELS=: ;:'Airport Country ICAO Distance Bearing'

nearest=: {{
  ndx=. 20{./: d=. y dist"1 LATLONG     NB. 20 nearest airports
  fmtm LABELS,(ndx{AIRPORTS),"1 (10 pkg ndx{d),.1 pkg y bear"1 ndx{LATLONG
}}

For this task, we assume that the earth is a sphere rather than an oblate ellipsoid. Also, we report the initial bearing (at the requested location). For the task example, these issues are irrelevant (the distances involved are too small for those details to be significant), but they might become significant if code from this implementation was used in other contexts.

Task example:

   nearest 51.514669 2.198581
Airport                             Country        ICAO Distance Bearing 
----------------------------------- -------------- ---- -------- ------- 
Koksijde Air Base                   Belgium        EBFN 30.6     146     
Ostend-Bruges International Airport Belgium        EBOS 31.3     127     
Kent International Airport          United Kingdom EGMH 33.5     252     
Calais-Dunkerque Airport            France         LFAC 34.4     196     
Westkapelle heliport                Belgium        EBKW 42.5     105     
Lympne Airport                      United Kingdom EGMK 51.6     240     
Ursel Air Base                      Belgium        EBUL 52.8     114     
Southend Airport                    United Kingdom EGMC 56.2     274     
Merville-Calonne Airport            France         LFQT 56.3     163     
Wevelgem Airport                    Belgium        EBKT 56.4     137     
Midden-Zeeland Airport              Netherlands    EHMZ 57.2     90      
Lydd Airport                        United Kingdom EGMD 58       235     
RAF Wattisham                       United Kingdom EGUW 58.9     309     
Beccles Airport                     United Kingdom EGSM 59.3     339     
Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport      France         LFQO 59.6     146     
Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield       United Kingdom EGKH 62.2     250     
Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport     France         LFAT 63.7     200    
Rochester Airport                   United Kingdom EGTO 64.2     262     
Lille-Lesquin Airport               France         LFQQ 66.2     149     
Thurrock Airfield                   United Kingdom EGMT 68.4     272     

Java

Author Sjharper79 (talk)

Description

This java program contains two classes. One class holds the airport information, and the other class does all of the work to perform calculations and print results. Some of the logic adapted from Python below.


Implementation

// The Airport class holds each airport object
package distanceAndBearing;
public class Airport {
	private String airport;
	private String country;
	private String icao;
	private double lat;
	private double lon;
	public String getAirportName() {	return this.airport;	}
	public void setAirportName(String airport) {	this.airport = airport; }
	public String getCountry() {	return this.country;	}
	public void setCountry(String country) {	this.country = country;	}
	public String getIcao() { return this.icao; }
	public void setIcao(String icao) { this.icao = icao;	}
	public double getLat() {	return this.lat; }
	public void setLat(double lat) {	this.lat = lat;	}
	public double getLon() {	return this.lon; }
	public void setLon(double lon) {	this.lon = lon;	}
	@Override
	public String toString() {return "Airport: " + getAirportName() + ": ICAO: " + getIcao();}
}

// The DistanceAndBearing class does all the work.
package distanceAndBearing;
import java.io.File;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
public class DistanceAndBearing {
	private final double earthRadius = 6371;
	private File datFile;
	private List<Airport> airports;
	public DistanceAndBearing() { this.airports = new ArrayList<Airport>(); }
	public boolean readFile(String filename) {
		this.datFile = new File(filename);
		try {
			Scanner fileScanner = new Scanner(datFile);
			String line;
			while (fileScanner.hasNextLine()) {
				line = fileScanner.nextLine();
				line = line.replace(", ", "; "); // There are some commas in airport names in the dat
													// file
				line = line.replace(",\",\"", "\",\""); // There are some airport names that
														// end in a comma in the dat file
				String[] parts = line.split(",");
				Airport airport = new Airport();
				airport.setAirportName(parts[1].replace("\"", "")); // Remove the double quotes from the string
				airport.setCountry(parts[3].replace("\"", "")); // Remove the double quotes from the string
				airport.setIcao(parts[5].replace("\"", "")); // Remove the double quotes from the string
				airport.setLat(Double.valueOf(parts[6]));
				airport.setLon(Double.valueOf(parts[7]));
				this.airports.add(airport);
			}
			fileScanner.close();
			return true; // Return true if the read was successful
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			return false; // Return false if the read was not successful
		}}
	public double[] calculate(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2) {
		double[] results = new double[2];
		double dLat = Math.toRadians(lat2 - lat1);
		double dLon = Math.toRadians(lon2 - lon1);
		double rlat1 = Math.toRadians(lat1);
		double rlat2 = Math.toRadians(lat2);
		double a = Math.pow(Math.sin(dLat / 2), 2)
				+ Math.pow(Math.sin(dLon / 2), 2) * Math.cos(rlat1) * Math.cos(rlat2);
		double c = 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(a));
		double distance = earthRadius * c;
		DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#0.00");
		distance = Double.valueOf(df.format(distance));
		results[0] = distance;
		double X = Math.cos(rlat2) * Math.sin(dLon);
		double Y = Math.cos(rlat1) * Math.sin(rlat2) - Math.sin(rlat1) * Math.cos(rlat2) * Math.cos(dLon);
		double heading = Math.atan2(X, Y);
		heading = Math.toDegrees(heading);
		results[1] = heading;
		return results;
	}
	public Airport searchByName(final String name) {
		Airport airport = new Airport();
		List<Airport> results = this.airports.stream().filter(ap -> ap.getAirportName().contains(name))
				.collect(Collectors.toList());
		airport = results.get(0);
		return airport;
	}
	public List<Airport> findClosestAirports(double lat, double lon) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		Map<Double, Airport> airportDistances = new HashMap<>();
		Map<Double, Airport> airportHeading = new HashMap<>();
		List<Airport> closestAirports = new ArrayList<Airport>();
		// This loop finds the distance and heading for every airport and saves them
		// into two separate Maps
		for (Airport ap : this.airports) {
			double[] result = calculate(lat, lon, ap.getLat(), ap.getLon());
			airportDistances.put(result[0], ap);
			airportHeading.put(result[1], ap);
		}
		// Get the keyset from the distance map and sort it.
		ArrayList<Double> distances = new ArrayList<>(airportDistances.keySet());
		Collections.sort(distances);
		// Get the first 20 airports by finding the value in the distance map for
		// each distance in the sorted Arraylist. Then get the airport name, and
		// use that to search for the airport in the airports List.
		// Save that into a new List
		for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) { closestAirports.add(searchByName((airportDistances.get(distances.get(i)).getAirportName())));}
		// Find the distance and heading for each of the top 20 airports.
		Map<String, Double> distanceMap = new HashMap<>();
		for (Double d : airportDistances.keySet()) {	distanceMap.put(airportDistances.get(d).getAirportName(), d);}
		Map<String, Double> headingMap = new HashMap<>();
		for (Double d : airportHeading.keySet()) { 
            double d2 = d;
            if(d2<0){d2+=360'}
            headingMap.put(airportHeading.get(d).getAirportName(), d2); }

		// Print the results.
		System.out.printf("%-4s %-40s %-25s %-6s %12s %15s\n", "Num", "Airport", "Country", "ICAO", "Distance", "Bearing");
		System.out.println("-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
		int i = 0;
		for (Airport a : closestAirports) {
			System.out.printf("%-4s %-40s %-25s %-6s %12.1f %15.0f\n", ++i, a.getAirportName(), a.getCountry(), a.getIcao(), distanceMap.get(a.getAirportName())*0.5399568, headingMap.get(a.getAirportName()));
		}
		return closestAirports;
	}
}

Usage

import distanceAndBearing.DistanceAndBearing;
public class MyClass {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		DistanceAndBearing dandb = new DistanceAndBearing();
		dandb.readFile("airports.txt");
		dandb.findClosestAirports(51.514669,2.198581);
	}
}

