Public api for aircraft, airlines, & flightroutes
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With thanks to;- PlaneBase for the aircraft data.
- The flight route data is the work of David Taylor, Edinburgh and Jim Mason, Glasgow, and may not be copied, published, or incorporated into other databases without the explicit permission of David J Taylor, Edinburgh.
- airport-data for aircraft photographs
Stats
current api version:uptime:
Rate limits
| requests | block time in seconds |
|---|---|
| 512 + | 60 |
| 1024 + | 300 (reset on each subsequent request) |
Routes & Responses
/online/aircraft
/callsign
/airline
/n-number
/mode-s
https://api.adsbdb.com/v0/online
{ response: {...} }| key | type |
|---|---|
| "api_version" | string |
| "uptime" | number |
https://api.adsbdb.com/v0/aircraft/[MODE_S || REGISTRATION]
{ response: { aircraft: {...} } }| key | type |
|---|---|
| "type" | string |
| "icao_type" | string |
| "manufacturer" | string |
| "mode_s" | string |
| "registration" | string |
| "registered_owner_country_iso_name" | string |
| "registered_owner_country_name" | string |
| "registered_owner_operator_flag_code" | string |
| "registered_owner" | string |
| "url_photo" | string || null |
| "url_photo_thumbnail" | string || null |
https://api.adsbdb.com/v0/callsign/[CALLSIGN]
{ response: { flightroute: {...} } }| key | type |
|---|---|
| "callsign" | string |
| "callsign_icao" | string || null |
| "callsign_iata" | string || null |
| "airline" | Airline || null |
| "origin" | Airport |
| "midpoint" | Airport || null |
| "destination" | Airport |
| key | type |
|---|---|
| "country_iso_name" | string |
| "country_name" | string |
| "elevation" | number |
| "iata_code" | string |
| "icao_code" | string |
| "latitude" | number |
| "longitude" | number |
| "municipality" | string |
| "name" | string |
| key | type |
|---|---|
| "name" | string |
| "icao" | string |
| "iata" | string || null |
| "country" | string |
| "country_iso" | string |
| "callsign" | string || null |
https://api.adsbdb.com/v0/aircraft/[MODE_S || REGISTRATION]?callsign=[CALLSIGN]
{ response: { aircraft: {...}, flightroute: {...} } }| key {aircraft} | type |
|---|---|
| "aircraft" | Aircraft |
| key {flightroute} | type |
|---|---|
| "callsign" | string |
| "callsign_icao" | string || null |
| "callsign_iata" | string || null |
| "airline" | Airline || null |
| "origin" | Airport |
| "midpoint" | Airport || null |
| "destination" | Airport |
https://api.adsbdb.com/v0/airline/[AIRLINE_CODE]
Query for an Airline based on an Airlines ICAO or IATA short code, if found, this will return an array with one or more Airlines
{ response: [ Airline, ...] }https://api.adsbdb.com/v0/mode-s/[MODE_S]
Convert from MODE-S string to N-Number string
{ response: string }https://api.adsbdb.com/v0/n-number/[N-NUMBER]
Convert from N-Number string to MODE-S string
{ response: string }@adsbdb Mastodon