Bureau of Transportation Statistics

BTS Open Data SODA API

The BTS Open Data portal powered by Socrata provides programmatic access to transportation datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). Supports filtering, querying, and aggregation across aviation, freight, and transportation economics datasets. Also supports OData V2/V4 for tools like Tableau and Excel.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://dev.socrata.com/
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APIReference
https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
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GettingStarted
https://dev.socrata.com/consumers/getting-started.html

Other Resources

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Portal
https://data.bts.gov/
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DataAPI
https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=dot-gov&q=bts
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OData
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-transportation-statistics/refs/heads/main/odata/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-odata-metadata.xml
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DataCatalog
https://data.bts.gov/data.json
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ChangeLog
https://data.bts.gov/catalog.rss
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-transportation-statistics/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bts-open-data-soda-api
name: BTS Open Data SODA API
tags:
- Federal-Government
- Transportation
- Open Data
- Statistics
tags_raw:
- Federal Government
- Transportation
- Open Data
- Statistics
humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
properties:
- url: https://data.bts.gov/
  type: Portal
- url: https://dev.socrata.com/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=dot-gov&q=bts
  type: DataAPI
- url: odata/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-odata-metadata.xml
  type: OData
  name: OData 4.0 CSDL ($metadata) — 184 entity sets
- url: https://data.bts.gov/data.json
  type: DataCatalog
  name: DCAT-US 1.1 catalog — 418 datasets
- url: https://data.bts.gov/catalog.rss
  type: ChangeLog
  name: Dataset change feed (RSS)
- url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  type: APIReference
- url: https://dev.socrata.com/consumers/getting-started.html
  type: GettingStarted
description: The BTS Open Data portal powered by Socrata provides programmatic access to transportation
  datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). Supports filtering, querying, and aggregation across
  aviation, freight, and transportation economics datasets. Also supports OData V2/V4 for tools like Tableau
  and Excel.
features:
- SODA Query Language (SOQL)
- OData V2 and V4 Endpoints
- JSON and CSV Formats
- Filtering and Aggregation
- Pagination
- Dataset Downloads
useCases:
- Aviation performance analysis
- Freight activity monitoring
- Transportation economics research
- Supply chain analytics