# FlightAware

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/flightaware/  
**Website:** https://www.flightaware.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

FlightAware is a global flight tracking and data platform that provides real-time flight tracking, mapping, and predictive technology to both individual users and commercial aviation companies. The platform collects data from a variety of sources including air traffic control systems, radar, ADS-B, and satellite data, and exposes that data to developers and commercial customers through its AeroAPI query-based REST API and its Firehose streaming feed.

## Kin Score — 38.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 61.5 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

## Agent readiness — 40.2 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | yes |
| 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 (9)

- **FlightAware AeroAPI** — AeroAPI is FlightAware's query-based REST API for accessing aviation data on demand. It exposes 60+ endpoints across flights, airports, operators, alerts, history, and Foresight...
- **FlightAware Firehose** — Firehose is FlightAware's real-time streaming feed of global flight data, delivering ADS-B, radar, and ATC-derived position, status, and event messages over a persistent TLS con...
- **FlightAware airports API** — The airports API from FlightAware — 17 operation(s) for airports.
- **FlightAware alerts API** — AeroAPI alerting can be used to configure and receive real-time alerts on key flight events. With customizable alerting offered by our alert endpoints, AeroAPI empowers users to...
- **FlightAware flights API** — The flights API from FlightAware — 11 operation(s) for flights.
- **FlightAware foresight API** — Foresight endpoints provide access to FlightAware's Foresight predictive models and predictions for key events. Our advanced machine learning (ML) models identify key influencin...
- **FlightAware history API** — The history API from FlightAware — 5 operation(s) for history.
- **FlightAware miscellaneous API** — The miscellaneous API from FlightAware — 6 operation(s) for miscellaneous.
- **FlightAware operators API** — The operators API from FlightAware — 8 operation(s) for operators.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Flightaware Agentic Access** — 58 operations · 6 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Flightaware Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Flightaware Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Flightaware Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Aviation, Flights, Flight Tracking, Mapping, Radar, Satellites, Traffic Control

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