Aviationstack
Real-Time Flight Tracker & Aviation Data API
Aviationstack is a scalable REST API providing real-time flight status, historical data, and schedules for global aviation. Trusted by over 5,000 companies, it delivers accurate details for flights, airports, and airlines in a lightweight JSON format.
Real-time flight tracking
Get flight status updates with ultra-reliable real-time data. The API covers any global flight at any stage, providing critical details like departure, arrival, delays, and current location.
Massive global coverage
Access an extensive dataset covering 10,000+ airports, 13,000+ airlines, and 19,000+ airplanes across 250+ countries. This global reach ensures you can build applications that work anywhere in the world.
Historical & future schedules
Retrieve historical flight data or look up future flight schedules to build comprehensive travel planning or analytics tools. The API supports specialized endpoints for checking past performance or predicting future availability.
Detailed entity lookups
Tap into dedicated endpoints for extensive lookups including airline routes, aircraft types, city data, and even aviation taxes. This allows you to enrich your application with deep metadata in the aviation industry.
5,000+
Trusted Companies
13,000+
Airlines Supported
10,000+
Airports Covered
19,000+
Airplanes Tracked
Flexible Plan for Every
Stage of Growth
Real‑time flights data
Historical flights data
HTTPS Encryption
Commercial license
Standard Support
Airline routes data
Autocomplete (search)
Flight schedules
Extended limits
Custom solutions
Free
100 Total Requests.
$0
Starter
10,000 Request/mo.
$49.99/mo.
Optional
MOST POPULAR
Professional
50,000 Request/mo.
$149.99/mo.
Optional
Enterprise
250,000 Request/mo.
$499.99/mo.
Optional
Custom
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How can I integrate the Aviationstack API into my existing flight booking or travel platform?
How can I integrate the Aviationstack API into my existing flight booking or travel platform?
The Aviationstack API is a standard REST API that returns data in a lightweight JSON format, which makes it easy to integrate into any application. The documentation provides integration guides and code examples in multiple programming languages, including PHP, Python, Node.js, and Ruby
What programming languages are supported for connecting to the Aviationstack API?
What programming languages are supported for connecting to the Aviationstack API?
Since the Aviationstack API is a standard RESTful service, it can be integrated with any programming language that can handle HTTP requests. The documentation provides specific code examples and integration guides for PHP, Python, Node.js, jQuery, Go, and Ruby to help developers get started quickly.
How accurate and up-to-date is the real-time data provided by the Aviationstack API?
How accurate and up-to-date is the real-time data provided by the Aviationstack API?
The data is considered highly accurate and up-to-date, as the API provides real-time flight status information to help users track flights as they happen.
How can developers use the Aviationstack API for building a flight delay notification system?
How can developers use the Aviationstack API for building a flight delay notification system?
Developers can build a flight delay notification system by polling the Aviationstack API for flight status updates. By caching initial flight data and then checking for changes (e.g., to flight status or gate information). Here is a step-by-step tutorial blog and video.
How can I filter Aviationstack API responses to reduce unnecessary data load?
How can I filter Aviationstack API responses to reduce unnecessary data load?
You can filter API responses by using various query parameters such as flight_status, flight_date, dep_iata, arr_iata, and flight_number. This allows you to request only the specific data you need, optimizing data transfer.
What security measures are in place for accessing Aviationstack API?
What security measures are in place for accessing Aviationstack API?
Aviationstack ensures secure data access by supporting 256-bit HTTPS (SSL) encryption for all connections. This is a standard security measure that protects the data exchanged between your application and the API.
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Aviationstack
See Aviationstack in Action
See how Aviationstack powers booking platforms,
visualization tools, and flight tracking applications with real-time global data.
Aviationstack Documentation
Everything you need to integrate in minutes:
quickstart guides, code examples, and full API
reference for JSON responses.
quickstart guides, code examples, and full API
reference for JSON responses.
Trusted by Developers
Worldwide
“The real-time flight status is incredibly accurate—we see updates within seconds of the actual departure.”
Maya Tedd
Head of Development
“Historical flight data was a requirement for our analytics platform, and Aviationstack delivered years of records instantly.”
Peter Renworthy
Head of Data and Analytics
“We use the airline routes endpoint to visualize connections on our travel booking app . It’s seamless.”
David Belem
Head of Product
“Integration was a breeze. The JSON response is well-structured, so we didn’t have to spend days parsing messy data.”
Jordan Arlidge
Head of Product Engineering
“Reliability is top-tier. We’ve been using the API for months without a single downtime incident.”
Ashe Allnatt
Senior Software Engineer
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