FlightAware

FlightAware Airports API

The airports API from FlightAware — 17 operation(s) for airports.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 19

GET /airports Get all airports #

GET /airports/nearby Get airports near a location #

GET /airports/delays Get delay information for all airports with delays #

GET /airports/{id} Get static information about an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/canonical Get the canonical code of an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/nearby Get airports near an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/delays Get airport delay information #

GET /airports/{id}/flights Get all flights for a given airport #

GET /airports/{id}/flights/arrivals Get flights that have recently arrived at an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/flights/arrivals/cancellations Get recently cancelled flights that were scheduled to arrive at an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/flights/departures Get flights that have recently departed from an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/flights/departures/cancellations Get recently cancelled flights that were scheduled to depart from an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/flights/scheduled_departures Get future flights departing from an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/flights/scheduled_arrivals Get future flights arriving at an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/flights/to/{dest_id} Get flights with a specific origin and destination #

GET /airports/{id}/flights/counts Get flight counts for an airport #

GET /airports/{id}/weather/observations Get weather conditions for given airport #

GET /airports/{id}/weather/forecast Get weather forecast for given airport #

GET /airports/{id}/routes/{dest_id} Get routes between 2 airports #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Aero Airports API
  version: 4.30.0
  description: '# Introduction

    AeroAPI is a simple, query-based API that gives software developers access

    to a variety of FlightAware''s flight data.'
servers:
- url: https://{env}.flightaware.com/aeroapi
  variables:
    env:
      default: aeroapi
      enum:
      - aeroapi
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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