我在Oracle SQL Developer上遇到以下错误：

Error starting at line 1 in command:
    ALTER TABLE AEROPUERTO ADD CONSTRAINT AEROPUERTO_FK FOREIGN KEY (CODIGO_CIUDAD) REFERENCES CIUDAD(CODIGO)

Error report:
    SQL Error: ORA-02298: cannot validate (SYSTEM.AEROPUERTO_FK) - parent keys not found
    02298. 00000 - "cannot validate (%s.%s) - parent keys not found"
    *Cause:    an alter table validating constraint failed because the table has
               child records.
    *Action:   Obvious

为什么？