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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Aviation Edge Reference API
version: v2
description: 'Aviation Edge provides global aviation data: real-time flight tracking, historical and future airport schedules, airline routes, NOTAMs, satellite tracking, and static airport, airline, aircraft, city, country, tax and timezone databases.'
contact:
name: Aviation Edge
url: https://aviation-edge.com/contact/
termsOfService: https://aviation-edge.com/api-terms-of-service/
servers:
- url: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public
description: Aviation Edge public v2 API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Reference
description: Static reference data
paths:
/routes:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Airline routes
description: Returns the static operating routes of airlines, filterable by departure airport, airline or flight number.
operationId: getRoutes
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: departureIata
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Departure airport IATA code
- name: departureIcao
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Departure airport ICAO code
- name: airlineIata
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Airline IATA code
- name: airlineIcao
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Airline ICAO code
- name: flightNumber
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Flight number
responses:
'200':
description: Airline routes result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Route'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- departureIata: OTP
departureIcao: LROP
departureTerminal: null
departureTime: 09:15:00
arrivalIata: TRN
arrivalIcao: LIMF
arrivalTerminal: null
arrivalTime: '10:45:00'
airlineIata: 0B
airlineIcao: BMS
flightNumber: '101'
codeshares: null
regNumber: YR-BAP
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/airline-routes-database-and-api/
description: Provider documentation
/airportDatabase:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Airports database
description: 'Returns the static airports database: IATA and ICAO codes, coordinates, timezone, country and city references.'
operationId: getAirports
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: codeIataAirport
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Airport IATA code
- name: codeIso2Country
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
responses:
'200':
description: Airports database result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Airport'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- airportId: '7'
nameAirport: Aachen/Merzbruck
codeIataAirport: AAH
codeIcaoAirport: EDKA
latitudeAirport: '50.75'
longitudeAirport: '6.133333'
geonameId: '3247449'
timezone: Europe/Berlin
GMT: '1'
phone: ''
nameCountry: Germany
codeIso2Country: DE
codeIataCity: AAH
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/airport-database-api/
description: Provider documentation
/airlineDatabase:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Airlines database
description: 'Returns the static airlines database: IATA and ICAO codes, callsign, hub, fleet size and status.'
operationId: getAirlines
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: codeIataAirline
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Airline IATA code
- name: codeIso2Country
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
responses:
'200':
description: Airlines database result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Airline'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- airlineId: '1'
nameAirline: American Airlines
codeIataAirline: AA
iataPrefixAccounting: '1'
codeIcaoAirline: AAL
callsign: AMERICAN
type: scheduled
statusAirline: active
sizeAirline: '963'
ageFleet: '10.9'
founding: '1934'
codeHub: DFW
nameCountry: United States
codeIso2Country: US
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/airline-names-database/
description: Provider documentation
/airplaneDatabase:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Airplanes database
description: 'Returns the static airframe database: registration, construction number, model, engines, delivery dates and status.'
operationId: getAircraft
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: numberRegistration
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Aircraft registration number, e.g. HB-JVE
- name: hexIcaoAirplane
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: ICAO 24-bit hex address, e.g. 4B19EA
- name: codeIataAirline
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Operator airline IATA code
responses:
'200':
description: Airplanes database result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Airplane'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- airplaneId: '55'
numberRegistration: HB-JVE
productionLine: Fokker 28/70/100
airplaneIataType: F28 MK0100
planeModel: F-100
modelCode: F100
hexIcaoAirplane: 4B19EA
codeIataPlaneShort: '100'
codeIataPlaneLong: F100
constructionNumber: '11459'
numberTestRgistration: PH-EZD
rolloutDate: '0000-00-00'
firstFlight: '1993-05-31T22:00:00.000Z'
deliveryDate: '1993-06-29T22:00:00.000Z'
registrationDate: '2004-05-11T22:00:00.000Z'
lineNumber: ''
planeSeries: ''
codeIataAirline: 2L
codeIcaoAirline: ''
planeOwner: ''
enginesCount: '2'
enginesType: JET
planeAge: '24'
planeStatus: active
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/aircraft-database/
description: Provider documentation
/planeTypeDatabase:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Airplane types database
description: 'Returns the static aircraft type database: IATA aircraft codes and type names.'
