# ADS-B Exchange

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/adsbexchange/  
**Website:** https://www.adsbexchange.com  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 40.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 40.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 69.9 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 41.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Adsbexchange Agentic Access** — 30 operations · 9 acting

## Security (2)

- **Adsbexchange Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Adsbexchange Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

Aviation, Flight Tracking, ADS-B, Aircraft, Real-Time, Military, MLAT

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/adsbexchange/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.