OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: AirLabs Aviation Data Airlines Flights API
description: Real-time global flight tracking, airport schedules, flight delays, airline and airport databases, aircraft fleets, routes, nearby airports, and autocomplete suggestions. All responses are JSON wrapped in a `{request, response}` envelope. Authentication via `api_key` query parameter.
version: v9
termsOfService: https://airlabs.co/terms
contact:
name: AirLabs
url: https://airlabs.co
email: info@airlabs.co
license:
name: Proprietary
url: https://airlabs.co/terms
servers:
- url: https://airlabs.co/api/v9
description: Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Flights
description: Real-time flight positions
paths:
/flights:
get:
summary: Real-time flights
description: Returns real-time positions and status of flights worldwide. Optional filters narrow the result set.
tags:
- Flights
operationId: flights_flights
parameters:
- name: flight_iata
in: query
required: false
description: Flight IATA code (e.g. AA100)
schema:
type: string
- name: flight_icao
in: query
required: false
description: Flight ICAO code (e.g. AAL100)
schema:
type: string
- name: airline_iata
in: query
required: false
description: Airline IATA code
schema:
type: string
- name: airline_icao
in: query
required: false
description: Airline ICAO code
schema:
type: string
- name: dep_iata
in: query
required: false
description: Departure airport IATA code
schema:
type: string
- name: dep_icao
in: query
required: false
description: Departure airport ICAO code
schema:
type: string
- name: arr_iata
in: query
required: false
description: Arrival airport IATA code
schema:
type: string
- name: arr_icao
in: query
required: false
description: Arrival airport ICAO code
schema:
type: string
- name: flag
in: query
required: false
description: Country ISO 2 code
schema:
type: string
- name: hex
in: query
required: false
description: ICAO 24-bit address (hex)
schema:
type: string
- name: reg_number
in: query
required: false
description: Aircraft registration number
schema:
type: string
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/FieldsParam'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/LimitParam'
responses:
'200':
description: Success
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightsResponse'
'400':
description: Bad request — missing or invalid parameters
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'401':
description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid API key
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'403':
description: Forbidden — plan limit reached or feature not available
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'429':
description: Too many requests — rate limit exceeded
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'500':
description: Server error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
schemas:
RequestMeta:
type: object
description: Echo of the request and processing metadata
properties:
lang:
type: string
currency:
type: string
time:
type: number
id:
type: string
server:
type: string
host:
type: string
pid:
type: integer
version:
type: integer
method:
type: string
params:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
Flight:
type: object
properties:
hex:
type: string
description: ICAO 24-bit address (hex)
reg_number:
type: string
description: Aircraft registration number
flag:
type: string
description: Country ISO 2 code
lat:
type: number
format: float
description: Latitude in decimal degrees
lng:
type: number
format: float
description: Longitude in decimal degrees
alt:
type: integer
description: Altitude in meters
dir:
type: number
format: float
description: Direction / heading in degrees (0-360)
speed:
type: integer
description: Horizontal speed in km/h
v_speed:
type: number
format: float
description: Vertical speed in m/s
squawk:
type: string
description: Transponder squawk code
flight_number:
type: string
description: Flight number
flight_iata:
type: string
description: Flight IATA code
flight_icao:
type: string
description: Flight ICAO code
dep_iata:
type: string
description: Departure airport IATA code
dep_icao:
type: string
description: Departure airport ICAO code
arr_iata:
type: string
description: Arrival airport IATA code
arr_icao:
type: string
description: Arrival airport ICAO code
airline_iata:
type: string
description: Airline IATA code
airline_icao:
type: string
description: Airline ICAO code
aircraft_icao:
type: string
description: Aircraft ICAO type code
updated:
type: integer
description: Last update Unix timestamp
status:
type: string
description: Flight status (en-route, landed, scheduled, cancelled, etc.)
FlightsResponse:
type: object
properties:
request:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestMeta'
response:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Flight'
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
description: Error description
code:
type: string
description: Error code
parameters:
LimitParam:
name: _limit
in: query
required: false
description: Maximum number of results to return
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 1000
FieldsParam:
name: _fields
in: query
required: false
description: Comma-separated list of response fields to return
schema:
type: string
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: api_key
description: API key. Sign up at https://airlabs.co/signup
externalDocs:
description: Full documentation
url: https://airlabs.co/docs/