AeroAPI®
Data as you want it, when you want it.
AeroAPI® is a simple and cost-effective query-based API that delivers data on demand from millions of flight status inputs. With over 60 distinct endpoints, you can customize your data delivery to meet your needs.
Flight information. On demand. On your budget.
Features
Why AeroAPI?
- Easy to integrate
- Modern REST-based API that is compatible with all programming languages.
- Access to historical data
- With data stretching back to 2011, post-flight analysis has never been easier.
- Comprehensive online documentation
- Robust developer documentation and sample code, including an interactive portal to quickly test and evaluate all 60+ endpoints.
- Customized approach
- Flexible and scalable to your specific needs, we only deliver (and you only pay for) the data you request.
- Flight alerting
- Real-time alerting on the flight events that mean the most to you, including departure, arrival, cancels, flight hold detections, and custom configuration for notification of impending departure/arrival.
Find the right tier for your needs
Personal
Get startedStorage and distribution of derivative works for personal or academic purposes only.
- Current flight status and tracks
Standard
Get startedStorage and distribution of derivative works for business or business-to-consumer purposes. Everything in Personal tier plus:
- Historical data access
- Flight Alerting
- Email support
Premium
Get startedStorage and distribution of derivative works for business, business-to-consumer commercial purposes, and all Business-to-Business commercial purposes. Everything in Standard tier plus:
- Advanced data sets, including Aireon spaced-based ADS-B
- Foresight Predictions
- Enterprise grade services with both email and phone support
Personal | Standard | Premium | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Included APIs | |||||||||||
| Not included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | |||||||||
FlightAware Foresight* | Not included in Personal | Not included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Aireon Space-Based ADS-B* | Not included in Personal | Not included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Historical Flight Data | Not included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
| Included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | |||||||||
| * Contact us to enable this feature. Some restrictions for use apply. | |||||||||||
Pricing Details | |||||||||||
Pricing (View Per-Query Fees) | Per-query usage fees (up to $5 free per month, or $10 free per month for ADS-B feeders) | Standard includes:Per-query usage fees (subject to monthly minimum) | Premium includes:Per-query usage fees (subject to monthly minimum) | ||||||||
Monthly minimum fee | Personal includes:No minimum | Standard includes:$100/month | Premium includes:$1,000/month | ||||||||
Result set rate limit | Personal includes:10 result sets/minute | Standard includes:5 result sets/second | Premium includes:100 result sets/second | ||||||||
History Results set rate limit | Not included in Personal | Standard includes:500,000 result sets/month | Premium includes:500,000 result sets/month | ||||||||
Volume Discounting | Not included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Authorized Users | |||||||||||
Overview | Personal includes:Storage and distribution of derivative works for personal or academic purposes only. | Standard includes:Storage and distribution of derivative works for business or business-to-consumer purposes. | Premium includes:Storage and distribution of derivative works for business, business-to-consumer commercial purposes, and all Business-to-Business commercial purposes. | ||||||||
Internal Use for Business | Not included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Commercialization for Business to Consumer (B2C) | Not included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Commercialization for Business to Business (B2B) | Not included in Personal | Not included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Internal Use for Personal | Included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Academic | Included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
General | |||||||||||
Up-time guarantee | Not included in Personal | Not included in Standard | Premium includes:99.5% | ||||||||
E-mail Support | Not included in Personal | Included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Phone Support | Not included in Personal | Not included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
Invoicing Available | Not included in Personal | Not included in Standard | Included in Premium | ||||||||
- FlightAware Foresight*
- No
- Aireon Space-Based ADS-B*
- No
- Historical Flight Data
- No
- Pricing (View Per-Query Fees)
- Per-query usage fees (up to $5 free per month, or $10 free per month for ADS-B feeders)
- Monthly minimum fee
- No minimum
- Result set rate limit
- 10 result sets/minute
- History Results set rate limit
- No
- Volume Discounting
- No
- Overview
- Storage and distribution of derivative works for personal or academic purposes only.
- Internal Use for Business
- No
- Commercialization for Business to Consumer (B2C)
- No
- Commercialization for Business to Business (B2B)
- No
- Internal Use for Personal
- Yes
- Academic
- Yes
- Up-time guarantee
- No
- E-mail Support
- No
- Phone Support
- No
- Invoicing Available
- No
- FlightAware Foresight*
- No
- Aireon Space-Based ADS-B*
- No
- Historical Flight Data
- Yes
- Monthly minimum fee
- $100/month
- Result set rate limit
- 5 result sets/second
- History Results set rate limit
- 500,000 result sets/month
- Volume Discounting
- Yes
- Overview
- Storage and distribution of derivative works for business or business-to-consumer purposes.
- Internal Use for Business
- Yes
- Commercialization for Business to Consumer (B2C)
- Yes
- Commercialization for Business to Business (B2B)
- No
- Internal Use for Personal
- Yes
- Academic
- Yes
- Up-time guarantee
- No
- E-mail Support
- Yes
- Phone Support
- No
- Invoicing Available
- No
- FlightAware Foresight*
- Yes
- Aireon Space-Based ADS-B*
- Yes
- Historical Flight Data
- Yes
- Monthly minimum fee
- $1,000/month
- Result set rate limit
- 100 result sets/second
- History Results set rate limit
- 500,000 result sets/month
- Volume Discounting
- Yes
- Overview
- Storage and distribution of derivative works for business, business-to-consumer commercial purposes, and all Business-to-Business commercial purposes.