Output when lat = 51.514669 and lon = 2.198581

Num  Airport                                  Country                   ICAO       Distance         Bearing
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1    Koksijde Air Base                        Belgium                   EBFN           30.7             146
2    Ostend-Bruges International Airport      Belgium                   EBOS           31.3             127
3    Kent International Airport               United Kingdom            EGMH           33.5             252
4    Calais-Dunkerque Airport                 France                    LFAC           34.4             196
5    Westkapelle heliport                     Belgium                   EBKW           42.6             105
6    Lympne Airport                           United Kingdom            EGMK           51.6             240
7    Ursel Air Base                           Belgium                   EBUL           52.8             114
8    Southend Airport                         United Kingdom            EGMC           56.2             274
9    Merville-Calonne Airport                 France                    LFQT           56.4             163
10   Wevelgem Airport                         Belgium                   EBKT           56.5             137
11   Midden-Zeeland Airport                   Netherlands               EHMZ           57.3              90
12   Lydd Airport                             United Kingdom            EGMD           58.0             235
13   RAF Wattisham                            United Kingdom            EGUW           59.0             309
14   Beccles Airport                          United Kingdom            EGSM           59.3             339
15   Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport           France                    LFQO           59.7             146
16   Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield            United Kingdom            EGKH           62.2             250
17   Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport          France                    LFAT           63.7             200
18   Rochester Airport                        United Kingdom            EGTO           64.2             262
19   Lille-Lesquin Airport                    France                    LFQQ           66.2             149
20   Thurrock Airfield                        United Kingdom            EGMT           68.4             272

jq

Adapted from Wren

Works with: jq

Works with gojq, the Go implementation of jq.

jq does not natively support the complexities of CSV, so to focus on the task at hand, this entry assumes that the data file is in TSV format. However, a jq program for converting CSV to JSON arrays may be found here on RC at Convert_CSV_records_to_TSV; it has been tested against the airlines.dat file.

def pi: 1|atan * 4;

# Read a TSV file one line at a time,
# and emit a stream of arrays, one array per line:
def readTSV: [inputs | sub("  *$";"") / "\t" ];

def airports:
  [readTSV
   |    {airportID: (.[0] | tonumber),
         name      : .[1],
         city      : .[2],
         country   : .[3],
         iata      : .[4],
         icao      : .[5],
         latitude  : (.[6] | tonumber),
         longitude : (.[7] | tonumber),
         altitude  : (.[8] | tonumber),
         timezone  : .[9],
         dst       : .[10],
         tzOlson   : .[11],
         type      : .[12],
         source    : .[13]} ];
    
def calculateDistance(lat1; lon1; lat2; lon2; units):
  if (lat1 == lat2 and lon1 == lon2) then 0
  else pi as $pi
  | ($pi * lat1 / 180) as $radlat1
  | ($pi * lat2 / 180) as $radlat2
  | (lon1 - lon2) as $theta
  | ($pi * $theta / 180) as $radtheta
  | {}
  | .dist = ($radlat1|sin) * ($radlat2|sin) + 
            ($radlat1|cos) * ($radlat2|cos) * ($radtheta|cos)
  | if .dist > 1 then .dist = 1 else . end
  | .dist |= (acos * 180 / $pi) * 60 * 1.1515576  # distance in statute miles
  | if   (units == "K") then .dist *= 1.609344          # distance in kilometers
    elif (units == "N") then .dist *= 0.868976          # distance in nautical miles
    else .
    end
  | .dist
  end ;

def calculateBearing(lat1; lon1; lat2; lon2):
  if (lat1 == lat2 and lon1 == lon2) then 0
  else pi as $pi
  | ($pi * lat1 / 180) as $radlat1
  | ($pi * lat2 / 180) as $radlat2
  | ($pi * (lon2 - lon1) / 180) as $raddlon
  | ( ($raddlon|sin) * ($radlat2|cos) ) as $y
  | (($radlat1|cos) * ($radlat2|sin) -
     ($radlat1|sin) * ($radlat2|cos) * ($raddlon|cos)) as $x
  | ((atan2($y;$x) * 180 / $pi) + 360) % 360
  end;

# request from airplane at position $X; $Y
def request($X; $Y):
  airports as $airports
  | reduce $airports[] as $a ([];
        ((calculateDistance($X; $Y; $a.latitude; $a.longitude; "N") * 10 | round)
         / 10) as $dist
      | (calculateBearing($X; $Y; $a.latitude; $a.longitude)|round ) as $bear
      | . + [ [$a.name, $a.country, $a.icao, $dist, $bear] ] ) ;

def lpad($len): tostring | ($len - length) as $l | (" " * $l)[:$l] + .;

def fmt:
  def l($n): lpad($n);
  "\(.[0] |l(36)) | \(.[1]|l(14)) | \(.[2]|l(4)) |\(.[3]|l(15)) |\(.[4]|l(10))";

# Example:
def display($n):
  "Closest \($n) destinations relative to position \(.[0]), \(.[1]):",
  "",
  "                Name                 |    Country     | ICAO | Distance in NM | Bearing in ° ",
  "-------------------------------------+----------------+------+----------------+--------------",
  (request(.[0]; .[1])
   | sort_by( .[3] )
   | .[0:$n][] | fmt ) ;


[51.514669, 2.198581] | display(20)

''Invocation'': jq -nrRf distance-and-bearing.jq airports.tsv
Output:
Closest 20 destinations relative to position 51.514669, 2.198581:

                Name                 |    Country     | ICAO | Distance in NM | Bearing in ° 
-------------------------------------+----------------+------+----------------+--------------
                   Koksijde Air Base |        Belgium | EBFN |           30.7 |       146
 Ostend-Bruges International Airport |        Belgium | EBOS |           31.3 |       127
          Kent International Airport | United Kingdom | EGMH |           33.5 |       252
            Calais-Dunkerque Airport |         France | LFAC |           34.4 |       195
                Westkapelle heliport |        Belgium | EBKW |           42.6 |       105
                      Lympne Airport | United Kingdom | EGMK |           51.6 |       240
                      Ursel Air Base |        Belgium | EBUL |           52.8 |       114
                    Southend Airport | United Kingdom | EGMC |           56.2 |       274
            Merville-Calonne Airport |         France | LFQT |           56.4 |       162
                    Wevelgem Airport |        Belgium | EBKT |           56.5 |       137
              Midden-Zeeland Airport |    Netherlands | EHMZ |           57.3 |        89
                        Lydd Airport | United Kingdom | EGMD |             58 |       235
                       RAF Wattisham | United Kingdom | EGUW |             59 |       309
                     Beccles Airport | United Kingdom | EGSM |           59.3 |       339
      Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport |         France | LFQO |           59.7 |       146
       Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield | United Kingdom | EGKH |           62.2 |       250
     Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport |         France | LFAT |           63.7 |       200
                   Rochester Airport | United Kingdom | EGTO |           64.2 |       261
               Lille-Lesquin Airport |         France | LFQQ |           66.2 |       149
                   Thurrock Airfield | United Kingdom | EGMT |           68.4 |       271

Julia

using DataFrames
using CSV

const EARTH_RADIUS_KM = 6372.8
const TASK_CONVERT_NM = 0.0094174
const AIRPORT_DATA_FILE = "airports.dat.txt"

const QUERY = (latitude =  51.514669, longitude = 2.198581)

"""
Given two latitude, longitude pairs in degrees for two points on the Earth,
get distance (nautical miles) and initial direction of travel (degrees)
for travel from lat1, lon1 to lat2, lon2
"""
function haversine(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2)
    dlat = lat2 - lat1
    dlon = lon2 - lon1
    a = sind(dlat / 2)^2 + cosd(lat1) * cosd(lat2) * sind(dlon / 2)^2
    c = 2.0 * asind(sqrt(a))
    theta = atand(sind(dlon) * cosd(lat2),
        cosd(lat1) * sind(lat2) - sind(lat1) * cosd(lat2) * cosd(dlon))
    theta = (theta + 360) % 360
    return EARTH_RADIUS_KM * c * TASK_CONVERT_NM, theta
end

