Flightradar24 Airlines API

Reference data for airlines

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Operations 1

GET /static/airlines/{icao}/light Get airline (light) #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Flightradar24 Airlines API
  description: Flightradar24 is the world's most popular real-time flight tracking platform, monitoring over 250,000 daily flights using data from a global network of ADS-B, MLAT, and radar receivers. The FR24 API provides developers with programmatic access to live aircraft positions, historical flight data, flight summaries, and reference data for airports and airlines. The credit-based subscription API uses Bearer token authentication and is available at https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/api with three tiers — Explorer, Essential, and Advanced — covering hobby projects through high-volume commercial applications.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    url: https://support.fr24.com/support/solutions/folders/3000022922
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/docs/getting-started
servers:
- url: https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/api
  description: Flightradar24 API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Airlines
  description: Reference data for airlines
paths:
  /static/airlines/{icao}/light:
    get:
      operationId: getAirlineLight
      summary: Get airline (light)
      description: Returns basic reference data for an airline by ICAO code, including airline name, IATA code, and ICAO code. Useful for resolving callsign prefixes and operator codes present in flight data into human-readable airline names.
      tags:
      - Airlines
      parameters:
      - name: icao
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Airline ICAO code (3-letter), e.g., "SAS", "DLH", "BAW".
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[A-Z]{3}$
        example: BAW
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with basic airline data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirlineLight'
              example:
                name: British Airways
                icao: BAW
                iata: BA
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  schemas:
    AirlineLight:
      type: object
      description: Basic airline reference data.
      required:
      - name
      - icao
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Airline full name.
          example: British Airways
        icao:
          type: string
          description: Airline ICAO code.
          example: BAW
        iata:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Airline IATA code.
          example: BA
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description.
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code.
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid Bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Not found — the requested resource does not exist.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Too many requests — rate limit or credit limit exceeded.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token authentication. Obtain your API token from the Flightradar24 developer portal at https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/.