- Internal Use for Business
- Yes
- Commercialization for Business to Consumer (B2C)
- Yes
- Commercialization for Business to Business (B2B)
- Yes
- Internal Use for Personal
- Yes
- Academic
- Yes
- Up-time guarantee
- 99.5%
- E-mail Support
- Yes
- Phone Support
- Yes
- Invoicing Available
- Yes
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Query fees breakdown
A single query can return multiple results, depending on the call type and input. Pricing is based on result sets, with one set equaling 15 records. Prices may change.
| GET /flights/search Search for flights $0.050/result set |
| GET /flights/search/positions Search for flight positions $0.050/result set |
| GET /flights/search/count Get count of flights matching search parameters $0.020/result set |
| GET /flights/search/advanced Search for flights using advanced syntax $0.050/result set |
| GET /flights/{ident} Get information for a flight $0.005/result set |
| GET /flights/{ident}/canonical Get the canonical ident of a flight $0.001/result set |
| POST /flights/{ident}/intents Submit a Flight Intent $0.000/result set |
| GET /flights/{id}/position Get flight's current position $0.010/result set |
| GET /flights/{id}/track Get flight's track $0.012/result set |
| GET /flights/{id}/route Get flight's filed route $0.010/result set |
| GET /flights/{id}/map Get an image of a flight's track on a map $0.030/result set |
| GET /foresight/flights/{ident} Get information for a flight, including Foresight data $0.015/result set |
| GET /foresight/flights/search/advanced Search for flights, responses include Foresight data $0.060/result set |
| GET /foresight/flights/{id}/position Get flight's current position, including Foresight data $0.020/result set |
| GET /airports Get all airports $0.005/result set |
| GET /airports/nearby Get airports near a location $0.004/result set |
| GET /airports/delays Get delay information for all airports with delays $0.050/result set |
| GET /airports/{id} Get static information about an airport $0.015/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/canonical Get the canonical code of an airport $0.001/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/nearby Get airports near an airport $0.004/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/delays Get airport delay information $0.010/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/flights Get all flights for a given airport $0.020/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/flights/arrivals Get flights that have recently arrived at an airport $0.005/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/flights/departures Get flights that have recently departed from an airport $0.005/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/flights/scheduled_departures Get future flights departing from an airport $0.005/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/flights/scheduled_arrivals Get future flights arriving at an airport $0.005/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/flights/to/{dest_id} Get flights with a specific origin and destination $0.050/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/flights/counts Get flight counts for an airport $0.100/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/weather/observations Get weather conditions for given airport $0.002/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/weather/forecast Get weather forecast for given airport $0.002/result set |
| GET /airports/{id}/routes/{dest_id} Get routes between 2 airports $0.020/result set |
| GET /operators Get all operators. $0.002/result set |
| GET /operators/{id} Get static information for an operator. $0.015/result set |
| GET /operators/{id}/canonical Get the canonical code of an operator for API usage. $0.001/result set |
| GET /operators/{id}/flights Get all of an operator's flights $0.030/result set |
| GET /operators/{id}/flights/scheduled Get scheduled flights $0.005/result set |
| GET /operators/{id}/flights/arrivals Get arrived flights $0.005/result set |
| GET /operators/{id}/flights/enroute Get en route flights $0.005/result set |
| GET /operators/{id}/flights/counts Get flight counts for operator $0.100/result set |
| Push Alert Delivery Alert delivery callback from FlightAware $0.020/result set |
| GET /alerts Get all configured alerts $0.000/result set |
| POST /alerts Create new alert $0.000/result set |
| GET /alerts/{id} Get specific alert $0.000/result set |
| PUT /alerts/{id} Modify specific alert $0.000/result set |
| DELETE /alerts/{id} Delete specific alert $0.000/result set |
| GET /alerts/endpoint Get configured alert callback URL $0.000/result set |
| PUT /alerts/endpoint Set alert callback URL $0.000/result set |
| DELETE /alerts/endpoint Remove and disable default account-wide alert callback URL $0.000/result set |
| GET /history/flights/{ident} Get information for a historical flight $0.020/result set |
| GET /history/flights/{id}/track Get historical information for a flight's track $0.060/result set |
| GET /history/flights/{id}/map Get an image of a historical flight's track on a map $0.140/result set |
| GET /history/flights/{id}/route Get historical flight's filed route $0.040/result set |
| GET /history/airports/{id}/flights/arrivals Get historical flights that were planned to arrive at an airport $0.020/result set |
| GET /history/airports/{id}/flights/departures Get historical flights that were planned to depart from an airport $0.020/result set |
| GET /history/airports/{id}/flights/to/{dest_id} Get historical flights with a specific origin and destination $0.120/result set |
| GET /history/aircraft/{registration}/last_flight Get aircraft's last known flight $0.200/result set |
| GET /history/operators/{id}/flights Get historical flights for a given operator $0.020/result set |
| GET /aircraft/{ident}/blocked Check if a given ident is blocked $0.020/result set |
| GET /aircraft/{ident}/owner Get the owner of an aircraft $0.002/result set |
| GET /aircraft/types/{type} Get information about an aircraft type $0.100/result set |
| GET /schedules/{date_start}/{date_end} Get scheduled flights $0.020/result set |
| GET /disruption_counts/{entity_type} Get global flight disruption statistics $0.020/result set |
| GET /disruption_counts/{entity_type}/{id} Get flight disruption statistics for a particular entity $0.020/result set |
| GET /account/usage Get AeroAPI usage statistics for account $0.000/result set |
Note: The max_pages input parameter can be used to limit/control how many result sets will be returned, with one page being equivalent to one result set.
