FlightCar

aid: flightcar
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/flightcar.png
name: FlightCar
description: FlightCar was a United States peer-to-peer car-rental marketplace built around airport travel, surfaced into
  the API Evangelist network as an a16z portfolio lead. Enrichment probing on 2026-07-20 found no operating company behind
  the name and no API surface of any kind. The domain flightcar.com is registered but publishes no A, AAAA or MX records,
  resolves to no host, and sits on Njalla privacy nameservers with a SOA serial dated 2026-07-18; the api, developer and docs
  subdomains do not resolve; there is no GitHub organisation at github.com/flightcar; and no first-party client library exists
  on npm or PyPI. The Internet Archive shows the consumer site returning 200 through May 2016 and an Internal Server Error
  by July 2017, with no successful captures in 2017 or 2018. FlightCar is therefore carried in the network as a defunct company
  retained for portfolio-graph and historical continuity rather than as an active API provider, and should not be re-queued
  for artifact enrichment.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/flightcar/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-evidence:
  probed: '2026-07-20'
  domain_registered: true
  domain_resolves: false
  live_website: false
  github_org: false
  first_party_packages: false
  api_surface: none
  last_successful_archive_capture: '2016-05-13'
  first_failing_archive_capture: '2017-07-05'
  probes_run: DNS (A/AAAA/MX/TXT/DNSKEY/CAA/SOA/NS), whois, HTTPS reachability on the apex plus www/api/developer/docs, github.com/flightcar,
    GitHub repository search, npm registry search, PyPI, and Internet Archive CDX. All returned negative or unrelated results.
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Defunct
- Transportation
- Travel
- Automotive
- Car Rental
- Marketplace
- Peer-to-Peer
- Mobility
tags_raw:
- Company
- Defunct
- Transportation
- Travel
- Automotive
- Car Rental
- Marketplace
- Peer To Peer
- Mobility
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/flightcar-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1