diff --git a/src/shared/dictionaries/transform.test.ts b/src/shared/dictionaries/transform.test.ts
index 2f746493..fca02410 100644
--- a/src/shared/dictionaries/transform.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/dictionaries/transform.test.ts
@@ -211,3 +211,69 @@ describe("transformDictionaries — regions", () => {
     expect(d.regions.map((r) => r.id)).toEqual([500374, 1, 2]);
   });
 });
+
+import {
+  getCityByCode,
+  getAirportByCode,
+  getCityCodeByAirportCode,
+  getCityOrAirport,
+  findCityByCoord,
+} from "./transform.js";
+
+describe("helpers", () => {
+  const baseline = transformDictionaries(
+    {
+      regions: [],
+      countries: [],
+      cities: [
+        { code: "MOW", title: { ru: "Москва" }, country_code: "RU", has_afl_flights: true, location: { lat: 55, lon: 37 } },
+        { code: "LED", title: { ru: "Санкт-Петербург" }, country_code: "RU", has_afl_flights: true, location: { lat: 59, lon: 30 } },
+      ],
+      airports: [
+        { code: "SVO", city_code: "MOW", title: { ru: "Шереметьево" }, has_afl_flights: true, location: { lat: 55, lon: 37 } },
+        { code: "LED", city_code: "LED", title: { ru: "Пулково" }, has_afl_flights: true, location: { lat: 59, lon: 30 } },
+      ],
+    },
+    "ru",
+  );
+
+  it("getCityByCode is case-insensitive", () => {
+    expect(getCityByCode(baseline, "mow")?.code).toBe("MOW");
+    expect(getCityByCode(baseline, "MOW")?.code).toBe("MOW");
+  });
+
+  it("getAirportByCode is case-insensitive", () => {
+    expect(getAirportByCode(baseline, "svo")?.code).toBe("SVO");
+  });
+
+  it("getCityCodeByAirportCode maps airport → city", () => {
+    expect(getCityCodeByAirportCode(baseline, "SVO")).toBe("MOW");
+    expect(getCityCodeByAirportCode(baseline, "NOPE")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("getCityOrAirport prefers city on collision", () => {
+    const hit = getCityOrAirport(baseline, "LED");
+    expect(hit && "country_code" in hit).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("getCityOrAirport falls back to airport when code is airport-only", () => {
+    const hit = getCityOrAirport(baseline, "SVO");
+    expect(hit && "city_code" in hit).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("findCityByCoord returns the nearest city by haversine distance", () => {
+    const near = findCityByCoord(baseline, 55.1, 37.1);
+    expect(near?.code).toBe("MOW");
+
+    const far = findCityByCoord(baseline, 59.5, 30.5);
+    expect(far?.code).toBe("LED");
+  });
+
+  it("findCityByCoord returns undefined when no cities exist", () => {
+    const empty = transformDictionaries(
+      { regions: [], countries: [], cities: [], airports: [] },
+      "ru",
+    );
+    expect(findCityByCoord(empty, 0, 0)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/shared/dictionaries/transform.ts b/src/shared/dictionaries/transform.ts
index a3aef17b..c780cf02 100644
--- a/src/shared/dictionaries/transform.ts
+++ b/src/shared/dictionaries/transform.ts
@@ -134,3 +134,79 @@ function buildRegions(
     countries: countries.filter((c) => c.world_region_id === r.world_region_id),
   }));
 }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Helpers (consumer-facing; pure, take dictionaries as argument)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export function getCityByCode(
+  d: IDictionaries,
+  code: string,
+): ICity | undefined {
+  return d.cityByCode.get(code.toUpperCase());
+}
+
+export function getAirportByCode(
+  d: IDictionaries,
+  code: string,
+): IAirport | undefined {
+  return d.airportByCode.get(code.toUpperCase());
+}
+
+export function getCityCodeByAirportCode(
+  d: IDictionaries,
+  airportCode: string,
+): string | undefined {
+  return d.airportByCode.get(airportCode.toUpperCase())?.city_code;
+}
+
+export function getCityOrAirport(
+  d: IDictionaries,
+  code: string,
+): ICity | IAirport | undefined {
+  return getCityByCode(d, code) ?? getAirportByCode(d, code);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the city whose location is the nearest to the given lat/lon
+ * by great-circle (haversine) distance. Returns undefined when the
+ * dictionaries have no cities.
+ */
+export function findCityByCoord(
+  d: IDictionaries,
+  lat: number,
+  lon: number,
+): ICity | undefined {
+  if (d.cities.length === 0) return undefined;
+
+  let best: ICity | undefined;
+  let bestDist = Infinity;
+  for (const city of d.cities) {
+    const dist = haversineKm(lat, lon, city.location.lat, city.location.lon);
+    if (dist < bestDist) {
+      bestDist = dist;
+      best = city;
+    }
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
+function haversineKm(
+  lat1: number,
+  lon1: number,
+  lat2: number,
+  lon2: number,
+): number {
+  const R = 6371;
+  const dLat = toRad(lat2 - lat1);
+  const dLon = toRad(lon2 - lon1);
+  const a =
+    Math.sin(dLat / 2) ** 2 +
+    Math.sin(dLon / 2) ** 2 * Math.cos(toRad(lat1)) * Math.cos(toRad(lat2));
+  const c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1 - a));
+  return R * c;
+}
+
+function toRad(deg: number): number {
+  return (deg * Math.PI) / 180;
+}