U.S. Department of Transportation

FAA Data Catalog (CKAN Action API v3)

The Federal Aviation Administration's open data catalog, running CKAN 2.11.4 and exposing the full CKAN Action API v3 anonymously at /api/3/action/. package_list, package_search, package_show, organization_list and status_show all answer without a credential; verified 2026-07-28. The catalog also publishes a Project Open Data / DCAT-US 1.1 document at /data.json, harvested to well-known/us-dot-faa-catalog-data.json. Small — six datasets — but it is the only CKAN surface in the department and the only one with a documented, self-describing action API (help_show returns the parameter contract per action).

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.ckan.org/en/2.11/api/

Other Resources

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Portal
https://catalog.data.faa.gov/
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APICatalog
https://catalog.data.faa.gov/data.json
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License
https://www.usa.gov/government-works

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: us-dot:faa-data-catalog-ckan-api
name: FAA Data Catalog (CKAN Action API v3)
description: The Federal Aviation Administration's open data catalog, running CKAN 2.11.4 and exposing
  the full CKAN Action API v3 anonymously at /api/3/action/. package_list, package_search, package_show,
  organization_list and status_show all answer without a credential; verified 2026-07-28. The catalog
  also publishes a Project Open Data / DCAT-US 1.1 document at /data.json, harvested to well-known/us-dot-faa-catalog-data.json.
  Small — six datasets — but it is the only CKAN surface in the department and the only one with a documented,
  self-describing action API (help_show returns the parameter contract per action).
humanURL: https://catalog.data.faa.gov/
baseURL: https://catalog.data.faa.gov/api/3
tags:
- Open Data
- Aviation
- Catalog
- CKAN
- FAA
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.ckan.org/en/2.11/api/
- type: Portal
  url: https://catalog.data.faa.gov/
- type: APICatalog
  url: https://catalog.data.faa.gov/data.json
- type: License
  url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works