---
title: "Get historical flight's filed route"
method: GET
path: "/history/flights/{id}/route"
tags: ["history"]
---

# Get historical flight's filed route

`GET /history/flights/{id}/route`

## Request

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

Returns information about a historical flight's filed route including
coordinates, names, and types of fixes along the route.  Not all flight
routes can be successfully decoded by this endpoint, particularly if the
flight is not entirely within the continental U.S. airspace, since this function
only has access to navaids within that area. If data on a waypoint is
missing then the type will be listed as "UNKNOWN". Data is available from now back to
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `route_distance` string, nullable, required
  - `fixes` object[], required
    - `name` string, required: Name of the route fix
    - `latitude` number, nullable, required: Longitude of the fix in decimal degrees
    - `longitude` number, nullable, required: Longitude of the fix in decimal degrees
    - `distance_from_origin` number, nullable, required: Distance from origin airport stated in statue miles, nautical miles or kilometers depending on FlightAware Account Display Options
    - `distance_this_leg` number, nullable, required: Distance from the last point on Route stated in statue miles, nautical miles or kilometers depending on FlightAware Account Display Options
    - `distance_to_destination` number, nullable, required: Distance to destination airport stated in statue miles, nautical miles or kilometers depending on FlightAware Account Display Options
    - `outbound_course` number, nullable, required: Course in integer degrees from the current point to the next relative to true north
    - `type` string, required: Type of the fix (ie Waypoint / Reporting Point)

## Other responses

- `400`: Incorrect parameter(s). Id parameter may not be fa_flight_id format.

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