Ipad air will only work with email address and not phone number

Nobody can FaceTime me or message me using my telephone number, they can only do it using my email address, how do I get my phone number to work on ipad air

Do you have an iPhone?
You can only associate a phone number to messages and facetime if you have an iPhone.
The iPhone will associate the number it has to your Apple Id which in turn will make it available to Facetime and Messages on the iPad, assuming it uses the same Apple ID.
If you do have an iPhone, make sure you've activated Facetime and Messages on it so your Apple ID links to your number.

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    10  com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c9977b5 0x10c966000 + 202677
    11  com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c988154 0x10c966000 + 139604
    12  com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c987e15 0x10c966000 + 138773
    13  com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c987d35 0x10c966000 + 138549
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    2   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98aba7 0x10c966000 + 150439
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    6   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a78a 0x10c966000 + 149386
    7   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c979496 0x10c966000 + 78998
    8   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a548 0x10c966000 + 148808
    9   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a410 0x10c966000 + 148496
    10  com.apple.finder                               0x000000010c983df6 0x10c966000 + 122358
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