""" Given latitude and longitude, find `wanted` closest airports in database file csv. """
function find_nearest_airports(latitude, longitude, wanted = 20, csv = AIRPORT_DATA_FILE)
    airports = DataFrame(CSV.File(csv))[:, [2, 4, 6, 7, 8]]
    airports[!, "d"] .= 0.0
    airports[!, "b"] .= 0
    rename!(airports, [:Name, :Country, :ICAO, :Latitude_deg, :Longitude_deg, :Distance, :Bearing])
    for r in eachrow(airports)
        distance, bearing = haversine(latitude, longitude, r.Latitude_deg, r.Longitude_deg)
        r.Distance, r.Bearing = round(distance, digits = 1), Int(round(bearing))
    end
    sort!(airports, :Distance)
    return airports[1:wanted, [:Name, :Country, :ICAO, :Distance, :Bearing]]
end

println(find_nearest_airports(QUERY.latitude, QUERY.longitude))
Output:
20×5 DataFrame
 Row │ Name                               Country         ICAO     Distance  Bearing 
     │ String                             String          String7  Float64   Int64   
─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   1 │ Koksijde Air Base                  Belgium         EBFN         30.6      146 
   2 │ Ostend-Bruges International Airp…  Belgium         EBOS         31.3      127 
   3 │ Kent International Airport         United Kingdom  EGMH         33.5      252 
   4 │ Calais-Dunkerque Airport           France          LFAC         34.4      196 
   5 │ Westkapelle heliport               Belgium         EBKW         42.6      105 
   6 │ Lympne Airport                     United Kingdom  EGMK         51.6      240 
   7 │ Ursel Air Base                     Belgium         EBUL         52.8      114 
   8 │ Southend Airport                   United Kingdom  EGMC         56.2      274 
   9 │ Merville-Calonne Airport           France          LFQT         56.3      163 
  10 │ Wevelgem Airport                   Belgium         EBKT         56.4      137 
  11 │ Midden-Zeeland Airport             Netherlands     EHMZ         57.2       90 
  12 │ Lydd Airport                       United Kingdom  EGMD         58.0      235 
  13 │ RAF Wattisham                      United Kingdom  EGUW         59.0      309 
  14 │ Beccles Airport                    United Kingdom  EGSM         59.3      339 
  15 │ Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport     France          LFQO         59.7      146 
  16 │ Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield      United Kingdom  EGKH         62.2      250 
  17 │ Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport    France          LFAT         63.7      200
  18 │ Rochester Airport                  United Kingdom  EGTO         64.2      262
  19 │ Lille-Lesquin Airport              France          LFQQ         66.2      149
  20 │ Thurrock Airfield                  United Kingdom  EGMT         68.4      272

Nim

import std/[algorithm, math, parsecsv, strformat, strutils]

const
  R = 6_371 / 1.852      # Mean radius of Earth in nautic miles.
  PlaneLat = 51.514669
  PlaneLong = 2.198581

type

  Airport = object
    name: string
    country: string
    icao: string
    latitude: float
    longitude: float  # In radians.
    altitude: float   # In radians.

func distance(𝜑₁, λ₁, 𝜑₂, λ₂: float): float =
  ## Return the distance computed using the Haversine formula.
  ## Angles are in radians. The result is expressed in nautic miles.
  let a = sin((𝜑₂ - 𝜑₁) * 0.5)^2 + cos(𝜑₁) * cos(𝜑₂) * sin((λ₂ - λ₁) * 0.5)^2
  let c = 2 * arctan2(sqrt(a), sqrt(1 - a))
  result = R * c

func bearing(𝜑₁, λ₁, 𝜑₂, λ₂: float): float =
  ## Return the bearing.
  ## Angles are in radians. The result is expressed in degrees in range [0..360[.
  let Δλ = λ₂ - λ₁
  result = arctan2(sin(Δλ) * cos(𝜑₂), cos(𝜑₁) * sin(𝜑₂) - sin(𝜑₁) * cos(𝜑₂) * cos(Δλ))
  result = (result.radToDeg + 360) mod 360

# Parse the "airports.dat" file.
var parser: CsvParser
var airports: seq[Airport]
parser.open("airports.dat")
while parser.readRow():
  assert parser.row.len == 14
  airports.add Airport(name: parser.row[1],
                       country: parser.row[3],
                       icao: parser.row[5],
                       latitude: parser.row[6].parseFloat().degToRad,
                       longitude: parser.row[7].parseFloat().degToRad)

# Compute the distances then sort them keeping the airport index.
type Distances = tuple[value: float; index: int]
var distances : seq[Distances]
let 𝜑₁ = PlaneLat.degToRad
let λ₁ = PlaneLong.degToRad
for i, airport in airports:
  distances.add (distance(𝜑₁, λ₁, airport.latitude, airport.longitude), i)
distances.sort(Ascending)

# Display the result for the 20 nearest airports.
echo &"""{"Airport":<40}{"Country":<20}{"ICAO":<9}{"Distance":<9}{"Bearing":>9}"""
echo repeat("─", 88)
for i in 0..19:
  let (d, idx) = distances[i]
  let ap = airports[idx]
  let b = bearing(𝜑₁, λ₁, ap.latitude, ap.longitude)
  echo &"{ap.name:<40}{ap.country:<20}{ap.icao:<11}{d:4.1f}{b.toInt:10}"
Output:
Airport                                 Country             ICAO     Distance   Bearing
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Koksijde Air Base                       Belgium             EBFN       30.7       146
Ostend-Bruges International Airport     Belgium             EBOS       31.3       127
Kent International Airport              United Kingdom      EGMH       33.5       252
Calais-Dunkerque Airport                France              LFAC       34.4       196
Westkapelle heliport                    Belgium             EBKW       42.6       105
Lympne Airport                          United Kingdom      EGMK       51.6       240
Ursel Air Base                          Belgium             EBUL       52.8       114
Southend Airport                        United Kingdom      EGMC       56.2       274
Merville-Calonne Airport                France              LFQT       56.4       163
Wevelgem Airport                        Belgium             EBKT       56.5       137
Midden-Zeeland Airport                  Netherlands         EHMZ       57.3        90
Lydd Airport                            United Kingdom      EGMD       58.0       235
RAF Wattisham                           United Kingdom      EGUW       59.0       309
Beccles Airport                         United Kingdom      EGSM       59.3       339
Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport          France              LFQO       59.7       146
Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield           United Kingdom      EGKH       62.2       250
Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport         France              LFAT       63.7       200
Rochester Airport                       United Kingdom      EGTO       64.2       262
Lille-Lesquin Airport                   France              LFQQ       66.2       149
Thurrock Airfield                       United Kingdom      EGMT       68.4       272

PARI/GP

/* copy CSV aiports.dat from URL */
csv=externstr("curl 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/airports.dat'");

/* We want an easy convert from CSV to matrix. */
/* Remove all those backslashes in airports.dat */
{
    for(i = 1 , #csv, tmp = Vecsmall(csv[i]);
        for(j = 1 , #tmp, if(tmp[j]==92, tmp[j]=78));
        csv[i] = strchr(tmp)
    );
};
 
{  
convert(csv,mat)=
    write1(mat,"[");
    for(i=1, #csv-1,
        write1(mat,csv[i]); write1(mat,";")
    );
    write1(mat,csv[#csv]); write(mat,"]")
};
 
convert(csv,airports);
M = read(airports);

{
distance(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, unit = "mi") =
    my(dist = 0, rlat1, rlat2, rtheta);
    if(lat1!=lat2 || lon1!=lon2,
        rlat1 = lat1*Pi/180; rlat2 = lat2*Pi/180;
        rtheta = (lon1-lon2)*Pi/180;
        dist = sin(rlat1)*sin(rlat2) + cos(rlat1)*cos(rlat2)*cos(rtheta);
        dist = acos(min(dist,1))*180/Pi*60*1.1515576;
        if(unit=="Km", dist*= 1.609344, unit=="NM", dist*= 0.868976)
    );dist
};

{
bearing(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2)=
    my(bear, rlat1, rlat2, rdlon, x, y);
    if (lat1!=lat2 || lon1!=lon2,
        rlat1 = lat1*Pi/180; rlat2 = lat2*Pi/180;
        rdlon = (lon2-lon1)*Pi/180;
        y = sin(rdlon)*cos(rlat2);
        x = cos(rlat1)*sin(rlat2) - sin(rlat1)*cos(rlat2)*cos(rdlon);
        /* Pari/GP has no built-in atan2() function. */
        if( x>0, bear=atan(y/x), x<0 && y>0, bear=atan(y/x)+Pi,
            x<0 && y==0, bear=Pi, x<0 && y<0, bear=atan(y/x)-Pi,
            x==0 && y>0, bear=Pi/2, x==0 && y<0, bear=-Pi/2);
        bear = (bear*180/Pi+360)%360;
    );bear
};