Volume Discounting
All Premium and Standard tier accounts are eligible for volume discounting. The first $1000 of usage per month is always billed at list price, followed by each incremental level of usage being discounted at a more generous level. For monthly usage above $64,000 the discount is set at 94% off, which will enable you to continue to grow your applications and take full advantage of new features with minimal variance in total monthly cost.
| $0 - $1,000 / month No Discount |
| $1,000 - $2,000 30% Discount |
| $2,000 - $4,000 51% Discount |
| $4,000 - $8,000 65% Discount |
| $8,000 - $16,000 76% Discount |
| $16,000 - $32,000 83% Discount |
| $32,000 - $64,000 88% Discount |
| Above $64,000 94% Discount |
Please contact FlightAware for more information regarding additional discounting available with 3 or 4 year term commitments.
code snippets
Query Flight Data on Demand with AeroAPI
AeroAPI is a RESTful API that lets developers query live and historical flight data. From flight positions to predictive ETAs powered by FlightAware Foresight, it delivers the data you need to build aviation-ready applications.
- Comprehensive data
- Retrieve flight positions, historical tracks, airport activity, and predictive ETAs.
- Flexible queries
- Search flights by tail number, origin/destination, aircraft type, altitude, or groundspeed.
- Industry leading predictions
- Access the same data powering over half the airline ETAs in the US.
- Truly global coverage
- Combining ~41k FlightAware ADSB receivers with Aireon spaced-based ADSB sourced data
import requests
apiKey = input("API Key: ")
apiUrl = "https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi/"
airport = 'KSFO'
payload = {'max_pages': 2}
auth_header = {'x-apikey':apiKey}
response = requests.get(apiUrl + f"airports/{airport}/flights",
params=payload, headers=auth_header)
if response.status_code == 200:
print(response.json())
else:
print("Error executing request")
String YOUR_API_KEY = "API_KEY_HERE";
String apiUrl = "https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi/";
String airport = "KSFO";
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create(apiUrl + "airports/" + airport + "/flights"))
.headers("x-apikey", YOUR_API_KEY)
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString());
if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
System.out.println("responseBody: " + response.body());
}
<?php
$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";
$fxmlUrl = "https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi/";
$ident = 'SWA45';
$queryParams = array(
'max_pages' => 2
);
$url = $fxmlUrl . 'flights/' . $ident . '?' . http_build_query($queryParams);
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('x-apikey: ' . $apiKey));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
if ($result = curl_exec($ch)) {
curl_close($ch);
echo $result;
}
?>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace AeroApi4Sample
{
public class FlightsResult
{
public List<Flight> Flights { get; set; }
}
public class Flight
{
public string Ident { get; set; }
[JsonPropertyName("fa_flight_id")]
public string FaFlightId { get; set; }
[JsonPropertyName("scheduled_out")]
public DateTime ScheduledOut { get; set; }
[JsonPropertyName("actual_out")]
public DateTime? ActualOut { get; set; }
}
public class Program
{
static void Main( string[] args )
{
Console.Write( "API Key: " );
var strApiKey = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write( "Ident to look up (e.g., UAL47): " );
var strIdentToLookUp = Console.ReadLine();
var flights = GetFlights( strApiKey, strIdentToLookUp ).Result;
if( flights == null )
{
return;
}
var nextFlightToDepart = flights.Where(
f => f.ActualOut == null
).OrderBy( f => f.ScheduledOut ).First();
Console.WriteLine(
string.Format(
"Next departure of {0} is {1} at {2}",
strIdentToLookUp,
nextFlightToDepart.FaFlightId,
nextFlightToDepart.ScheduledOut
)
);
}
private static async Task<List<Flight>> GetFlights( string strApiKey, string strIdent )
{
using( var client = new HttpClient() )
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue( "application/json" )
);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(
"x-apikey",
strApiKey
);
FlightsResult flightResult = null;
var response = await client.GetAsync(
"https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi/flights/" + strIdent
);
var contentStream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
if( response.IsSuccessStatusCode )
{
flightResult = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<FlightsResult>(
contentStream,
new JsonSerializerOptions
{
PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true
}
);
}
else
{
Console.Error.WriteLine( "API call failed: " + response );
return null;
}
return flightResult.Flights;
}
}
}
}
