---
title: "Get delay information for all airports with delays"
method: GET
path: "/airports/delays"
tags: ["airports"]
---

# Get delay information for all airports with delays

`GET /airports/delays`

## Request

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

Returns a list of airports with delays. There may be multiple reasons
returned per airport if there are multiple types of delays reported at
an airport. Note that individual flights can be delayed without there
being an airport-wide delay returned by this endpoint.

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `links` object, nullable, required: Object containing links to related resources.
    - `next` string, uri-reference, required: A link to the next set of records in a collection.
  - `num_pages` integer, required: Number of pages returned
  - `delays` object[], required
    - `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

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