# Bureau of Transportation Statistics

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-transportation-statistics/  
**Website:** https://www.bts.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 31.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 31.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 51.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 29.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

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

## Access

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

## APIs (5)

- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (2)

- **Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Statistics, Transportation, Aviation, Freight, Open Data

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