---
title: "Get airport delay information"
method: GET
path: "/airports/{id}/delays"
tags: ["airports"]
---

# Get airport delay information

`GET /airports/{id}/delays`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi`
- URL: `https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi/airports/{id}/delays`
- Auth: API key in header `x-apikey`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/flightaware/apis/aeroapi/docs/airports/:id/delays/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns a list of reason codes for delays at a specific airport. There
may be multiple reasons returned if there are multiple types of delays
reported at an airport. Note that individual flights may be delayed
without there being an airport delay returned by this endpoint.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `airport` string, required: ICAO/IATA code of airport
  - `category` string, required: Category of the largest delay. Some possible values are "weather", "traffic", "equipment", etc.
  - `color` 'red' | 'yellow' | 'green', required: Color of largest delay
  - `delay_secs` integer, required: Duration of largest delay (seconds). This value is not intended to be presented to users and should only be used for sorting results.
  - `reasons` object[], required: Reasons for the delay
    - `category` string, required: Category for the delay. Some possible values are "weather", "traffic", "equipment", etc.
    - `color` 'red' | 'yellow' | 'green', required: Color indicating severity of delay
    - `delay_secs` integer, required: Duration of delay (seconds). This value is not intended to be presented to users and should only be used for sorting results.
    - `reason` string, required: Textual description of the cause of the delay

## Other responses

- `400`: Incorrect parameter (id). Id must be a valid airport code and cannot be empty.

---

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