Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is the preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics publishes 13 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Metadata API, Resource API, Catalog API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Statistics, Transportation, Aviation, and Freight.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ developer surface includes changelog, API reference, getting-started guide, documentation, signup flow, support, engineering blog, and 29 more developer resources.

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AccessSelf serve

2 published contracts 3 Agent Skills

Federal Government Statistics Transportation Aviation Freight Open Data

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Data & Reference Information Services

AE-230

MetadataResource

GET /resource/{datasetId}.json GET /resource/{datasetId}.geojson GET /api/catalog/v1

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 42.0/100 · developing

Contract Quality 8.7 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 17

Access Clarity 4.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 3.2 / 11

Contract Governance 3.2 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 4.0 / 15

Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
Protected Resource Metadata +5 pts — a served /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource carrying `resource` (documented), and naming its authorization_servers (verified)

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Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 23.7 — up to +15.3 composite points
Contract Quality scores 41.0 — up to +14.8 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 28.9 — up to +9.2 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Government and Open Data	core	15.3 (thin)	-	-
US Federal API Programs (api.data.gov, Login.gov, GSA MAS, FedRAMP)	core	15.3 (thin)	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

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APIs 13

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

BTS Open Data SODA API

The BTS Open Data portal powered by Socrata provides programmatic access to transportation datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). Supports filtering, querying, and aggre...

TranStats - Airline On-Time Performance Data

TranStats is BTS's aviation and transportation statistics database providing flight on-time performance data, carrier and airport snapshots, fuel consumption data, and comprehen...

BTS Freight Analysis Framework (FAF)

The Freight Analysis Framework integrates data from multiple sources to create a comprehensive picture of freight flows to, from, within, and through the United States. Includes...

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Metadata API

Dataset and view metadata

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Resource API

Dataset resource queries via SoQL

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Catalog API

The Catalog API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for catalog.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Collection API

The Collection API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 2 operation(s) for collection.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Geoservice Beta API

The Geoservice-Beta API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 6 operation(s) for geoservice-beta.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Ogc Item API

The OgcItem API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 4 operation(s) for ogcitem.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Ogc Item Aggregation API

The OgcItemAggregation API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for ogcitemaggregation.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Ogc Root API

The OgcRoot API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for ogcroot.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Ogc Root Conformance API

The OgcRootConformance API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for ogcrootconformance.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Queryable API

The Queryable API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for queryable.

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Open Collections 3

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

BTS Open Data SODA Metadata API

OPEN COLLECTION

BTS Open Data SODA Metadata Resource API

OPEN COLLECTION

BTS Open Data SODA API

OPEN COLLECTION

Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Find and query a BTS dataset

AGENT SKILL

Query BTS data with OData 4.0

AGENT SKILL

Search the BTS geospatial catalog (NTAD)

AGENT SKILL

Bureau of Transportation Statistics API pricing

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics API Rules

54 rules · 43 errors 7 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 3

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Geodata Search Overlay

3 actions · servers · bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-search-openapi.json

DERIVED

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Metadata Api Overlay

4 actions · update · bureau-of-transportation-statistics-metadata-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Resource Api Overlay

4 actions · update · bureau-of-transportation-statistics-resource-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Security Posture 3

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

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Agentic Access

22 operations

22 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

SignUp

Portal

Data Portal

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

APIReference

APIReference

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

DataModel

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

FinOps

FinOps

Plans

Plans

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 5

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

TranStats

Source (apis.yml)

aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-transportation-statistics/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
tags:
- Federal Government
- Statistics
- Transportation
- Aviation
- Freight
- Open Data
tags_raw:
- Federal Government
- Statistics
- Transportation
- Aviation
- Freight
- Open Data
- Federal-Government
type: Index
kind: government
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-transportation-statistics.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-30'
modified: '2026-09-16'
position: Consuming
description: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is the preeminent
  source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context
  to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation.
apis:
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bts-open-data-soda-api
  name: BTS Open Data SODA API
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Transportation
  - Open Data
  - Statistics
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Transportation
  - Open Data
  - Statistics
  - Federal-Government
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  properties:
  - url: https://data.bts.gov/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://dev.socrata.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=dot-gov&q=bts
    type: DataAPI
  - url: odata/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-odata-metadata.xml
    type: OData
    name: OData 4.0 CSDL ($metadata) — 184 entity sets
  - url: https://data.bts.gov/data.json
    type: DataCatalog
    name: DCAT-US 1.1 catalog — 418 datasets
  - url: https://data.bts.gov/catalog.rss
    type: ChangeLog
    name: Dataset change feed (RSS)
  - url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://dev.socrata.com/consumers/getting-started.html
    type: GettingStarted
  description: The BTS Open Data portal powered by Socrata provides programmatic access to transportation datasets via the
    Socrata Open Data API (SODA). Supports filtering, querying, and aggregation across aviation, freight, and transportation
    economics datasets. Also supports OData V2/V4 for tools like Tableau and Excel.
  features:
  - SODA Query Language (SOQL)
  - OData V2 and V4 Endpoints
  - JSON and CSV Formats
  - Filtering and Aggregation
  - Pagination
  - Dataset Downloads
  useCases:
  - Aviation performance analysis
  - Freight activity monitoring
  - Transportation economics research
  - Supply chain analytics
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:transtats
  name: TranStats - Airline On-Time Performance Data
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Transportation
  - Aviation
  - Statistics
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Transportation
  - Aviation
  - Statistics
  - Federal-Government
  humanURL: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/ONTIME/
    type: Tools
  description: TranStats is BTS's aviation and transportation statistics database providing flight on-time performance data,
    carrier and airport snapshots, fuel consumption data, and comprehensive airline statistics. Enables custom queries and
    downloads across hundreds of aviation data tables.
  features:
  - On-Time Flight Performance Data
  - Carrier Snapshots
  - Airport Snapshots
  - Fuel Consumption Data
  - Custom Database Queries
  - Commodity Flow Survey Data
  - Freight Analysis Framework (FAF)
  useCases:
  - Airline performance analysis
  - Airport capacity planning
  - Flight delay research
  - Aviation industry benchmarking
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bts-freight-data
  name: BTS Freight Analysis Framework (FAF)
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Freight
  - Transportation
  - Statistics
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Freight
  - Transportation
  - Statistics
  - Federal-Government
  humanURL: https://www.bts.gov/faf
  properties:
  - url: https://www.bts.gov/faf
    type: Documentation
  description: The Freight Analysis Framework integrates data from multiple sources to create a comprehensive picture of freight
    flows to, from, within, and through the United States. Includes volume, value, and mode of shipment data for domestic
    and international freight.
  features:
  - Freight Flow Data
  - Shipment Volume and Value
  - Mode of Transportation Data
  - Origin-Destination Analysis
  - Commodity-Level Data
  useCases:
  - Freight infrastructure planning
  - Supply chain analysis
  - Trade flow research
  - Transportation policy development
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-metadata-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Metadata API
  description: Dataset and view metadata
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-metadata-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-resource-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Resource API
  description: Dataset resource queries via SoQL
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - Resource
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-resource-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-catalog-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Catalog API
  description: The Catalog API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for catalog.
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/search/definition/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-conformance.json
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.json
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-collection-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Collection API
  description: The Collection API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 2 operation(s) for collection.
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - Collection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-collection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/search/definition/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-conformance.json
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.json
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geoservice-beta-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Geoservice Beta API
  description: The Geoservice-Beta API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 6 operation(s) for geoservice-beta.
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - Geoservice-Beta
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geoservice-beta-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/search/definition/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-conformance.json
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.json
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-ogcitem-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Ogc Item API
  description: The OgcItem API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 4 operation(s) for ogcitem.
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - OgcItem
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-ogcitem-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/search/definition/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-conformance.json
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.json
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-ogcitemaggregation-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Ogc Item Aggregation API
  description: The OgcItemAggregation API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for ogcitemaggregation.
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - OgcItemAggregation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-ogcitemaggregation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/search/definition/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-conformance.json
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.json
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-ogcroot-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Ogc Root API
  description: The OgcRoot API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for ogcroot.
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - OgcRoot
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-ogcroot-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/search/definition/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-conformance.json
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.json
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-ogcrootconformance-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Ogc Root Conformance API
  description: The OgcRootConformance API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for ogcrootconformance.
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - OgcRootConformance
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-ogcrootconformance-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/search/definition/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-conformance.json
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.json
- aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bureau-of-transportation-statistics-queryable-api
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Queryable API
  description: The Queryable API from Bureau of Transportation Statistics — 1 operation(s) for queryable.
  humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
  tags:
  - Queryable
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-queryable-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/search/definition/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-conformance.json
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://geodata.bts.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.json
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-capability-edges.yml
  name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Business Capability Map
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-finops.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-search-overlay.yaml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-geodata-search-openapi.json
  name: BTS Geospatial Search API (OGC API - Records)
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-conformance.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-data-model.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-packages.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-rate-limits.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-mcp.yml
  name: Derived candidate tool set — BTS ships no MCP server
  status: candidate
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-resource-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-metadata-api-overlay.yaml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.transportation.gov/vulnerability-disclosure-policy
- type: APIReference
  url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://dev.socrata.com/consumers/getting-started.html
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.socrata.com/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://data.bts.gov/signup
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bts.gov/learn-about-bts-and-our-work/contact-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.bts.gov/newsroom
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dotbts
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-bts
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bts.gov
- type: Portal
  url: https://data.bts.gov/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.transportation.gov/privacy
- type: TranStats
  url: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
- type: Data Portal
  url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=dot-gov&q=bts
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-05'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 21
  pass: local-v3

Bureau of Transportation Statistics API — frequently asked questions

Does Bureau of Transportation Statistics have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from Bureau of Transportation Statistics, including BTS Open Data SODA API, TranStats - Airline On-Time Performance Data and BTS Freight Analysis Framework (FAF), and 10 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for Bureau of Transportation Statistics, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics API?

Bureau of Transportation Statistics uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Authentication.

Is the Bureau of Transportation Statistics API ready for AI agents?

Bureau of Transportation Statistics has a Kin Score of 42.0 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 32.6 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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