diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 3b9376d..30112a0 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
 
+    const openflights = b.dependency("openflights", .{});
+
     const maxminddb_upstream = b.dependency("maxminddb", .{});
 
     // Build libmaxminddb as a static library
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     });
 
     exe.root_module.addImport("httpz", httpz.module("httpz"));
+    exe.root_module.addAnonymousImport("airports.dat", .{
+        .root_source_file = openflights.path("data/airports.dat"),
+    });
     exe.linkLibrary(maxminddb);
     exe.linkLibC();
 
@@ -78,6 +83,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         }),
     });
     tests.root_module.addImport("httpz", httpz.module("httpz"));
+    tests.root_module.addAnonymousImport("airports.dat", .{
+        .root_source_file = openflights.path("data/airports.dat"),
+    });
     tests.linkLibrary(maxminddb);
     tests.linkLibC();
 
diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index 4b0fc18..9e5b9aa 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ pub const Config = struct {
     cache_dir: []const u8,
     geolite_path: []const u8,
     geocache_file: ?[]const u8,
-    airports_dat_path: ?[]const u8,
 
     pub fn load(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Config {
         var env = try std.process.getEnvMap(allocator);
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ pub const Config = struct {
             .cache_dir = if (env.get("WTTR_CACHE_DIR")) |v| try allocator.dupe(u8, v) else try allocator.dupe(u8, "/tmp/wttr-cache"),
             .geolite_path = if (env.get("WTTR_GEOLITE_PATH")) |v| try allocator.dupe(u8, v) else try allocator.dupe(u8, "./GeoLite2-City.mmdb"),
             .geocache_file = if (env.get("WTTR_GEOCACHE_FILE")) |v| try allocator.dupe(u8, v) else null,
-            .airports_dat_path = if (env.get("WTTR_AIRPORTS_DAT")) |v| try allocator.dupe(u8, v) else null,
         };
     }
 
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ pub const Config = struct {
         allocator.free(self.cache_dir);
         allocator.free(self.geolite_path);
         if (self.geocache_file) |f| allocator.free(f);
-        if (self.airports_dat_path) |f| allocator.free(f);
     }
 };
 
@@ -48,5 +45,4 @@ test "config loads defaults" {
     try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 10_000), cfg.cache_size);
     try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("./GeoLite2-City.mmdb", cfg.geolite_path);
     try std.testing.expect(cfg.geocache_file == null);
-    try std.testing.expect(cfg.airports_dat_path == null);
 }
diff --git a/src/location/Airports.zig b/src/location/Airports.zig
index fc8f251..7399c23 100644
--- a/src/location/Airports.zig
+++ b/src/location/Airports.zig
@@ -12,17 +12,12 @@ const Airports = @This();
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 airports: std.StringHashMap(Airport),
 
-pub fn initFromFile(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, file_path: []const u8) !Airports {
-    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(file_path, .{});
-    defer file.close();
-
-    const csv_data = try file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, 10 * 1024 * 1024); // 10MB max
-    defer allocator.free(csv_data);
-
-    return try init(allocator, csv_data);
+pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Airports {
+    const csv_data = @embedFile("airports.dat");
+    return try initFromData(allocator, csv_data);
 }
 
-pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, csv_data: []const u8) !Airports {
+pub fn initFromData(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, csv_data: []const u8) !Airports {
     var airports = std.StringHashMap(Airport).init(allocator);
 
     var lines = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, csv_data, '\n');
@@ -121,7 +116,7 @@ test "AirportDB lookup" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
     const csv = "1,\"Munich Airport\",\"Munich\",\"Germany\",\"MUC\",\"EDDM\",48.353802,11.7861,1487,1,\"E\",\"Europe/Berlin\",\"airport\",\"OurAirports\"";
 
-    var db = try Airports.init(allocator, csv);
+    var db = try Airports.initFromData(allocator, csv);
     defer db.deinit();
 
     const result = db.lookup("MUC");
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index ecdcf9f..7e35c2d 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     } else {
         try stdout.print("Geocache: in-memory only\n", .{});
     }
-    if (cfg.airports_dat_path) |f| {
-        try stdout.print("Airports database: {s}\n", .{f});
-    }
     try stdout.flush();
 
     // Ensure GeoLite2 database exists
@@ -57,19 +54,11 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer geocache.deinit();
 
     // Initialize airports database
-    var airports_db: ?Airports = null;
-    if (cfg.airports_dat_path) |path| {
-        airports_db = Airports.initFromFile(allocator, path) catch |err| blk: {
-            std.log.warn("Failed to load airports database: {}", .{err});
-            break :blk null;
-        };
-    }
-    if (airports_db) |*db| {
-        defer db.deinit();
-    }
+    var airports_db = try Airports.init(allocator);
+    defer airports_db.deinit();
 
     // Initialize location resolver
-    var resolver = Resolver.init(allocator, &geoip, &geocache, if (airports_db) |*db| db else null);
+    var resolver = Resolver.init(allocator, &geoip, &geocache, &airports_db);
 
     var cache = try Cache.init(allocator, .{
         .max_entries = cfg.cache_size,