Aviation Edge

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Aviation Edge API
  version: v2
  description: |
    Aviation Edge provides global aviation data including real-time flight
    tracking, historical flight data, flight schedules, airline routes,
    delays, airport/airline/aircraft reference data, NOTAMs, and satellite
    tracking. All endpoints are JSON over HTTPS GET and require an API key
    passed as the `key` query parameter.
  contact:
    name: Aviation Edge
    url: https://aviation-edge.com/
servers:
  - url: https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public
    description: Aviation Edge public v2 API
tags:
  - name: Real-Time
    description: Real-time and live flight tracking
  - name: Schedules
    description: Airport schedules and flight timetables
  - name: Reference
    description: Static reference data
  - name: Satellites
    description: Satellite tracking data
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /flights:
    get:
      tags: [Real-Time]
      summary: Real-time flight tracker
      description: Returns real-time flight positional data filterable by airline, airport, flight number, or status.
      operationId: getRealTimeFlights
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: depIata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
          description: Departure airport IATA code
        - name: arrIata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
          description: Arrival airport IATA code
        - name: airlineIata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
          description: Airline IATA code
        - name: flightIata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
          description: Flight IATA code
        - name: status
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            enum: [scheduled, active, landed, cancelled, incident, diverted]
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of flight objects
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /flightsHistory:
    get:
      tags: [Real-Time]
      summary: Historical flight tracker
      operationId: getHistoricalFlights
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: code
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: string }
          description: Airport IATA/ICAO code
        - name: type
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: string, enum: [departure, arrival] }
        - name: date_from
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: date }
        - name: date_to
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: date }
        - name: airline_iata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: flight_num
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Historical flight data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /timetable:
    get:
      tags: [Schedules]
      summary: Flight schedules timetable
      operationId: getTimetable
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: iataCode
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: type
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: string, enum: [departure, arrival] }
        - name: airline_iata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: flight_num
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Flight schedules
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /flightsFuture:
    get:
      tags: [Schedules]
      summary: Future flight schedules
      operationId: getFutureFlights
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: iataCode
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: type
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: string, enum: [departure, arrival] }
        - name: date
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: string, format: date }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Future schedule entries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /routes:
    get:
      tags: [Reference]
      summary: Airline routes
      operationId: getRoutes
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: departureIata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: arrivalIata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: airlineIata
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: flightNumber
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Route entries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /airportDatabase:
    get:
      tags: [Reference]
      summary: Airport reference database
      operationId: getAirports
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: codeIataAirport
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: codeIso2Country
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of airports
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /airlineDatabase:
    get:
      tags: [Reference]
      summary: Airline reference database
      operationId: getAirlines
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: codeIataAirline
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: codeIso2Country
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of airlines
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /airplaneDatabase:
    get:
      tags: [Reference]
      summary: Aircraft reference database
      operationId: getAircraft
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: numberRegistration
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of aircraft
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /cityDatabase:
    get:
      tags: [Reference]
      summary: City reference database
      operationId: getCities
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: codeIataCity
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of cities
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /countryDatabase:
    get:
      tags: [Reference]
      summary: Country reference database
      operationId: getCountries
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: codeIso2Country
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of countries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /autocomplete:
    get:
      tags: [Reference]
      summary: Autocomplete cities, airports and stations
      operationId: autocomplete
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: city
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Autocomplete matches
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /nearby:
    get:
      tags: [Reference]
      summary: Nearby airports by geolocation
      operationId: getNearby
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: lat
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: number, format: double }
        - name: lng
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: number, format: double }
        - name: distance
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Nearby airports
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
  /satelliteDetails:
    get:
      tags: [Satellites]
      summary: Satellite tracking details
      operationId: getSatelliteDetails
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Key'
        - name: code
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
          description: NORAD catalog number
        - name: launchYear
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer }
        - name: intldes
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
          description: NSSDC international designator
        - name: orbitalapogee
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer }
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, maximum: 30000 }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Satellite metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items: { type: object }
components:
  parameters:
    Key:
      name: key
      in: query
      required: true
      schema: { type: string }
      description: Aviation Edge API key
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: key