{
request(lat, lon, r = 20 , unit = "NM")=
    my(D = vector(#M[,1]), R = matrix(r+1, 5));
    R[1,1] = "NAME"; R[1,2] = "COUNTRY"; R[1,3] = "ICAO"; R[1,4] = "DISTANCE"; R[1,5] = "BEARING";
    printf("%-38s\t%-16s\t%-4s\t%s\t%s\n", R[1,1], R[1,2], R[1,3], R[1,4], R[1,5]);  
    for(i = 1, #M[,1],
        D[i] = [distance(lat, lon, M[i,7], M[i,8], unit) , i];
    );
    D=vecsort(D);
    for(i = 1, r,
        R[i+1,1] = M[D[i][2],2]; R[i+1,2] = M[D[i][2],4]; R[i+1,3] = M[D[i][2],6];
        R[i+1,4] = D[i][1]; R[i+1,5] = bearing(lat, lon, M[D[i][2],7], M[D[i][2],8]);
        printf("%-38s\t%-16s\t%-4s\t%8.1f\t%7.0f\n", R[i+1,1], R[i+1,2], R[i+1,3], R[i+1,4], R[i+1,5]);    
    );
} 

request(51.514669, 2.198581)
Output:
NAME                                  	COUNTRY         	ICAO	DISTANCE	BEARING
Koksijde Air Base                     	Belgium         	EBFN	    30.7	    146
Ostend-Bruges International Airport   	Belgium         	EBOS	    31.3	    127
Kent International Airport            	United Kingdom  	EGMH	    33.5	    252
Calais-Dunkerque Airport              	France          	LFAC	    34.4	    196
Westkapelle heliport                  	Belgium         	EBKW	    42.6	    105
Lympne Airport                        	United Kingdom  	EGMK	    51.6	    240
Ursel Air Base                        	Belgium         	EBUL	    52.8	    114
Southend Airport                      	United Kingdom  	EGMC	    56.2	    274
Merville-Calonne Airport              	France          	LFQT	    56.4	    163
Wevelgem Airport                      	Belgium         	EBKT	    56.5	    137
Midden-Zeeland Airport                	Netherlands     	EHMZ	    57.3	     90
Lydd Airport                          	United Kingdom  	EGMD	    58.0	    235
RAF Wattisham                         	United Kingdom  	EGUW	    59.0	    309
Beccles Airport                       	United Kingdom  	EGSM	    59.3	    339
Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport        	France          	LFQO	    59.7	    146
Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield         	United Kingdom  	EGKH	    62.2	    250
Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport      	France          	LFAT	    63.7	    200
Rochester Airport                     	United Kingdom  	EGTO	    64.2	    262
Lille-Lesquin Airport                 	France          	LFQQ	    66.2	    149
Thurrock Airfield                     	United Kingdom  	EGMT	    68.4	    272
cpu time = 183 ms, real time = 183 ms.

Pascal

Free Pascal

program Dist_Bearing;
{$IFDEF FPC} {$Mode DELPHI}{$Optimization ON,ALL} {$ENDIF}
{$IFDEF WINDOWS}{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}{$ENDIF}
uses
  SysUtils,Math;
const
  cDegToRad = pi / 180; cRadToDeg = 180 / pi;
  //One nautical mile ( 1" of earth circumfence )
  cOneNmInKm = (12742*pi)/360/60;
  DiaEarth  = 12742/cOneNmInKm;
type
  tLatLon   = record
                lat,lon:double;
                sinLat,cosLat:double;
                sinLon,cosLon:double;
              end;

  tDist_Dir = record
                distance,bearing:double;
              end;

  tDst_Bear = record
                 Koor1,
                 Koor2 : tLatLon;
                 Dist_Dir : tDist_Dir;
              end;

  tmyName    = String;   //string[63-8] experiment
  tmyCountry = String;   //string[31]
  tmyICAO    = String;   //string[7]
  tSolution = record
                Sol_Name : tmyName;
                Sol_Country :tmyCountry;
                Sol_ICAO : tmyICAO;
                Sol_Koor : tLatLon;
                Sol_dist_dir:tDist_Dir;
              end;

  tIdxDist = record
                Distance: double;
                AirportIdx :Int32;
             end;
  tMinSols = record
               sols : array of tIdxDist;
               maxValue: double;
               actIdx,
               maxidx :Int32;
            end;

var
  Airports: array of tSolution;
  MinSols :tMinSols;
  cntInserts : Cardinal;

procedure GetSolData(const OneAirport: String;
                     var TestSol :tSolution);
var
  p1,p2,i1,i2,idx,l : integer;
begin
  p1:=1;
  idx := 0;
  l := length(OneAirport);

  repeat
    p2 := p1;
    i1 := p1;
    IF OneAirport[p1] <>'"' then
    Begin
      repeat
        p2 +=1;
      until (p2>l) OR (OneAirport[p2]=',');
      i2 := p2;
    end
    else
    begin
      repeat
        p2 +=1;
      until (p2>l) OR (OneAirport[p2]='"');
      i2 := p2;
      i1 +=1;
      while (p2<l) do
      begin
        p2 +=1;
        IF (OneAirport[p2]=',')then
          break;
      end;
    end;
    idx += 1;

    with TestSol do
    case idx of
      2: Sol_Name := copy(OneAirport,i1,i2-i1);
      4: Sol_Country := copy(OneAirport,i1,i2-i1);
      6: Sol_ICAO := copy(OneAirport,i1,i2-i1);
      7: Begin
           With Sol_Koor do begin
             lat := StrtoFloat(copy(OneAirport,i1,i2-i1))*cDegToRad;
             sincos(lat,sinLat,cosLat);
           end;
         end;
      8: Begin
           With Sol_Koor do begin
             lon := StrtoFloat(copy(OneAirport,i1,i2-i1))*cDegToRad;
             sincos(lon,sinLon,cosLon);
           end;
         end;
    end;
    p1:= p2+1;
  until (idx>7) OR (p1>l);
end;

function ReadAirports(fileName:String):boolean;
var
  TF_Buffer : array[0..1 shl 14 -1] of byte;
  AirportsFile: TextFile;
  OneAirport : String;
  l,cnt : UInt32;
begin
  Assign(AirportsFile,fileName);
  settextbuf(AirportsFile,TF_Buffer);
  {$I-}
  reset(AirportsFile);
  {$I+}
  IF ioResult <> 0 then
  Begin
    Close(AirportsFile);
    EXIT(false);
  end;
  cnt := 0;
  l := 100;
  setlength(Airports,l);

  while Not(EOF(AirportsFile)) do
  Begin
    Readln(AirportsFile,OneAirport);
    GetSolData(OneAirport,Airports[cnt]);
    inc(cnt);
    if cnt >= l then
    Begin
      l := l*13 div 8;
      setlength(Airports,l);
    end;
  end;
  setlength(Airports,cnt);
  Close(AirportsFile);
  exit(true);
end;

procedure Out_MinSol;
var
  i: integer;
begin
writeln(' ICAO Distance Bearing Country        Airport');
writeln(' ---- -------- ------- -------------- -----------------------------------');
  For i := 0 to minSols.actidx do
    with AirPorts[minSols.sols[i].AirportIdx] do
      writeln(Format(' %4s %8.1f %7.0f %-14s  %-35s',
                     [Sol_ICAO,
                      Sol_dist_dir.distance*DiaEarth,
                      Sol_dist_dir.bearing*cRadToDeg,
                      Sol_Country,Sol_Name]));
  writeln;
  writeln(cntInserts,' inserts to find them');
end;

procedure Init_MinSol(MaxSolCount:Int32);
begin
  setlength(MinSols.sols,MaxSolCount+1);
  MinSols.actIdx := -1;
  MinSols.maxIdx := MaxSolCount-1;
  MinSols.MaxValue := maxdouble;
  cntInserts := 0;
end;

procedure Insert_Sol(var sol:tDst_Bear;nrAirport:Int32);
var
  dist : double;
  idx : Int32;
begin
  with MinSols do
  begin
    idx := actIdx;
    dist := sol.Dist_Dir.distance;

    if Idx >= maxIdx then
      IF MaxValue < dist then
        Exit;

    if idx >= 0 then
    begin
      inc(idx);
      inc(cntInserts);

      while sols[idx-1].Distance >dist do
      begin
        sols[idx]:= sols[idx-1];
        dec(idx);
        If idx<=0 then
          BREAK;
      end;
      with sols[idx] do
      begin
        AirportIdx := nrAirport;
        Distance := dist;
      end;
      //update AirPorts[nrAirport] with right distance/bearing
      AirPorts[nrAirport].Sol_dist_dir := sol.Dist_Dir;
      if actIdx < maxIdx then
         actIdx +=1;
    end
    else
    begin
      with sols[0] do
      begin
        AirportIdx := nrAirport;
        Distance := dist;
      end;
      AirPorts[nrAirport].Sol_dist_dir := sol.Dist_Dir;
      MinSols.actIdx := 0;
    end;
    MaxValue := sols[actIdx].Distance;
  end;
end;

