American Airlines

aid: american-airlines
name: American Airlines
description: American Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines, operating an
  extensive domestic and international route network. The company's Runway developer
  experience platform, built on Spotify's Backstage, provides internal developer tooling
  and API management for engineering teams. American Airlines exposes flight data,
  status, and booking capabilities through its developer portal, and maintains an
  active open-source presence via the AmericanAirlines GitHub organization.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Airlines
- Aviation
- Flights
- Travel
- Booking
- Developer Experience
- Fortune 100
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/american-airlines/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-04-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: american-airlines:runway-developer-api
  name: American Airlines Runway Developer API
  description: Runway is American Airlines' developer experience platform providing
    APIs for flight operations, booking, scheduling, and travel services. Built on
    Spotify's Backstage platform, Runway serves as the central hub for American Airlines
    API integrations with built-in API management, security, and authentication capabilities.
    Teams can deploy running apps with public ingress in under six minutes.
  humanURL: https://developer.aa.com/
  baseURL: https://developer.aa.com/api
  tags:
  - Airlines
  - Aviation
  - Flights
  - Travel
  - Booking
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.aa.com/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/american-airlines/refs/heads/main/openapi/american-airlines-runway-developer-api-openapi.yml
  - url: graphql/american-airlines-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-airlines
- type: Website
  url: https://www.aa.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.aa.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/AmericanAirlines
- type: Blog
  url: https://tech.aa.com/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/AmericanAirlines/backstage
- type: Tools
  url: https://github.com/AmericanAirlines/Flight-Engine
  title: Flight Engine Mock API
- type: Tools
  url: https://github.com/AmericanAirlines/Hangar
  title: Hangar Hackathon Tool
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Runway Developer Experience Platform
    description: Internal developer platform built on Spotify's Backstage providing
      centralized API management, service catalog, and self-service infrastructure
      tooling for engineering teams.
  - name: Flight Data APIs
    description: APIs for querying flight schedules, routes, status information, and
      operational data across American Airlines' domestic and international network.
  - name: Booking and Reservation APIs
    description: APIs supporting flight search, booking, reservation management, and
      passenger services integration for travel applications.
  - name: Built-In API Management
    description: Runway provides integrated API management with security, authentication
      toggles, and corporate authentication capabilities for development teams.
  - name: Service Mesh Integration
    description: Kong-based service mesh enabling reliable microservices communication
      and traffic management across the American Airlines platform.
  - name: Open Source Tooling
    description: American Airlines maintains open-source tools including Flight Engine
      (mock flight data API), Hangar (hackathon management), and Backstage plugins
      via the AmericanAirlines GitHub organization.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Flight Search and Booking
    description: Travel agencies and booking platforms integrate flight availability,
      pricing, and reservation APIs to offer American Airlines flights.
  - name: Flight Status Tracking
    description: Applications query real-time flight status, departure, arrival, and
      delay information for American Airlines flights.
  - name: Internal Developer Tooling
    description: American Airlines engineering teams use Runway to self-service infrastructure,
      register APIs in the service catalog, and manage deployments.
  - name: Hackathon and Innovation
    description: Open-source Hangar tool enables hackathon management for tech innovation
      events sponsored by or affiliated with American Airlines.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Spotify Backstage
    description: Runway developer portal is built on Spotify's Backstage platform
      for internal developer experience and service catalog management.
  - name: Kong Service Mesh
    description: American Airlines uses Kong's Kuma service mesh for microservices
      networking and API gateway capabilities.
  - name: HashiCorp Vault
    description: Integration with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management in build
      pipelines via open-source vault-action GitHub Action.
  - name: Dynatrace
    description: Python API client for Dynatrace integration maintained in the AmericanAirlines
      GitHub organization.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com