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ADS-B Exchange

Unfiltered flight tracking network with REST APIs for accessing real-time aircraft positions, military flights, and global ADS-B flight data without filtering. Operated by a crowdsourced global network of ADS-B and MLAT receivers providing ultra-low-latency aircraft tracking data for aviation research and applications.

ADS-B Exchange publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Geopolitical Filtering API, Geospatial Filtering API, Live Positional Data API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Aviation, Flight Tracking, ADS-B, Aircraft, and Real-Time.

The ADS-B Exchange catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

ADS-B Exchange’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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38.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
AviationFlight TrackingADS-BAircraftReal-TimeMilitaryMLAT

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 38.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.3 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 18
Access Clarity 9.0 / 18
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 12
Contract Governance 1.1 / 11
Discoverability 6.2 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

ADS-B Exchange Geopolitical Filtering API

Allows filtering live data based on geopolitical boundaries, such as states/provinces, countries, regions, or even continents. All endpoints support ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country c...

ADS-B Exchange Geospatial Filtering API

Endpoints allow filtering live data based on geospatial boundaries, such as latitude, longitude, altitudes, or even custom GeoJSON shapes. Use these endpoints to get information...

ADS-B Exchange Live Positional Data API

Endpoints provide access to airborne or recently landed aircraft, as well as last known positions. Use these endpoints to get information about aircraft, such as location, fligh...

ADS-B Exchange Operations API

Endpoints provide access to Takeoffs/Landings operational events.

ADS-B Exchange Traces API

Endpoints provide access to historical trace files for an aircraft.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

ADSB Exchange Geopolitical Filtering API

OPEN COLLECTION

ADSB Exchange Geopolitical Filtering Geospatial Filtering API

OPEN COLLECTION

ADSB Exchange Geopolitical Filtering Live Positional Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

ADSB Exchange Geopolitical Filtering Operations API

OPEN COLLECTION

ADSB Exchange Geopolitical Filtering Traces API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

context Context

8 classes · 25 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

ADS-B Exchange API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 30

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AcasResolutionAdvisoryResponse

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AircraftCollectionMinimalResponse

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AircraftCollectionResponse

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AircraftRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AircraftSingleMinimalResponse

33 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AircraftSingleResponse

60 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AirportRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApiForbiddenResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApiTooManyRequestsResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApiUnauthorizedResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

BadRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FeatureCollectionRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FeatureGeometryRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FeatureRequest

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FilterDefinition

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FilterRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeoboundaryCountrySubdivision

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeoboundaryCountrySubdivisionsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

LastPositionDataResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationsAirportRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationsIcaosRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationsResponse

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationsResponseItem

39 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProblemDetails

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProximityPointFilter

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProximityRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RegistrationRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RequestedUrlTooLongResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TraceNotFoundResponse

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TraceResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Examples 30

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Getapiaircraftv2Airport

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2All

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Callsign

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Geospatialcontinent

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Geospatialcountry

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Geospatialcountrysubdivision

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Geospatialcountrysubdivisions

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Geospatialregion

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Hex

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Icao

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Latlondist

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Mil

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Minimallatlondist

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Nohexdistabovelatlon

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Operationsairport

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Operationsicao

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Registration

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Sqk

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Totalaircraft

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Traces

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Getapiaircraftv2Traceshisttraces

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Airport

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Filter

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Geospatialboundary

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Hex

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Icao

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Operationsairports

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Operationsicaos

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Proximityradius

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Postapiaircraftv2Registration

8 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Adsbexchange Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Adsbexchange Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Adsbexchange Agentic Access

30 operations · 9 acting

30 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact
Contact

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap
CapabilityMap
 Developer
Developer
 DataProducts
DataProducts
 RapidAPI
RapidAPI

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: ADS-B Exchange
description: Unfiltered flight tracking network with REST APIs for accessing real-time aircraft positions, military flights,
  and global ADS-B flight data without filtering. Operated by a crowdsourced global network of ADS-B and MLAT receivers providing
  ultra-low-latency aircraft tracking data for aviation research and applications.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/adsbexchange.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Aviation
- Flight Tracking
- ADS-B
- Aircraft
- Real-Time
- Military
- MLAT
apis:
- aid: adsbexchange:adsbexchange-geopolitical-filtering-api
  name: ADS-B Exchange Geopolitical Filtering API
  description: 'Allows filtering live data based on geopolitical boundaries, such as states/provinces, countries, regions,
    or even continents.

    All endpoints support ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes and ISO 3166-2 subdivision (states/provinces) codes.

    <br /><br />

    World boundaries are based on <a href="https://public.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/world-administrative-boundaries/map/"
    target="_blank">OpenDataSoft</a> dataset.

    <b>Attribution:</b><br />

    This API includes data from <a href="https://marineregions.org/" target="_blank">Marine Regions</a>, licensed under

    <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
    (CC BY 4.0)</a>.<br />

    <i>Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 12. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.14284/632"
    target="_blank">10.14284/632</a></i>'
  humanURL: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/
  baseURL: https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
  tags:
  - Geopolitical Filtering
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/adsbexchange-geopolitical-filtering-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/sample-api-call/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: adsbexchange:adsbexchange-geospatial-filtering-api
  name: ADS-B Exchange Geospatial Filtering API
  description: 'Endpoints allow filtering live data based on geospatial boundaries, such as latitude, longitude, altitudes,
    or even custom GeoJSON shapes.

    Use these endpoints to get information about aircraft within a specific radius from a given point, within a polygon, or
    within a custom shape.

    <br /><br />

    <b>Note</b>: When using GeoJSON shape files, only Polygon and MultiPolygon shapes are supported. Any other shapes will
    be ignored.'
  humanURL: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/
  baseURL: https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
  tags:
  - Geospatial Filtering
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/adsbexchange-geospatial-filtering-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/sample-api-call/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: adsbexchange:adsbexchange-live-positional-data-api
  name: ADS-B Exchange Live Positional Data API
  description: 'Endpoints provide access to airborne or recently landed aircraft, as well as last known positions.

    Use these endpoints to get information about aircraft, such as location, flight, altitude, speed, and many more.

    <br /><br />

    Comprehensive filtering by various parameters is supported - such as ICAO hex code, registration, squawk, etc.

    See documentation to learn more about available endpoints and their parameters.

    <br /><br />

    For more information about properties returned, please navigate to <a href="https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api-wip/"
    target="_blank">Version 2 API Fields</a> documentation.'
  humanURL: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/
  baseURL: https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
  tags:
  - Live Positional Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/adsbexchange-live-positional-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/sample-api-call/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: adsbexchange:adsbexchange-operations-api
  name: ADS-B Exchange Operations API
  description: Endpoints provide access to Takeoffs/Landings operational events.
  humanURL: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/
  baseURL: https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/adsbexchange-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/sample-api-call/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: adsbexchange:adsbexchange-traces-api
  name: ADS-B Exchange Traces API
  description: Endpoints provide access to historical trace files for an aircraft.
  humanURL: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/
  baseURL: https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
  tags:
  - Traces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/adsbexchange-traces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/sample-api-call/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adsbexchange/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/adsbexchange-capability-edges.yml
  name: ADS-B Exchange Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/adsbexchange-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/adsbexchange-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/adsbexchange-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.adsbexchange.com
- type: Developer
  url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/community/developer-hub/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/version-2-api/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/
- type: DataProducts
  url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/contact/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/legal/terms-and-conditions/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.adsbexchange.com/legal/privacy-policy/
- type: RapidAPI
  url: https://rapidapi.com/adsbx/api/adsbexchange-com1
maintainers:
- FN: API Evangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
  email: info@apievangelist.com

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