FlightAware · Authentication Profile

Flightaware Authentication

Authentication

FlightAware secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

ApiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: header (x-apikey)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/flightaware-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-apikey
  description: |-
    Unlike previous versions of AeroAPI, authentication is now controlled by
    an API key that must be set in the header ```x-apikey```. Your
    FlightAware username is not used when authenticating to the API.
  sources:
  - openapi/flightaware-openapi.yml