Flightradar24 Flight Tracks API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Flightradar24 Airlines Flight Tracks 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: Flight Tracks
  description: Full positional track of a specific flight by FR24 flight ID
paths:
  /flight-tracks:
    get:
      operationId: getFlightTracks
      summary: Get flight tracks
      description: Returns the full positional track of a specific flight identified by its FR24 flight ID. Provides a time-ordered sequence of latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, and heading records spanning the entire flight from departure to arrival.
      tags:
      - Flight Tracks
      parameters:
      - name: flight_id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Flightradar24 ID of the flight in hexadecimal format (e.g., "34242a02").
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{8}$
        example: 34242a02
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with flight track data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightTracksResponse'
              example:
                data:
                - fr24_id: 34242a02
                  tracks:
                  - timestamp: '2024-01-15T08:00:00Z'
                    lat: 51.4706
                    lon: -0.4619
                    alt: 0
                    gspeed: 0
                    vspeed: 0
                    track: 270
                    squawk: '2000'
                    callsign: BAW123
                    source: ADSB
                  - timestamp: '2024-01-15T08:15:00Z'
                    lat: 51.5074
                    lon: -0.1278
                    alt: 15000
                    gspeed: 350
                    vspeed: 1800
                    track: 270
                    squawk: '2000'
                    callsign: BAW123
                    source: ADSB
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Not found — the requested resource does not exist.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request — invalid or missing parameters.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid Bearer token.
      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'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description.
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code.
    FlightTrackPoint:
      type: object
      description: A single positional point in a flight track.
      required:
      - timestamp
      - lat
      - lon
      - alt
      - gspeed
      - vspeed
      - track
      - squawk
      - source
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 date-time of the position fix.
          example: '2024-01-15T08:15:00Z'
        lat:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Latitude in decimal degrees.
          example: 51.5074
        lon:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Longitude in decimal degrees.
          example: -0.1278
        alt:
          type: integer
          description: Altitude in feet.
          example: 15000
        gspeed:
          type: integer
          description: Ground speed in knots.
          example: 350
        vspeed:
          type: integer
          description: Vertical speed in feet per minute.
          example: 1800
        track:
          type: integer
          description: True heading in degrees (0-360).
          example: 270
        squawk:
          type: string
          description: Transponder squawk code.
          example: '2000'
        callsign:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: ATC callsign.
          example: BAW123
        source:
          type: string
          description: Data source (e.g., ADSB, MLAT, RADAR).
          example: ADSB
    FlightTracksResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightTracks'
    FlightTracks:
      type: object
      description: Complete positional track for a single flight.
      required:
      - fr24_id
      properties:
        fr24_id:
          type: string
          description: Flightradar24 unique identifier for the flight.
          example: 34242a02
        tracks:
          type: array
          description: Time-ordered list of positional track points.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightTrackPoint'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token authentication. Obtain your API token from the Flightradar24 developer portal at https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/.