ADS-B Exchange

ADS-B Exchange Live Positional Data API

Endpoints provide access to airborne or recently landed aircraft, as well as last known positions. Use these endpoints to get information about aircraft, such as location, flight, altitude, speed, and many more. Comprehensive filtering by various parameters is supported - such as ICAO hex code, registration, squawk, etc. See documentation to learn more about available endpoints and their parameters. For more information about properties returned, please navigate to Version 2 API Fields documentation.

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Surveillance Systems Management BC-1240.40

Operations 12

GET /all Get all aircraft #

GET /total-aircraft Get total aircraft #

POST /filter Filter aircraft by criteria #

GET /hex/{hex} Get last known position #

POST /hex Get last known position #

GET /icao/{icao} Get aircraft by ICAO #

POST /icao Get aircraft by ICAO #

GET /mil Get military aircraft #

GET /callsign/{callsign} Get aircraft by callsign #

GET /registration/{registration} Get aircraft by registration #

POST /registration Get aircraft by registrations #

GET /sqk/{squawk} Get aircraft by squawk #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ADSB Exchange Live Positional Data API
  description: 'The ADSB Exchange API provides real-time access to live global flight data,

    enabling retrieval of detailed information on aircraft positions, flight events, historical trace files,

    and many more aviation metrics.'
  termsOfService: https://www.adsbexchange.com/terms-of-use/
  contact:
    name: Contact ADSB Exchange
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/products/enterprise-api/
  version: v2
  x-logo:
    url: https://adsbexchange.com/wp-content/uploads/ax_logo_background_api-scaled.avif
    href: '#'
servers:
- url: https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
tags:


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