procedure Calc_Dist_bear(var Dst_Bear:tDst_Bear);
var
  dLonSin,dLonCos,x,y : double;
begin
  with Dst_Bear do
  Begin
    If (Koor1.Lat = Koor2.Lat) AND (Koor1.Lon = Koor2.Lon) then
    Begin
      Dist_Dir.distance := 0;
      Dist_Dir.bearing  := 0;
      Exit;
    end;
    sincos(Koor1.lon - Koor2.lon,dLonSin,dLonCos);
    //distance
    Dist_Dir.distance := arcsin(sqrt(sqr(dLonCos * Koor1.Coslat
              - Koor2.Coslat) + sqr(dLonSin* Koor1.Coslat)
              + sqr(Koor1.sinlat - Koor2.sinlat)) / 2);

    x := dLonSin*Koor2.Coslat;
    y := Koor1.Coslat*Koor2.sinlat - Koor1.sinlat*Koor2.Coslat*dLonCos;
    //bearing dLonSin as tmp
    dLonSin := ArcTan2(x,y);
    if dLonSin < 0 then
      dLonSin := -dLonSin
    else
      dLonSin := 2*pi-dLonSin;
    Dist_Dir.bearing  := dLonSin;
  end;
end;

procedure FindNearest(var testKoors : tDst_Bear;cntAirports,cntNearest:Integer);
var
  i : Int32;
begin
  Init_MinSol(cntNearest);
  For i := 0 to cntAirports-1 do
  Begin
    testKoors.Koor2 := AirPorts[i].Sol_Koor;
    Calc_Dist_bear(testKoors);
    Insert_Sol(testKoors,i);
  end;
end;

const
  rounds = 100;
  cntNearest = 20;//128;//8000;
var
  T1,T0 : Int64;
  testKoors : tDst_Bear;
  myKoor : tLatLon;
  i,cntAirports : integer;
begin


  T0 := Gettickcount64;
  IF NOT(ReadAirports('airports.dat')) then
    HALT(129);
  T1 := Gettickcount64;
  Writeln((T1-T0),' ms for reading airports.dat');
  cntAirports := length(AirPorts);

  with myKoor do
  begin
    lat := 51.514669*cDegToRad;
    lon :=  2.198581*cDegToRad;
    sincos(lat,sinLat,cosLat);
    sincos(lon,sinLon,cosLon);
  end;

  randomize;
  T0 := Gettickcount64;
  For i := rounds-2 downto 0 do
  Begin
    testKoors.Koor1 := AirPorts[random(cntAirports)].Sol_Koor;
    FindNearest(testKoors,cntAirports,cntNearest);
  end;
  testKoors.Koor1 := myKoor;
  FindNearest(testKoors,cntAirports,cntNearest);
  T1 := Gettickcount64;
  Writeln((T1-T0),' ms for searching ',rounds,' times of '
                   ,cntNearest,' nearest out of ',cntAirports,' airports');
  writeln(cntInserts,' inserts to find them');
  writeln;

  FindNearest(testKoors,cntAirports,20);
  with myKoor do
    writeln(Format('Nearest to latitude %7.5f,longitude %7.5f degrees',
                   [cRadToDeg*lat,cRadToDeg*lon]));
  writeln;
  Out_MinSol;
end.
Output:
7 ms for reading airports.dat
125 ms for searching 100 times of 20 nearest out of 7698 airports
144 inserts to find them

Nearest to latitude 51.51467,longitude 2.19858 degrees

 ICAO Distance Bearing Country        Airport
 ---- -------- ------- -------------- -----------------------------------
 EBFN     30.6     146 Belgium         Koksijde Air Base
 EBOS     31.3     127 Belgium         Ostend-Bruges International Airport
 EGMH     33.5     252 United Kingdom  Kent International Airport
 LFAC     34.4     196 France          Calais-Dunkerque Airport
 EBKW     42.5     105 Belgium         Westkapelle heliport
 EGMK     51.6     240 United Kingdom  Lympne Airport
 EBUL     52.8     114 Belgium         Ursel Air Base
 EGMC     56.2     274 United Kingdom  Southend Airport
 LFQT     56.3     163 France          Merville-Calonne Airport
 EBKT     56.4     137 Belgium         Wevelgem Airport
 EHMZ     57.2      90 Netherlands     Midden-Zeeland Airport
 EGMD     58.0     235 United Kingdom  Lydd Airport
 EGUW     58.9     309 United Kingdom  RAF Wattisham
 EGSM     59.3     339 United Kingdom  Beccles Airport
 LFQO     59.6     146 France          Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport
 EGKH     62.2     250 United Kingdom  Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield
 LFAT     63.7     200 France          Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport
 EGTO     64.2     262 United Kingdom  Rochester Airport
 LFQQ     66.2     149 France          Lille-Lesquin Airport
 EGMT     68.4     272 United Kingdom  Thurrock Airfield

real    0m0.134s
//test nearest 128 
7 ms for reading airports.dat
131 ms for searching 100 times of 128 nearest out of 7698 airports
602 inserts to find them
//test nearest of all -> sort all for distance 
7 ms for reading airports.dat
1440 ms for searching 100 times of 8000 nearest out of 7698 airports
7697 inserts to find them

Perl

Translation of: Raku
use v5.36;
use utf8;
binmode STDOUT, ':utf8';
use Text::CSV 'csv';
use Math::Trig;

use constant EARTH_RADIUS_IN_NAUTICAL_MILES => 6372.8 / 1.852;
use constant TAU                            => 2 * 2 * atan2(1, 0);

sub degrees   ( $rad ) { $rad / TAU * 360 }
sub radians   ( $deg ) { $deg * TAU / 360 }
sub haversine ( $x   ) { sin($x / 2)**2   }
sub arc_haver ( $x   ) { asin(sqrt($x)) * 2 }

sub great_circle_distance ( $p1, $l1, $p2, $l2 ) {
    arc_haver(
        haversine($p2 - $p1)
      + haversine($l2 - $l1) * cos($p1) * cos($p2)
    );
}

sub great_circle_bearing ( $p1, $l1, $p2, $l2 ) {
    atan2(                             cos($p2) * sin($l2 - $l1),
        cos($p1)*sin($p2) - sin($p1) * cos($p2) * cos($l2 - $l1),
    );
}

sub distance_and_bearing ( $lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2 ) {
    my @ll = map { radians $_ } $lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2;
    my $dist  = great_circle_distance(@ll);
    my $theta = great_circle_bearing( @ll);
    $dist * EARTH_RADIUS_IN_NAUTICAL_MILES, degrees( $theta < 0 ?  $theta + TAU : $theta);
}

sub find_nearest_airports ( $latitude, $longitude, $csv_path ) {
    my $airports = csv(
        in => $csv_path,
        headers => [<ID Name City Country IATA ICAO Latitude Longitude>],
    );

    for my $row (@$airports) {
        ($$row{'Distance'},$$row{'Bearing'}) = distance_and_bearing( $latitude, $longitude, $$row{'Latitude'}, $$row{'Longitude'} );
    }

    sort { $a->{'Distance'} <=> $b->{'Distance'} } @$airports;
}

my($lat, $lon, $wanted, $csv) = (51.514669, 2.198581, 20, 'ref/airports.dat');
printf "%7s\t%7s\t%-7s\t%-15s\t%s\n", <Dist Bear ICAO Country Name>;
for my $airport (find_nearest_airports($lat, $lon, $csv)) {
    printf "%7.1f\t    %03d\t%-7s\t%-15s\t%s\n", map { $airport->{$_} } <Distance Bearing ICAO Country Name>;
    last unless --$wanted
}
Output:
   Dist    Bear ICAO    Country         Name
   30.7     146 EBFN    Belgium         Koksijde Air Base
   31.3     127 EBOS    Belgium         Ostend-Bruges International Airport
   33.6     252 EGMH    United Kingdom  Kent International Airport
   34.4     195 LFAC    France          Calais-Dunkerque Airport
   42.6     105 EBKW    Belgium         Westkapelle heliport
   51.6     240 EGMK    United Kingdom  Lympne Airport
   52.8     114 EBUL    Belgium         Ursel Air Base
   56.2     274 EGMC    United Kingdom  Southend Airport
   56.4     162 LFQT    France          Merville-Calonne Airport
   56.5     137 EBKT    Belgium         Wevelgem Airport
   58.0     235 EGMD    United Kingdom  Lydd Airport
   59.0     309 EGUW    United Kingdom  RAF Wattisham
   59.3     339 EGSM    United Kingdom  Beccles Airport
   59.7     146 LFQO    France          Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport
   62.2     250 EGKH    United Kingdom  Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield
   63.7     200 LFAT    France          Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport
   64.2     261 EGTO    United Kingdom  Rochester Airport
   66.3     149 LFQQ    France          Lille-Lesquin Airport
   68.4     271 EGMT    United Kingdom  Thurrock Airfield
   72.5     313 EGXH    United Kingdom  RAF Honington

