FlightAware

FlightAware History API

The history API from FlightAware — 5 operation(s) for history.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 12

GET /history/flights/{ident} Get information for a historical flight #

GET /history/flights/{id}/track Get historical information for a flight's track #

GET /history/flights/{id}/map Get an image of a historical flight's track on a map #

GET /history/flights/{id}/route Get historical flight's filed route #

GET /history/airports/{id}/flights/arrivals Get historical flights that were planned to arrive at an airport #

GET /history/airports/{id}/flights/arrivals/cancellations Get historical cancelled flights that were planned to arrive at an airport #

GET /history/airports/{id}/flights/departures Get historical flights that were planned to depart from an airport #

GET /history/airports/{id}/flights/departures/cancellations Get historical cancelled flights that were planned to depart from an airport #

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

GET /history/aircraft/{registration}/last_flight Get aircraft's last known flight #

GET /history/operators/{id}/flights Get historical flights for a given operator #

GET /history/operators/{id}/flights/cancellations Get historical cancelled flights for a given operator #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Aero History 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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