operationId: getAircraftTypes
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: codeIataAircraft
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: IATA aircraft type code
responses:
'200':
description: Airplane types database result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaneType'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- planeTypeId: '100'
nameAircraft: Boeing 767-200 Freighter
codeIataAircraft: 76X
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/aircraft-database/
description: Provider documentation
/cityDatabase:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Cities database
description: 'Returns the static cities database: IATA city codes, coordinates, timezone and country.'
operationId: getCities
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: codeIataCity
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: City IATA code
- name: codeIso2Country
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
responses:
'200':
description: Cities database result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/City'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- cityId: '1'
nameCity: Anaa
codeIataCity: AAA
codeIso2Country: PF
latitudeCity: '-17.05'
longitudeCity: '-145.41667'
timezone: Pacific/Tahiti
GMT: '-10'
geonameId: '0'
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/world-city-database/
description: Provider documentation
/countryDatabase:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Countries database
description: 'Returns the static countries database: ISO codes, currency, continent, population, capital and phone prefix.'
operationId: getCountries
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: codeIso2Country
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
- name: nameCountry
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Country name
responses:
'200':
description: Countries database result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- countryId: '1'
nameCountry: Andorra
codeIso2Country: AD
codeIso3Country: AND
numericIso: '20'
population: '84000'
capital: Andorra la Vella
continent: EU
nameCurrency: Euro
codeCurrency: EUR
codeFips: AN
phonePrefix: '376'
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/countries-database/
description: Provider documentation
/taxDatabase:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Aviation taxes database
description: 'Returns the static aviation tax code database: IATA tax codes and their names.'
operationId: getTaxes
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: codeIataTax
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: IATA tax code
responses:
'200':
description: Aviation taxes database result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Tax'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- taxId: '1'
nameTax: Government Tax
codeIataTax: AB
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/airline-tax-codes/
description: Provider documentation
/timezoneDatabase:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Airport timezones database
description: Returns the static airport timezone database. Endpoint confirmed live on 2026-09-04; Aviation Edge does not publish a response example for it, so no response schema is asserted here.
operationId: getTimezones
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
responses:
'200':
description: Airport timezones database result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TimezoneRecord'
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/airport-time-zone-database/
description: Provider documentation
/autocomplete:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Aviation autocomplete
description: Returns matching cities, airports, rail and bus stations for a partial text query. The response is grouped into cities, airports and airportsByCities collections.
operationId: autocomplete
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: city
in: query
schema:
type: string
required: true
description: Partial name or code to search for
responses:
'200':
description: Aviation autocomplete result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- code: AMS
name: Schiphol
cityCode: AMS
cityName: Amsterdam
countryCode: NL
countryName: Netherlands
lat: 52.30907
lng: 4.763385
timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
type: airport
isRailRoad: 0
isBusStation: 0
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/airport-autocomplete/
description: Provider documentation
/nearby:
get:
tags:
- Reference
summary: Nearby airports and cities
description: Returns airports, cities and other transport locations within a radius of a coordinate, with the distance to each.
operationId: getNearby
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
- name: lat
in: query
schema:
type: number
required: true
description: Latitude
- name: lng
in: query
schema:
type: number
required: true
description: Longitude
- name: distance
in: query
schema:
type: integer
description: Search radius
responses:
'200':
description: Nearby airports and cities result set. An error is also returned with HTTP 200 and the Error envelope.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
examples:
sample:
summary: Published provider example
value:
- code: BUW
icao: WAWB
name: Baubau
cityCode: BUW
cityName: Baubau
countryCode: ID
countryName: Indonesia
lat: -5.466667
lng: 122.63333
timezone: Asia/Makassar
type: airport
isRailRoad: 0
isBusStation: 0
distance: 0
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/nearby-airport-and-city-api/
description: Provider documentation
components:
schemas:
TimezoneRecord:
type: object
properties: {}
additionalProperties: true
description: An airport timezone record. Aviation Edge publishes no response example for /timezoneDatabase, so the fields are not asserted here.
Tax:
type: object
properties:
taxId:
type: string
nameTax:
type: string
codeIataTax:
type: string
description: An aviation tax code from the static Taxes database.