Phix

without js -- file i/o
enum Airport_ID, Name, City, Country, IATA, ICAO, Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Timezone, DST, Tz_Olson, Type, Source
function tabulate(sequence s)
    s = split(trim(s),"\n")
    for i,ri in s do
        ri = split(ri,',')
        if length(ri)!=14 then
            ri[2] &= ","&ri[3]
            ri[3..3] = {}
        end if
        for j in {Airport_ID, Latitude, Longitude, Altitude} do
            ri[j] = to_number(ri[j])
        end for
        for j in {Name,City,Country,ICAO} do
            ri[j] = trim(ri[j],`"`)
        end for
        s[i] = ri
    end for
    return s    
end function

constant airports = tabulate(get_text("airports.dat"))

function distance(atom lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, integer units)
    atom dist = 0
    if lat1!=lat2 or lon1!=lon2 then
        atom radlat1 = lat1*PI/180,
             radlat2 = lat2*PI/180,
             radtheta = (lon1-lon2)*PI/180
        dist = sin(radlat1)*sin(radlat2) + cos(radlat1)*cos(radlat2)*cos(radtheta)
        dist = arccos(min(dist,1))*180/PI * 60*1.1515576 -- in Statute Miles
        if units = 'K' then dist *= 1.609344 end if     -- in Kilometres
        if units = 'N' then dist *= 0.868976 end if    -- in Nautical Miles
    end if
    return dist
end function

function bearing(atom lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2)
    atom bear = NULL
    if lat1!=lat2 or lon1!=lon2 then
        atom radlat1 = lat1*PI/180,
             radlat2 = lat2*PI/180,
             raddlon = (lon2-lon1)*PI/180,
             y = sin(raddlon)*cos(radlat2),
             x = cos(radlat1)*sin(radlat2) - sin(radlat1)*cos(radlat2)*cos(raddlon)
        bear = remainder(atan2(y, x)*180/PI+360,360)
    end if
    return bear;
end function

procedure query(atom lat,lon, integer rows=20)
    sequence r = {}
    for a in airports do
        atom lat2 = a[Latitude],
             lon2 = a[Longitude],
             dist = round(distance(lat,lon,lat2,lon2,'N'),10),
             bear = round(bearing(lat,lon,lat2,lon2))
        r = append(r,{a[Name],a[Country],a[ICAO],dist,bear})
    end for
    r = sort_columns(r,{4})[1..rows]
    printf(1,"                Name                 |    Country     | ICAO | Distance in NM | Bearing in ° \n")
    printf(1,"-------------------------------------+----------------+------+----------------+--------------\n")
    printf(1,"%s\n",{join(r,"\n",fmt:=" %-36s| %-15s| %4s |           %4.1f |          %3d")})
    printf(1,"(%d rows)\n",rows)
end procedure

query(51.514669, 2.198581)
Output:
                Name                 |    Country     | ICAO | Distance in NM | Bearing in ° 
-------------------------------------+----------------+------+----------------+--------------
 Koksijde Air Base                   | Belgium        | EBFN |           30.7 |          146
 Ostend-Bruges International Airport | Belgium        | EBOS |           31.3 |          127
 Kent International Airport          | United Kingdom | EGMH |           33.5 |          252
 Calais-Dunkerque Airport            | France         | LFAC |           34.4 |          196
 Westkapelle heliport                | Belgium        | EBKW |           42.6 |          105
 Lympne Airport                      | United Kingdom | EGMK |           51.6 |          240
 Ursel Air Base                      | Belgium        | EBUL |           52.8 |          114
 Southend Airport                    | United Kingdom | EGMC |           56.2 |          274
 Merville-Calonne Airport            | France         | LFQT |           56.4 |          163
 Wevelgem Airport                    | Belgium        | EBKT |           56.5 |          137
 Midden-Zeeland Airport              | Netherlands    | EHMZ |           57.3 |           90
 Lydd Airport                        | United Kingdom | EGMD |           58.0 |          235
 RAF Wattisham                       | United Kingdom | EGUW |           59.0 |          309
 Beccles Airport                     | United Kingdom | EGSM |           59.3 |          339
 Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport      | France         | LFQO |           59.7 |          146
 Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield       | United Kingdom | EGKH |           62.2 |          250
 Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport     | France         | LFAT |           63.7 |          200
 Rochester Airport                   | United Kingdom | EGTO |           64.2 |          262
 Lille-Lesquin Airport               | France         | LFQQ |           66.2 |          149
 Thurrock Airfield                   | United Kingdom | EGMT |           68.4 |          272
(20 rows)

Python

''' Rosetta Code task Distance_and_Bearing '''

from math import radians, degrees, sin, cos, asin, atan2, sqrt
from pandas import read_csv


EARTH_RADIUS_KM = 6372.8
TASK_CONVERT_NM =  0.0094174
AIRPORT_DATA_FILE = 'airports.dat.txt'

QUERY_LATITUDE, QUERY_LONGITUDE = 51.514669, 2.198581


def haversine(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2):
    '''
    Given two latitude, longitude pairs in degrees for two points on the Earth,
    get distance (nautical miles) and initial direction of travel (degrees)
    for travel from lat1, lon1 to lat2, lon2
    '''
    rlat1, rlon1, rlat2, rlon2 = [radians(x) for x in [lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2]]
    dlat = rlat2 - rlat1
    dlon = rlon2 - rlon1
    arc = sin(dlat / 2) ** 2 + cos(rlat1) * cos(rlat2) * sin(dlon / 2) ** 2
    clen = 2.0 * degrees(asin(sqrt(arc)))
    theta = atan2(sin(dlon) * cos(rlat2),
                  cos(rlat1) * sin(rlat2) - sin(rlat1) * cos(rlat2) * cos(dlon))
    theta = (degrees(theta) + 360) % 360
    return EARTH_RADIUS_KM * clen * TASK_CONVERT_NM, theta


def find_nearest_airports(latitude, longitude, wanted=20, csv=AIRPORT_DATA_FILE):
    ''' Given latitude and longitude, find `wanted` closest airports in database file csv. '''
    airports = read_csv(csv, header=None, usecols=[1, 3, 5, 6, 7], names=[
                        'Name', 'Country', 'ICAO', 'Latitude', 'Longitude'])
    airports['Distance'] = 0.0
    airports['Bearing'] = 0
    for (idx, row) in enumerate(airports.itertuples()):
        distance, bearing = haversine(
            latitude, longitude, row.Latitude, row.Longitude)
        airports.at[idx, 'Distance'] = round(distance, ndigits=1)
        airports.at[idx, 'Bearing'] = int(round(bearing))

    airports.sort_values(by=['Distance'], ignore_index=True, inplace=True)
    return airports.loc[0:wanted-1, ['Name', 'Country', 'ICAO', 'Distance', 'Bearing']]


print(find_nearest_airports(QUERY_LATITUDE, QUERY_LONGITUDE))
Output:
                                   Name         Country  ICAO  Distance  Bearing
0                     Koksijde Air Base         Belgium  EBFN      30.7      146
1   Ostend-Bruges International Airport         Belgium  EBOS      31.3      127
2            Kent International Airport  United Kingdom  EGMH      33.5      252
3              Calais-Dunkerque Airport          France  LFAC      34.4      196
4                  Westkapelle heliport         Belgium  EBKW      42.6      105
5                        Lympne Airport  United Kingdom  EGMK      51.6      240
6                        Ursel Air Base         Belgium  EBUL      52.8      114
7                      Southend Airport  United Kingdom  EGMC      56.2      274
8              Merville-Calonne Airport          France  LFQT      56.4      163
9                      Wevelgem Airport         Belgium  EBKT      56.5      137
10               Midden-Zeeland Airport     Netherlands  EHMZ      57.3       90
11                         Lydd Airport  United Kingdom  EGMD      58.0      235
12                        RAF Wattisham  United Kingdom  EGUW      59.0      309
13                      Beccles Airport  United Kingdom  EGSM      59.3      339
14       Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport          France  LFQO      59.7      146
15        Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield  United Kingdom  EGKH      62.2      250
16      Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport          France  LFAT      63.7      200
17                    Rochester Airport  United Kingdom  EGTO      64.2      262
18                Lille-Lesquin Airport          France  LFQQ      66.2      149
19                    Thurrock Airfield  United Kingdom  EGMT      68.4      272

