flights

Submit a Flight Intent

This operation informs FlightAware of an upcoming (or recently departed) flight. This information is used solely by FlightAware for improving the accuracy of flight tracking. This method does not transmit to any ANSP/ATC facility for flight separation or operational services. Access to this endpoint requires special account authorization. The FlightAware account must also be subscribed to FlightAware Global and the specified registration or ident must be on the Global account.

post/flights/{ident}/intents

Request

Base URL
https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi
Auth
API key in header x-apikey
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/flightaware/apis/aeroapi/docs/flights/:ident/intents/post.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

Path parameters

identstring required

The ident or registration of the Flight Intent

Request body

aircraft_typestring required

Aircraft type ICAO code.

originstring required

Origin airport ICAO code or LID.

destinationstring required

Destination airport ICAO code or LID.

intended_offstring date-time required

Intended runway departure time of flight. This must be within 2 hours of the actual departure time or the flight intent will be ignored. Time may not be more than 1 hour in the past or 48 hours in the future.

intended_onstring date-time required

Intended runway arrival time of flight.

altitudeinteger

Cruising altitude (feet).

airspeedinteger

Cruising airspeed (knots).

routestring

Flight route as a series of space-separate waypoints.

Example request

{
  "aircraft_type": "C162",
  "origin": "KSGR",
  "destination": "50R",
  "intended_off": "2021-10-16T21:30:00Z",
  "intended_on": "2021-10-16T22:50:00Z",
  "altitude": 3500,
  "airspeed": 86,
  "route": "MAPGP VICUC"
}

Response

Changes

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