Country:
type: object
properties:
countryId:
type: string
nameCountry:
type: string
codeIso2Country:
type: string
codeIso3Country:
type: string
numericIso:
type: string
population:
type: string
capital:
type: string
continent:
type: string
nameCurrency:
type: string
codeCurrency:
type: string
codeFips:
type: string
phonePrefix:
type: string
description: A country record from the static Countries database.
Airport:
type: object
properties:
airportId:
type: string
nameAirport:
type: string
codeIataAirport:
type: string
codeIcaoAirport:
type: string
latitudeAirport:
type: string
longitudeAirport:
type: string
geonameId:
type: string
timezone:
type: string
GMT:
type: string
phone:
type: string
nameCountry:
type: string
codeIso2Country:
type: string
codeIataCity:
type: string
description: An airport record from the static Airports database.
City:
type: object
properties:
cityId:
type: string
nameCity:
type: string
codeIataCity:
type: string
codeIso2Country:
type: string
latitudeCity:
type: string
longitudeCity:
type: string
timezone:
type: string
GMT:
type: string
geonameId:
type: string
description: A city record from the static Cities database.
Route:
type: object
properties:
departureIata:
type: string
departureIcao:
type: string
departureTerminal:
type:
- string
- 'null'
departureTime:
type: string
arrivalIata:
type: string
arrivalIcao:
type: string
arrivalTerminal:
type:
- string
- 'null'
arrivalTime:
type: string
airlineIata:
type: string
airlineIcao:
type: string
flightNumber:
type: string
codeshares:
type:
- string
- 'null'
regNumber:
type: string
description: A scheduled airline route between two airports.
Location:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
icao:
type: string
name:
type: string
cityCode:
type: string
cityName:
type: string
countryCode:
type: string
countryName:
type: string
lat:
type: number
lng:
type: number
timezone:
type: string
type:
type: string
description: city, airport, rail_station, bus_station, heliport, seaport and similar
isRailRoad:
type: integer
isBusStation:
type: integer
distance:
type: number
description: Distance from the queried coordinates, in metres (Nearby API only)
description: An airport, city or other transport location.
Airline:
type: object
properties:
airlineId:
type: string
nameAirline:
type: string
codeIataAirline:
type: string
iataPrefixAccounting:
type: string
codeIcaoAirline:
type: string
callsign:
type: string
type:
type: string
statusAirline:
type: string
sizeAirline:
type: string
ageFleet:
type: string
founding:
type: string
codeHub:
type: string
nameCountry:
type: string
codeIso2Country:
type: string
description: An airline record from the static Airlines database.
PlaneType:
type: object
properties:
planeTypeId:
type: string
nameAircraft:
type: string
codeIataAircraft:
type: string
description: An aircraft type from the static Airplane-Types database.
Airplane:
type: object
properties:
airplaneId:
type: string
numberRegistration:
type: string
productionLine:
type: string
airplaneIataType:
type: string
planeModel:
type: string
modelCode:
type: string
hexIcaoAirplane:
type: string
codeIataPlaneShort:
type: string
codeIataPlaneLong:
type: string
constructionNumber:
type: string
numberTestRgistration:
type: string
rolloutDate:
type: string
firstFlight:
type: string
deliveryDate:
type: string
registrationDate:
type: string
lineNumber:
type: string
planeSeries:
type: string
codeIataAirline:
type: string
codeIcaoAirline:
type: string
planeOwner:
type: string
enginesCount:
type: string
enginesType:
type: string
planeAge:
type: string
planeStatus:
type: string
description: An individual airframe from the static Airplanes database.
parameters:
Key:
name: key
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Aviation Edge API key
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: key
description: API key issued with an Aviation Edge subscription, passed as the `key` query parameter.
externalDocs:
url: https://aviation-edge.com/developers/
description: Aviation Edge developer documentation
x-provenance:
generated: '2026-09-04'
method: searched
source: 'Harvested from Aviation Edge first-party sources: the provider GitHub account github.com/AviationEdgeAPI (Aviation-Edge-Complete-API, Notam-API, Satellite-Tracker-API, Airport-Schedules-API, Historical-Schedules-API, Future-Schedules-API, Airline-Routes-API, Autocomplete-API, Static-Aviation-APIs READMEs) and the developer documentation at https://aviation-edge.com/developers/. Paths and required parameters were confirmed with unauthenticated live probes against https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/ on 2026-09-04.'