Federal Aviation Administration

FAA Data Catalog API (CKAN)

The FAA's public data clearinghouse at catalog.data.faa.gov runs CKAN 2.11.4 and exposes the standard CKAN Action API. Verified 2026-07-28 — status_show returned site_title "Federal Aviation Administration" and ckan_version 2.11.4, and package_list returned six aeronautical chart product datasets. A DCAT-US 1.1 /data.json feed is also published.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://catalog.data.faa.gov/dataset

Other Resources

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DCAT
https://catalog.data.faa.gov/data.json
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Website
https://www.faa.gov/data

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: faa:faa-data-catalog-ckan-api
name: FAA Data Catalog API (CKAN)
description: The FAA's public data clearinghouse at catalog.data.faa.gov runs CKAN 2.11.4 and exposes
  the standard CKAN Action API. Verified 2026-07-28 — status_show returned site_title "Federal Aviation
  Administration" and ckan_version 2.11.4, and package_list returned six aeronautical chart product datasets.
  A DCAT-US 1.1 /data.json feed is also published.
humanURL: https://catalog.data.faa.gov/dataset
baseURL: https://catalog.data.faa.gov/api/3/action
tags:
- Open Data
- Data Catalog
- CKAN
- Aeronautical Charts
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://catalog.data.faa.gov/dataset
- type: DCAT
  url: https://catalog.data.faa.gov/data.json
- type: Website
  url: https://www.faa.gov/data