United Airlines

United Airlines Status API

Flight status and schedule information

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Operations 2

GET /flights/status Get Flight Status #

GET /flights/schedules Get Flight Schedules #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: United Airlines NDC Booking Status API
  description: United Airlines NDC (New Distribution Capability) API enables travel agencies, online booking tools, and corporate travel platforms to search, book, and service United flights. The API provides access to continuous pricing, dynamic bundled fares (30+ product combinations), ancillary products, hold bookings, exchanges, refunds, cancellations, automatic waiver application, and ARC/BSP reporting. Compliant with IATA NDC standards.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: United Airlines NDC Support
    email: ndcagency@united.com
    url: https://united.business/NDC-corporate
  termsOfService: https://united.business/NDC-corporate
servers:
- url: https://api.united.com/v1
  description: United Airlines NDC Production API
tags:
- name: Status
  description: Flight status and schedule information
paths:
  /flights/status:
    get:
      operationId: getFlightStatus
      summary: Get Flight Status
      description: Retrieve real-time flight status including estimated and actual departure and arrival times, gate information, and delays.
      tags:
      - Status
      parameters:
      - name: flightNumber
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: United Airlines flight number (e.g., UA123)
      - name: date
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
        description: Flight date (YYYY-MM-DD)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Flight status returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightStatus'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - read
  /flights/schedules:
    get:
      operationId: getFlightSchedules
      summary: Get Flight Schedules
      description: Retrieve United Airlines flight schedules for a given origin-destination pair and date range.
      tags:
      - Status
      parameters:
      - name: origin
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: IATA airport code for origin (e.g., ORD)
      - name: destination
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: IATA airport code for destination (e.g., LAX)
      - name: startDate
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
        description: Start date for schedule query (YYYY-MM-DD)
      - name: endDate
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
        description: End date for schedule query (YYYY-MM-DD)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Flight schedules returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightSchedule'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - read
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication required or failed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.united.com/v1/oauth/token
          scopes:
            read: Read-only access to flight data
            booking: Full booking and servicing access