Raku

use Text::CSV;

constant $EARTH_RADIUS_IN_NAUTICAL_MILES = 6372.8 / 1.852;

sub degrees   ( Real $rad ) { $rad / tau * 360 }
sub radians   ( Real $deg ) { $deg * tau / 360 }
sub haversine ( Real $x   ) { ($x / 2).sin.²   }
sub arc_haver ( Real $x   ) { $x.sqrt.asin * 2 }

sub great_circle_distance ( \φ1, \λ1, \φ2, \λ2 ) {
    # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula
    #   latitude (represented by φ) and longitude (represented by λ)
    #   hav(θ) = hav(φ₂ − φ₁) + cos(φ₁) cos(φ₂) hav(λ₂ − λ₁)
    arc_haver(
        haversine(φ2 - φ1)
      + haversine(λ2 - λ1) * cos(φ1) * cos(φ2)
    );
}

sub great_circle_bearing ( \φ1, \λ1, \φ2, \λ2 ) {
    atan2(                          φ2.cos * (λ2 - λ1).sin,
        φ1.cos * φ2.sin - φ1.sin * φ2.cos * (λ2 - λ1).cos,
    );
}

sub distance_and_bearing ( $lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2 ) {
    my @ll = map &radians, $lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2;

    my $dist  = great_circle_distance(|@ll);
    my $theta = great_circle_bearing( |@ll);

    return  $dist * $EARTH_RADIUS_IN_NAUTICAL_MILES,
            degrees( $theta + (tau if $theta < 0) )
}

sub find_nearest_airports ( $latitude, $longitude, $csv_path ) {
    my &d_and_b_from_here = &distance_and_bearing.assuming($latitude, $longitude);

    my @airports = csv(
        in => $csv_path,
        headers => [<ID Name City Country IATA ICAO Latitude Longitude>],
    );

    for @airports -> %row {
        %row<Distance Bearing> = d_and_b_from_here( +%row<Latitude>, +%row<Longitude> );
    }

    return @airports.sort(*.<Distance>);
}

sub MAIN ( $lat = 51.514669, $long = 2.198581, $wanted = 20, $csv = 'airports.dat' ) {
    printf "%7s\t%7s\t%-7s\t%-15s\t%s\n", <Dist Bear ICAO Country Name>;

    for find_nearest_airports($lat, $long, $csv).head($wanted) {
        printf "%7.1f\t    %03d\t%-7s\t%-15s\t%s\n",
            .<Distance Bearing ICAO Country Name>;
    }
}
Output:
   Dist	   Bear	ICAO   	Country        	Name
   30.7	    146	EBFN   	Belgium        	Koksijde Air Base
   31.3	    127	EBOS   	Belgium        	Ostend-Bruges International Airport
   33.6	    252	EGMH   	United Kingdom 	Kent International Airport
   34.4	    195	LFAC   	France         	Calais-Dunkerque Airport
   42.6	    105	EBKW   	Belgium        	Westkapelle heliport
   51.6	    240	EGMK   	United Kingdom 	Lympne Airport
   52.8	    114	EBUL   	Belgium        	Ursel Air Base
   56.2	    274	EGMC   	United Kingdom 	Southend Airport
   56.4	    162	LFQT   	France         	Merville-Calonne Airport
   56.5	    137	EBKT   	Belgium        	Wevelgem Airport
   57.3	    089	EHMZ   	Netherlands    	Midden-Zeeland Airport
   58.0	    235	EGMD   	United Kingdom 	Lydd Airport
   59.0	    309	EGUW   	United Kingdom 	RAF Wattisham
   59.3	    339	EGSM   	United Kingdom 	Beccles Airport
   59.7	    146	LFQO   	France         	Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport
   62.2	    250	EGKH   	United Kingdom 	Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield
   63.7	    200	LFAT   	France         	Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport
   64.2	    261	EGTO   	United Kingdom 	Rochester Airport
   66.3	    149	LFQQ   	France         	Lille-Lesquin Airport
   68.4	    271	EGMT   	United Kingdom 	Thurrock Airfield

Ruby

require 'open-uri'
require 'csv'
include Math

RADIUS = 6372.8  # rough radius of the Earth, in kilometers

def spherical_distance(start_coords, end_coords)
  lat1, long1 = deg2rad(*start_coords)
  lat2, long2 = deg2rad(*end_coords)
  2 * RADIUS * asin(sqrt(sin((lat2-lat1)/2)**2 + cos(lat1) * cos(lat2) * sin((long2 - long1)/2)**2))
end

def bearing(start_coords, end_coords)
  lat1, long1 = deg2rad(*start_coords)
  lat2, long2 = deg2rad(*end_coords)
  dlon = long2 - long1
  atan2(sin(dlon) * cos(lat2), cos(lat1) * sin(lat2) - sin(lat1) * cos(lat2) * cos(dlon))
end

def deg2rad(lat, long)
  [lat * PI / 180, long * PI / 180]
end

uri = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/airports.dat"
headers = %i(airportID
    name
    city
    country
    iata
    icao
    latitude
    longitude
    altitude
    timezone
    dst
    tzOlson
    type
    source)
data = CSV.parse(URI.open(uri), headers: headers, converters: :numeric)

position = [51.514669, 2.198581]

data.each{|r| r[:dist] = (spherical_distance(position, [r[:latitude], r[:longitude]])/1.852).round(1)}
closest =  data.min_by(20){|row| row[:dist] }
closest.each do |r|
  bearing = (bearing(position,[r[:latitude], r[:longitude]])*180/PI).round % 360
  puts "%-40s %-25s %-6s %12.1f %15.0f" % (r.values_at(:name, :country, :ICAO, :dist) << bearing)
end
Output:
Koksijde Air Base                        Belgium                                  30.7             146
Ostend-Bruges International Airport      Belgium                                  31.3             127
Kent International Airport               United Kingdom                           33.6             252
Calais-Dunkerque Airport                 France                                   34.4             196
Westkapelle heliport                     Belgium                                  42.6             105
Lympne Airport                           United Kingdom                           51.6             240
Ursel Air Base                           Belgium                                  52.8             114
Southend Airport                         United Kingdom                           56.2             274
Merville-Calonne Airport                 France                                   56.4             163
Wevelgem Airport                         Belgium                                  56.5             137
Midden-Zeeland Airport                   Netherlands                              57.3              90
Lydd Airport                             United Kingdom                           58.0             235
RAF Wattisham                            United Kingdom                           59.0             309
Beccles Airport                          United Kingdom                           59.3             339
Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport           France                                   59.7             146
Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield            United Kingdom                           62.2             250
Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport          France                                   63.7             200
Rochester Airport                        United Kingdom                           64.2             262
Lille-Lesquin Airport                    France                                   66.3             149
Thurrock Airfield                        United Kingdom                           68.4             272

SQL /PostgreSQL

Create table and copy from URL.

-- create table airports with 14 columns
CREATE TABLE airports (
    Airport_ID serial PRIMARY KEY,
    Name VARCHAR NOT NULL,
    City VARCHAR,
    Country VARCHAR NOT NULL,
    IATA VARCHAR,
    ICAO VARCHAR,
    Latitude double precision NOT NULL,
    Longitude double precision NOT NULL,
    Altitude SMALLINT,
    Timezone VARCHAR,
    DST VARCHAR,
    Tz_Olson VARCHAR,
    Type VARCHAR,
    Source VARCHAR
);   

-- copy CSV airports.dat from URL 
COPY airports FROM 
PROGRAM 'curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/airports.dat"' 
WITH (FORMAT csv);

Functions for distance and bearing.

-- calculate distance
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION calculate_distance(lat1 float, lon1 float, lat2 float, lon2 float, units varchar)
RETURNS numeric AS $dist$
    DECLARE
        dist float = 0;
        radlat1 float;
        radlat2 float;
        theta float;
        radtheta float;
    BEGIN
        IF lat1 = lat2 AND lon1 = lon2
            THEN RETURN dist;
        ELSE
            radlat1 = pi() * lat1 / 180;
            radlat2 = pi() * lat2 / 180;
            theta = lon1 - lon2;
            radtheta = pi() * theta / 180;
            dist = sin(radlat1) * sin(radlat2) + cos(radlat1) * cos(radlat2) * cos(radtheta);

            IF dist > 1 THEN dist = 1; END IF;

            dist = acos(dist);
            dist = dist * 180 / pi();

            -- Distance in Statute Miles
            dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515576; 
            
            -- Distance in Kilometres
            IF units = 'K' THEN dist = dist * 1.609344; END IF;

            -- Distance in Nautical Miles
            IF units = 'N' THEN dist = dist * 0.868976; END IF;

            dist = dist::numeric;
            RETURN dist;
        END IF;
    END;
$dist$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;


-- calculate bearing
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION calculate_bearing(lat1 float, lon1 float, lat2 float, lon2 float)
RETURNS numeric AS $bear$
    DECLARE
        bear float = NULL;
        radlat1 float;
        radlat2 float;
        raddlon float;
        y float;
        x float;
        
    BEGIN
        IF lat1 = lat2 AND lon1 = lon2
            THEN RETURN bear;
        ELSE
            radlat1 = pi() * lat1 / 180;
            radlat2 = pi() * lat2 / 180;
            raddlon = pi() * (lon2 - lon1) / 180;

            y = sin(raddlon) * cos(radlat2);
            x = cos(radlat1) * sin(radlat2) - sin(radlat1) * cos(radlat2) * cos(raddlon);
            
            bear = atan2(y, x) * 180 / pi();
            bear = (bear::numeric + 360) % 360;
       
            RETURN bear;
        END IF;
    END;
$bear$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Request from airplane at position ( 51.514669, 2.198581 ).

