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Aerodatabox Flight Location Contract Structure

Positional information about flight: location, altitude, speed and track

Type: object Properties: 9 Required: 8
AviationFlightsAerospaceFlight DataAirport Data

FlightLocationContract is a JSON Structure definition published by AeroDataBox, describing 9 properties, of which 8 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

pressureAltitude altitude pressure groundSpeed trueTrack vsiFpm reportedAtUtc lat lon

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aerodatabox/refs/heads/main/json-structure/aerodatabox-flight-location-contract-structure.json",
  "description": "Positional information about flight: location, altitude, speed and track",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "pressureAltitude": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Distance"
    },
    "altitude": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Distance"
    },
    "pressure": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Pressure"
    },
    "groundSpeed": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Speed"
    },
    "trueTrack": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Azimuth"
    },
    "vsiFpm": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Vertical speed, in feet per minute\r\nNot set if unknown or zero.",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "reportedAtUtc": {
      "type": "datetime",
      "description": "Time (UTC) of when this positional data was reported"
    },
    "lat": {
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "type": "float",
      "description": "Latitude, in degrees"
    },
    "lon": {
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "type": "float",
      "description": "Longitude, in degrees"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "altitude",
    "groundSpeed",
    "lat",
    "lon",
    "pressure",
    "pressureAltitude",
    "reportedAtUtc",
    "trueTrack"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "name": "FlightLocationContract"
}

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