# ADS-B Exchange Live Positional Data API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/adsbexchange/adsbexchange-live-positional-data-api/  
**Provider:** ADS-B Exchange — https://apis.io/providers/adsbexchange/  
**Base URL:** https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2  
**Documentation:** https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/

ADS-B Exchange Live Positional Data API is one of 5 APIs that [ADS-B Exchange](https://apis.io/providers/adsbexchange/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Live Positional Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.

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. <br /><br /> 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. <br /><br /> For more information about properties returned, please navigate to <a href="https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api-wip/" target="_blank">Version 2 API Fields</a> documentation.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/openapi/adsbexchange-live-positional-data-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api/
- **Documentation** — https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/sample-api-call/
- **Plans** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- **FinOps** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml

## Other ADS-B Exchange APIs (4)

- [ADS-B Exchange Geopolitical Filtering API](https://apis.io/apis/adsbexchange/adsbexchange-geopolitical-filtering-api/)
- [ADS-B Exchange Geospatial Filtering API](https://apis.io/apis/adsbexchange/adsbexchange-geospatial-filtering-api/)
- [ADS-B Exchange Operations API](https://apis.io/apis/adsbexchange/adsbexchange-operations-api/)
- [ADS-B Exchange Traces API](https://apis.io/apis/adsbexchange/adsbexchange-traces-api/)

## Tags

Live Positional Data

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