Flightradar24 Historic Events API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Flightradar24 Airlines Historic Events 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: Historic Events
  description: Historical flight event data (takeoff, landing, gate movements, airspace transitions)
paths:
  /historic/flight-events/light:
    get:
      operationId: getHistoricFlightEventsLight
      summary: Get historical flight events (light)
      description: Returns comprehensive historical information on flight events including takeoff, landing, gate movements, and airspace transitions. Lightweight version includes fr24_id, callsign, hex, and events list.
      tags:
      - Historic Events
      parameters:
      - name: flight_ids
        in: query
        required: true
        description: 'Comma-separated FR24 flight IDs (hexadecimal). Maximum 15 IDs. Example: "391fdd79,35f2ffd9"'
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 391fdd79,35f2ffd9
      - name: event_types
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Comma-separated event types to filter by. Use "all" to return all event types.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - all
          - gate_departure
          - takeoff
          - cruising
          - airspace_transition
          - descent
          - diverting
          - diverted
          - landed
          - gate_arrival
        example: gate_departure,takeoff,landed
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with historical flight events (light)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightEventsLightResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
  /historic/flight-events/full:
    get:
      operationId: getHistoricFlightEventsFull
      summary: Get historical flight events (full)
      description: Returns comprehensive historical information on flight events including takeoff, landing, gate movements, and airspace transitions, with additional flight and aircraft details such as origin, destination, and aircraft type.
      tags:
      - Historic Events
      parameters:
      - name: flight_ids
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Comma-separated FR24 flight IDs (hexadecimal). Maximum 15 IDs.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 391fdd79,35f2ffd9
      - name: event_types
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Comma-separated event types to filter by. Use "all" to return all event types.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: all
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with historical flight events (full)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightEventsFullResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  schemas:
    FlightEventsFullResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightEventsFull'
    FlightEventsLightResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightEventsLight'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description.
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code.
    FlightEventsLight:
      type: object
      description: Lightweight historical flight events for a single flight.
      required:
      - fr24_id
      properties:
        fr24_id:
          type: string
          description: Flightradar24 unique identifier for the flight.
          example: 391fdd79
        callsign:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          example: BAW456
        hex:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: ICAO 24-bit aircraft address in hexadecimal.
          example: 400A20
        events:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightEvent'
    TakeoffDetails:
      type: object
      description: Details for takeoff events.
      properties:
        takeoff_runway:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Takeoff runway designator.
          example: 27L
    FlightEvent:
      type: object
      description: A single flight event with position and event-specific details.
      required:
      - type
      - timestamp
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Event type.
          enum:
          - gate_departure
          - takeoff
          - cruising
          - airspace_transition
          - descent
          - diverting
          - diverted
          - landed
          - gate_arrival
          example: takeoff
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 date-time when the event occurred.
          example: '2024-01-15T08:35:00Z'
        lat:
          type: number
          format: float
          nullable: true
          description: Latitude at event time.
        lon:
          type: number
          format: float
          nullable: true
          description: Longitude at event time.
        alt:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: Altitude in feet at event time.
        gspeed:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: Ground speed in knots at event time.
        details:
          nullable: true
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GateDetails'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TakeoffDetails'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LandingDetails'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirspaceDetails'
    GateDetails:
      type: object
      description: Details for gate departure or arrival events.
      properties:
        gate_ident:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Gate identifier.
          example: B42
        gate_lat:
          type: number
          format: float
          nullable: true
          description: Gate latitude.
        gate_lon:
          type: number
          format: float
          nullable: true
          description: Gate longitude.
    FlightEventsFull:
      type: object
      description: Detailed historical flight events with full flight metadata.
      required:
      - fr24_id
      properties:
        fr24_id:
          type: string
          description: Flightradar24 unique identifier for the flight.
          example: 391fdd79
        callsign:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          example: BAW456
        hex:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          example: 400A20
        operating_as:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Airline ICAO code for the operating carrier.
          example: BAW
        painted_as:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Airline ICAO code for the livery carrier.
          example: BAW
        orig_iata:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Origin airport IATA code.
          example: LHR
        orig_icao:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Origin airport ICAO code.
          example: EGLL
        dest_iata:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Destination airport IATA code.
          example: JFK
        dest_icao:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Destination airport ICAO code.
          example: KJFK
        events:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightEvent'
    LandingDetails:
      type: object
      description: Details for landing events.
      properties:
        landed_icao:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: ICAO code of the airport where the aircraft landed.
          example: EGLL
        landed_runway:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Landing runway designator.
          example: 27R
    AirspaceDetails:
      type: object
      description: Details for airspace transition events.
      properties:
        exited_airspace:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Name of the airspace exited.
          example: EGTT
        exited_airspace_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: ID of the airspace exited.
        entered_airspace:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Name of the airspace entered.
          example: EGPX
        entered_airspace_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: ID of the airspace entered.
  responses:
    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'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token authentication. Obtain your API token from the Flightradar24 developer portal at https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/.