Flight Tracking API

GET /flights

Real-time aircraft position, speed, flight details, status and more for live flights.

Request

Base URL
https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public
Auth
API key in query parameter key
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/aviation-edge/apis/aviation-edge-flight-tracking-api/docs/flights/get.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

Query parameters

keystring required

Your Aviation Edge API key (sent to your email)

depIatastring

Departure airport IATA code Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&depIata=MAD

depIcaostring

Departure airport ICAO code Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&depIcao=LFPG

arrIatastring

Arrival airport IATA code Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&arrIata=BER

arrIcaostring

Arrival airport ICAO code Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&arrIcao=EDDB

airlineIcaostring

Airline ICAO code Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&airlineIcao=BOI

aircraftIcaostring

Aircraft ICAO code Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&aircraftIcao=A124

regNumstring

Aircraft registration number Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&regNum=N923SW

aircraftIcao24string

Aircraft ICAO 24-bit address Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&aircraftIcao24=AC82EC

airlineIatastring

Airline IATA code Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&airlineIata=W8

flightIatastring

Flight number in IATA format Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&flightIata=W8519

flightIcaostring

Flight number in ICAO format Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&flightIcao=KLM641

flightNumstring

Flight number without the airline code Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&airlineIata=W8&flightNum=283

statusstring

Status of the flight (can be started, en-route, landed, unknown) Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&arrIata=LHR&status=en-route

limitstring

Limit the number of flights returned in your request Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&arrIata=JFK&status=started&limit=20

latstring

Latitude parameter to get flights within a specified circle based on the coordinates Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&lat=51.5074&lng=0.1278&distance=100&arrIata=LHR

lngstring

Longitude parameter to get flights within a specified circle based on the coordinates Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&lat=51.5074&lng=0.1278&distance=100&arrIata=LHR

distancestring

Flights within a specified circle based on the coordinates (distance is radius in km) Example: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&lat=51.5074&lng=0.1278&distance=100&arrIata=LHR

Response

Successful operation

statusstring

Example response

{
  "aircraft": {
    "iataCode": "B789",
    "icao24": "78160E",
    "icaoCode": "B789",
    "regNumber": "B-208X"
  },
  "airline": {
    "iataCode": "FM",
    "icaoCode": "CSH"
  },
  "arrival": {
    "iataCode": "PVG",
    "icaoCode": "ZSPD"
  },
  "departure": {
    "iataCode": "MEL",
    "icaoCode": "YMML"
  },
  "flight": {
    "iataNumber": "MU740",
    "icaoNumber": "CES740",
    "number": "740"
  },
  "geography": {
    "altitude": 7604.76,
    "direction": 333.92,
    "latitude": -36.5964,
    "longitude": 143.667
  },
  "speed": {
    "horizontal": 880.452,
    "vspeed": 22.248
  },
  "status": "en-route",
  "system": {
    "squawk": 1247,
    "updated": 1737027892
  }
}

Changes

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