Select 
   Name "Name",
   Country "Country",
   ICAO "ICAO",
   ROUND(calculate_distance(51.514669, 2.198581, Latitude, Longitude, 'N'), 1) "Distance in NM",
   ROUND(calculate_bearing(51.514669, 2.198581, Latitude, Longitude), 0) "Bearing in °"
From 
    airports
ORDER BY "Distance in NM"
LIMIT 20;
Output:
                Name                 |    Country     | ICAO | Distance in NM | Bearing in ° 
-------------------------------------+----------------+------+----------------+--------------
 Koksijde Air Base                   | Belgium        | EBFN |           30.7 |          146
 Ostend-Bruges International Airport | Belgium        | EBOS |           31.3 |          127
 Kent International Airport          | United Kingdom | EGMH |           33.5 |          252
 Calais-Dunkerque Airport            | France         | LFAC |           34.4 |          196
 Westkapelle heliport                | Belgium        | EBKW |           42.6 |          105
 Lympne Airport                      | United Kingdom | EGMK |           51.6 |          240
 Ursel Air Base                      | Belgium        | EBUL |           52.8 |          114
 Southend Airport                    | United Kingdom | EGMC |           56.2 |          274
 Merville-Calonne Airport            | France         | LFQT |           56.4 |          163
 Wevelgem Airport                    | Belgium        | EBKT |           56.5 |          137
 Midden-Zeeland Airport              | Netherlands    | EHMZ |           57.3 |           90
 Lydd Airport                        | United Kingdom | EGMD |           58.0 |          235
 RAF Wattisham                       | United Kingdom | EGUW |           59.0 |          309
 Beccles Airport                     | United Kingdom | EGSM |           59.3 |          339
 Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport      | France         | LFQO |           59.7 |          146
 Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield       | United Kingdom | EGKH |           62.2 |          250
 Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport     | France         | LFAT |           63.7 |          200
 Rochester Airport                   | United Kingdom | EGTO |           64.2 |          262
 Lille-Lesquin Airport               | France         | LFQQ |           66.2 |          149
 Thurrock Airfield                   | United Kingdom | EGMT |           68.4 |          272
(20 rows)

Wren

Translation of: SQL
Library: Wren-dynamic
Library: Wren-str
Library: Wren-fmt

However, rather than use Wren-sql, we program it so that it can be run from Wren-CLI. Runtime is about 0.24 seconds.

import "io" for File
import "./dynamic" for Tuple
import "./str" for Str
import "./fmt" for Fmt

var airportFields = [
    "airportID",
    "name",
    "city",
    "country",
    "iata",
    "icao",
    "latitude",
    "longitude",
    "altitude",
    "timezone",
    "dst",
    "tzOlson",
    "type",
    "source"
]
var Airport = Tuple.create("Airport", airportFields)

var fileName = "airports.dat" // local copy
var lines = File.read(fileName).trimEnd().split("\n")
var lc = lines.count
var airports = List.filled(lc, null)
for (i in 0...lc) {
    var fields    = lines[i].split(",").map { |f| f.replace("\"", "") }.toList
    if (fields.count > 14) {  // there are field(s) with embedded comma(s)
        fields    = Str.splitCsv(lines[i])
    }
    var airportID = Num.fromString(fields[0])
    var name      = fields[1]
    var city      = fields[2]
    var country   = fields[3]
    var iata      = fields[4]
    var icao      = fields[5]
    var latitude  = Num.fromString(fields[6])
    var longitude = Num.fromString(fields[7])
    var altitude  = Num.fromString(fields[8])
    var timezone  = fields[9]
    var dst       = fields[10]
    var tzOlson   = fields[11]
    var type      = fields[12]
    var source    = fields[13]
    airports[i]   = Airport.new(airportID, name, city, country, iata, icao, latitude, longitude,
                                altitude, timezone, dst, tzOlson, type, source)
}

var calculateDistance = Fn.new { |lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, units|
    if (lat1 == lat2 && lon1 == lon2) return 0
    var radlat1 = Num.pi * lat1 / 180
    var radlat2 = Num.pi * lat2 / 180
    var theta = lon1 - lon2
    var radtheta = Num.pi * theta / 180
    var dist = radlat1.sin * radlat2.sin + radlat1.cos * radlat2.cos * radtheta.cos
    if (dist > 1) dist = 1
    dist = dist.acos * 180 / Num.pi * 60 * 1.1515576  // distance in statute miles
    if (units == "K") dist = dist * 1.609344          // distance in kilometers
    if (units == "N") dist = dist * 0.868976          // distance in nautical miles
    return dist
}

var calculateBearing = Fn.new { |lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2|
    if (lat1 == lat2 && lon1 == lon2) return 0
    var radlat1 = Num.pi * lat1 / 180
    var radlat2 = Num.pi * lat2 / 180
    var raddlon = Num.pi * (lon2 - lon1) / 180
    var y = raddlon.sin * radlat2.cos
    var x = radlat1.cos * radlat2.sin - radlat1.sin * radlat2.cos * raddlon.cos
    var bear = y.atan(x) * 180 / Num.pi
    return (bear + 360) % 360
}

// request from airplane at position (51.514669, 2.198581)
var query = List.filled(airports.count, null)
for (i in 0...airports.count) {
    var a = airports[i]    
    var dist = calculateDistance.call(51.514669, 2.198581, a.latitude, a.longitude, "N")
    dist = (dist * 10).round / 10
    var bear = calculateBearing.call(51.514669, 2.198581, a.latitude, a.longitude).round
    query[i] = [a.name, a.country, a.icao, dist, bear]
}
query.sort { |q1, q2| q1[3] < q2[3] }
System.print("                Name                 |    Country     | ICAO | Distance in NM | Bearing in ° ")
System.print("-------------------------------------+----------------+------+----------------+--------------")
var fmt = " $-36s| $-15s| $4s |           $4.1f |          $3d"
for (i in 0..19) Fmt.lprint(fmt, query[i])
System.print("(20 rows)")
Output:
                Name                 |    Country     | ICAO | Distance in NM | Bearing in ° 
-------------------------------------+----------------+------+----------------+--------------
 Koksijde Air Base                   | Belgium        | EBFN |           30.7 |          146
 Ostend-Bruges International Airport | Belgium        | EBOS |           31.3 |          127
 Kent International Airport          | United Kingdom | EGMH |           33.5 |          252
 Calais-Dunkerque Airport            | France         | LFAC |           34.4 |          196
 Westkapelle heliport                | Belgium        | EBKW |           42.6 |          105
 Lympne Airport                      | United Kingdom | EGMK |           51.6 |          240
 Ursel Air Base                      | Belgium        | EBUL |           52.8 |          114
 Southend Airport                    | United Kingdom | EGMC |           56.2 |          274
 Merville-Calonne Airport            | France         | LFQT |           56.4 |          163
 Wevelgem Airport                    | Belgium        | EBKT |           56.5 |          137
 Midden-Zeeland Airport              | Netherlands    | EHMZ |           57.3 |           90
 Lydd Airport                        | United Kingdom | EGMD |           58.0 |          235
 RAF Wattisham                       | United Kingdom | EGUW |           59.0 |          309
 Beccles Airport                     | United Kingdom | EGSM |           59.3 |          339
 Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport      | France         | LFQO |           59.7 |          146
 Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield       | United Kingdom | EGKH |           62.2 |          250
 Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport     | France         | LFAT |           63.7 |          200
 Rochester Airport                   | United Kingdom | EGTO |           64.2 |          262
 Lille-Lesquin Airport               | France         | LFQQ |           66.2 |          149
 Thurrock Airfield                   | United Kingdom | EGMT |           68.4 |          272
(20 rows)
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