Aviationstack API
The Aviationstack API is a RESTful JSON-based service engineered to deliver global aviation data—real-time flight status, historical data, future schedules, and comprehensive lookup information on airlines, airports, airplanes, routes, and more. It’s trusted by over 5,000 companies worldwide for booking platforms, tracking systems, visualizations, and analytics applications.
Its dataset spans more than 10,000 airports, 19,000 aircraft registrations, 300 aircraft types, 13,000 airlines, 9,000 cities, across 250+ countries, including 500+ aviation-related tax zones.
API Documentation
The Aviationstack API was built to provide a simple way of accessing global aviation data for real-time, historical flights, and future flights, as well as allow customers to tap into an extensive data set of airline routes and other up-to-date aviation-related information. Requests to the REST API are made using a straightforward HTTP GET URL structure, and responses are provided in lightweight JSON format.
The following API documentation can be applied to any major programming language and will present general integration guides and explanations around API endpoints, request parameters, and response objects. If you have any unanswered questions, please reach out to the aviationstack support team for assistance.
API Endpoints Summary
| Endpoint | Purpose | Available With |
|---|---|---|
/v1/flights | Real‑time or historical flights | All / Basic+ |
/v1/flights?flight_date= | Historical flights data | Basic and above |
/v1/flight_schedules | Scheduled and future flights | Basic and above |
/v1/flightsFuture | Future flight schedule lookup | Basic and above |
/v1/routes | Airline route metadata | Basic and above |
/v1/airports, /v1/airlines, /v1/airplanes, /v1/aircraft_types, /v1/cities, /v1/countries, /v1/taxes | Entity catalogs lookup | All or Basic+ |
Data Coverage & Accuracy
- Extensive global reach: flights, airports, airlines, routes, aircraft, cities, countries, and aviation taxes as referenced above.
- Ultra-reliable real-time data, updated within 30–60 seconds from the source.
- Scalable infrastructure: Designed for low latency, high throughput via Apilayer’s auto‑scaling cloud architecture
Why Choose Aviationstack?
- Global, comprehensive coverage with millions of flights across thousands of airlines and airports
- Low latency, reliable data delivery in real‑time, and for past/future planning
- Developer‑friendly infrastructure: clean JSON format, intuitive endpoints, code samples, and Postman collections included
- Flexible pricing, scaling from free access to enterprise-level richness.