# FAA Aeronautic Product Release API (APRA)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-aeronautic-product-release-api/  
**Provider:** U.S. Department of Transportation — https://apis.io/providers/us-dot/  
**Base URL:** https://external-api.faa.gov/apra  
**Documentation:** https://api.faa.gov/s/

FAA Aeronautic Product Release API (APRA) is one of 12 APIs that [U.S. Department of Transportation](https://apis.io/providers/us-dot/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Aviation, Charts, Aeronautical Data, Airspace, and FAA. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

FAA aeronautical chart and data publication download API. Thirty-four GET operations expose edition metadata and ZIP product downloads for the digital Terminal Procedures Publication (dTPP), IFR enroute and oceanic charts, VFR charts, the Coded Instrument Flight Procedures data set, the NFDC/NASR 28-day airspace subscription, the Digital Obstacle File and more. Verified anonymously with HTTP 200 on 2026-07-28 against /apra/nfdc/nasr/info and /apra/dtpp/info — no API key required. Two operations (getDERSRelease, getDERSEdition) are marked deprecated in the spec.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-dot/refs/heads/main/openapi/us-dot-faa-aeronautic-product-release-api-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-dot/refs/heads/main/overlays/us-dot-faa-aeronautic-product-release-api-overlay.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/
- **AgentSkill** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-dot/refs/heads/main/skills/us-dot-download-aeronautical-products.md
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-dot/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other U.S. Department of Transportation APIs (11)

- [FAA Air Carrier Pilot Records Database (PRD) API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-air-carrier-prd-api/)
- [FAA Safety Assurance System (SAS) API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-safety-assurance-system-api/)
- [FAA Data Catalog (CKAN Action API v3)](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-data-catalog-ckan-api/)
- [DOT Data Hub Open Data API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/dot-data-hub-soda-api/)
- [Bureau of Transportation Statistics Open Data API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/bts-open-data-soda-api/)
- [NHTSA vPIC (Vehicle Product Information Catalog) API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/nhtsa-vpic-api/)
- [NHTSA Safety API (recalls, complaints, safety ratings)](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/nhtsa-safety-api/)
- [FRA Safety Data Web Services](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/fra-safety-data-api/)
- [FMCSA QCMobile API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/fmcsa-qcmobile-api/)
- [USDOT ITS JPO Operational Data Environment (ODE) REST API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/its-jpo-ode-rest-api/)
- [U.S. Department of Transportation Airport Status Web Service](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/us-dot-faa-airport-status-web-service-openapi/)

## Tags

Aviation, Charts, Aeronautical Data, Airspace, FAA

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