# United Airlines

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/united-airlines/  
**Website:** https://www.united.com  
**APIs profiled:** 5

United Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It operates one of the largest route networks in the world with hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. United provides NDC (New Distribution Capability) APIs for flight shopping, booking, and servicing, as well as corporate travel integration capabilities.

## Kin Score — 34.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 66.0 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 31.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| 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 | no |

## Access

Enterprise · Requires approval — onboarding: approval, pricing: enterprise, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **United Airlines Flight Status API** — United Airlines Flight Status API providing real-time flight status including estimated and actual departure and arrival times, gate information, delays, and flight tracking for...
- **United Airlines Booking API** — Flight booking and reservation management
- **United Airlines Servicing API** — Post-booking modifications, refunds, and ancillaries
- **United Airlines Shopping API** — Flight search and pricing operations
- **United Airlines Status API** — Flight status and schedule information

## Agentic access (1)

- **United Airlines Agentic Access** — 11 operations · 6 acting

## Security (2)

- **United Airlines Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **United Airlines Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **United Airlines Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Airlines, Travel, Flight Booking, NDC, Loyalty, Fortune 100

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