diff --git a/generator/osm2meta.cpp b/generator/osm2meta.cpp
index 12763e777c..c957a16ec6 100644
--- a/generator/osm2meta.cpp
+++ b/generator/osm2meta.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ string MetadataTagProcessorImpl::ValidateAndFormat_wikipedia(string v) const
 
 string MetadataTagProcessorImpl::ValidateAndFormat_airport_iata(string const & v) const
 {
+  if (!ftypes::IsAirportChecker::Instance()(m_params.m_types))
+    return {};
+
   if (v.size() != 3)
     return {};