# FAA Data Catalog (CKAN Action API v3)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-data-catalog-ckan-api/  
**Provider:** U.S. Department of Transportation — https://apis.io/providers/us-dot/  
**Base URL:** https://catalog.data.faa.gov/api/3  
**Documentation:** https://catalog.data.faa.gov/

FAA Data Catalog (CKAN Action API v3) 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. Tagged areas include Open Data, Aviation, Catalog, CKAN, and FAA. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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).

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.ckan.org/en/2.11/api/
- **Portal** — https://catalog.data.faa.gov/
- **APICatalog** — https://catalog.data.faa.gov/data.json
- **License** — https://www.usa.gov/government-works

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

- [FAA Aeronautic Product Release API (APRA)](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-aeronautic-product-release-api/)
- [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/)
- [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

Open Data, Aviation, Catalog, CKAN, FAA

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