U.S. Department of Transportation

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Open Data API

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics open data platform on Socrata SODA 2.1, and the authoritative record of US commercial aviation activity. Aviation holdings verified live include T-100 segment summaries by carrier, country, origin airport and month; Air Carrier Financial (Form 41) fuel, revenue, employee and fleet-age series; average air fare by carrier and by quarter; commercial aviation mishandled baggage and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters; and involuntary denied boardings by airline. 420 datasets enumerated in the DCAT-US 1.1 document at /data.json. Verified anonymously with HTTP 200 on 2026-07-28 against /resource/bu82-4pwz.json, /resource/6u8d-47ih.json and /resource/xyfb-hgtv.json.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
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APIReference
https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/

Other Resources

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Portal
https://data.bts.gov/
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APICatalog
https://data.bts.gov/data.json
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StatusPage
https://status.socrata.com/
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BulkData
https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
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License
https://www.usa.gov/government-works

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: us-dot:bts-open-data-soda-api
name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Open Data API
description: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics open data platform on Socrata SODA 2.1, and the authoritative
  record of US commercial aviation activity. Aviation holdings verified live include T-100 segment summaries
  by carrier, country, origin airport and month; Air Carrier Financial (Form 41) fuel, revenue, employee
  and fleet-age series; average air fare by carrier and by quarter; commercial aviation mishandled baggage
  and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters; and involuntary denied boardings by airline. 420 datasets enumerated
  in the DCAT-US 1.1 document at /data.json. Verified anonymously with HTTP 200 on 2026-07-28 against
  /resource/bu82-4pwz.json, /resource/6u8d-47ih.json and /resource/xyfb-hgtv.json.
humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource
tags:
- Open Data
- Aviation
- Airlines
- Statistics
- BTS
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/
- type: Portal
  url: https://data.bts.gov/
- type: APICatalog
  url: https://data.bts.gov/data.json
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.socrata.com/
- type: BulkData
  url: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
- type: License
  url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works