Encurate AirplanesDB API

Read-only REST API returning basic specifications for commercial airplanes. Seven GET operations cover the full listing, a single airplane by ID, keyword search by name, filtering by brand (Boeing, Airbus and others), search by engine keyword, and name-ordered listings in ascending or descending order. Distributed through RapidAPI; free tier is 100 requests per day.

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aid: encurate:encurate-airplanesdb-api
name: Encurate AirplanesDB API
description: Read-only REST API returning basic specifications for commercial airplanes. Seven GET operations
  cover the full listing, a single airplane by ID, keyword search by name, filtering by brand (Boeing,
  Airbus and others), search by engine keyword, and name-ordered listings in ascending or descending order.
  Distributed through RapidAPI; free tier is 100 requests per day.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/encurate.png
humanURL: https://rapidapi.com/encurateapi-api/api/airplanesdb
baseURL: https://airplanesdb.p.rapidapi.com
tags:
- Aviation
- Aircraft
- Datasets
- Reference Data
- Transportation
x-operation-count: 7
x-distribution: RapidAPI marketplace proxy; origin is operated by Encurate at encurate.app
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://rapidapi.com/encurateapi-api/api/airplanesdb
- type: APIReference
  url: https://rapidapi.com/encurateapi-api/api/airplanesdb
- type: Pricing
  url: https://rapidapi.com/encurateapi-api/api/airplanesdb
- type: Sandbox
  name: RapidAPI playground
  url: https://rapidapi.com/encurateapi-api/api/airplanesdb/playground
- type: SignUp
  url: https://rapidapi.com/encurateapi-api/api/airplanesdb