diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 50e7434..1943a9c 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ SSL_CERT_PATH=../ssl/localhost.crt
 SSL_CERT_KEY_PATH=../ssl/localhost.key
 
 VITE_API_URL=${NGINX_PROTOCOL}://${NGINX_HOST}:${NGINX_HTTP_PORT}/api
+VITE_DEFAULT_LIMIT=200
 __VITE_ADDITIONAL_SERVER_ALLOWED_HOSTS:${NGINX_HOST}
 
 ENVIRONMENT=development
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/airport.ts b/ui/src/lib/airport.ts
index bce99fb..d53727d 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/airport.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/airport.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Airport, AirportCategory, Bounds, GetAirportsResponse } from '@lib/airport.types.ts';
 import { getRequest } from '@lib/index.ts';
 
+const defaultLimit = import.meta.env.VITE_DEFAULT_LIMIT || 150;
+
 export async function getAirport({ icao }: { icao: string }): Promise<Airport> {
   const response = await getRequest(`airports/${icao}`);
   return response?.json() || {};
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ export async function getAirports({
   categories,
   bounds,
   metars = false,
-  limit = 1000,
+  limit = defaultLimit,
   page = 1
 }: GetAirportsParameters): Promise<GetAirportsResponse> {
   const response = await getRequest('airports', {