Quickstart Guide


All registered users (free or paid) can use our Quickstart guide to try out all API functionalities at the click of a button. If you're already a customer, you will be able to go to the Quickstart guide using the button below. If not, you can use the button to quickly set up an account.

Get yourself onboarded on Aviationstack API and start using it in a fraction of minute.

Step 1: Get API Key

Get a free API access key to start using the Aviationstack API. Get free API Access Key

Step 2: Get Started with Postman  

To get started quickly, you need to fork the Aviationstack API Postman Collection.

Simply click the button below to fork it.

Step 3: Make your first API call

We recommend starting with a few simple API requests for flights, historical flights, routes, and other aviation data API endpoints. To connect to the API, simply attach the access_key parameter to any valid API endpoint URL and set it to your access key. Find an example below; you can click the button on the right side of the code to execute the shown API request.

This was barely scratching the surface of the Aviationstack API. For specific integration guides and code examples, please have a look at the API's Documentation.

Should you require assistance of any kind, don't hesitate to get in touch with our support team.

Explore the most commonly used API calls in our GitHub repository, which has over 320,000 stars.

Aviationstack on GitHub

 

 

 

 

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