Real-time Airport Schedules Data (Get It Global and Fast!)
Aviation Edge Airport Schedules API provides real-time airport timetable data in JSON format. It was built for developers by developers to implement into the best websites and apps, and we are here to give you more details!
The Schedules API was made to cover all details you would typically look for in an airport timetable. The real-time updates allow keeping track of the whole airport’s current departure or arrival schedule. Furthermore, you may track the status of a specific flight and its scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times and runway times. Another useful feature is that the API includes and updates delays and cancellations in real-time. In this article, we will take a look at example use fields of the API, which details are included in a standard response, developer information, and how to get started.
Aviation Edge Schedules API Features — Coverage, Source, Use Fields
The Schedules API data has global coverage and provides daily airport timetable data from airports all over the world with the same availability and quality. The data focuses on scheduled civil aviation, so military and private airfields are not typically included unless they are also being used for scheduled civil aviation.
We aggregate the airport schedule data from multiple sources including our trusted data partners in the sector as well as official sources like IATA, ICAO, airports, and airlines directly (when available). We then manage the aggregated data on our servers and provide it through fast JSON REST APIs which you may access with your personal API key at any time. The services are subject to a kick-ass Service Level Agreement that guarantees 99.5% server uptimes. If you are looking for an airport schedules API that does not slow your product down and makes sure your users get responses to their requests right away, this would be it.
Example Use Fields
- Websites, tools, or apps for tracking a flight’s status, or a whole airport’s daily schedule
- Tracking flight delays and cancellations in real-time
- Airport greeting, hospitality, and transportation services
- Flight time analysis with scheduled, estimated, and actual times provided with the API
- Airport and route traffic analysis
Tip: Mix and Match!
Any Aviation Edge API key gets you to access our complete list of APIs along with the Airport Timetables API. These include Historical Airport Schedules API and Future Airport Schedules API as well! Whether you are looking to build a real-time feature or display historical and future dates as well, getting an Aviation Edge API key is the one-in-all solution for successful aviation-related projects.
What else do we offer? Our Flights Tracker API, Airline Routes API, Autocomplete API, Static Aviation Databases (Airlines, Airports, Aircraft, Cities, Countries, Time zones, and more) are all under the same API key with no additional costs. It doesn’t get any better than this!
Output and Filters for the Airport Timetables API
Here’s what a standard Airport Timetables API output for a flight in the response looks like:
For changes in the flight’s situation such as the departure/arrival times, gates, and delays, refreshing the data around every 10 minutes would be enough to display the latest data at all times for your users.
The Timetables API can return one airport’s real-time schedule at a time. This can be either the departure or arrival schedule of an airport. If you’d like to get multiple schedules simultaneously, you may simply make individual queries at the same time.
So, in order to “tell the API” which schedule to return, the airport IATA code and the type of schedule (departure or arrival) parameters are obligatory for each query. You can, of course, filter the data further and get the API to return a specific airline’s flights or a specific flight only among the response. Use the filters to get the exact data you are looking for every time. Here are example parameters you can use as filters:
- &iataCode= (obligatory) The IATA code of the airport you’d like to request data from.
- &type= (obligatory) Departure or arrival
- &status= The status of the flight: landed, scheduled, canceled, active, incident, diverted, redirected, unknown
- &airline_name= Airline name (Air France, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, etc) (may need air%20france, american%20airlines, delta%20air%20lines)
- &airline_iata= Airline IATA code
- &airline_icao= Airline ICAO code
- &flight_num= The flight number, 1 to 4 digits, for example: 171
- &flight_iata= The flight IATA number consisting of digits and letters, usually of the airline IATA code. For example AA171
- &flight_icao= The flight ICAO number consisting of digits and letters, usually the airline ICAO code. For example AAL171
- &codeshared= If the flight is codeshared, this data will be included. If you don’t want codeshared flights, you can input null
Tip: The Timetables API returns data in real-time only and covers approximately 12 hours at a time. This is mostly 6 hours earlier and 6 hours ahead of the current time (the time of your API call). Looking for earlier dates? Use the Historical Schedules API. Looking for future dates? Access the Future Schedules API instead. All these APIs and more are included in the same API subscription!
Documentation
Visit the full documentation on our Website or the official GitHub repository below for more details. If anything’s unclear or if you have any questions, contact us anytime and our team will get back to you. We’re always excited to hear about our clients’ projects!
Get Started with the Airport Timetables API… In Only a Minute!
The best way to see if the airport schedules data will be a fit for you is to test it firsthand. This is why we have a great discount for the first month of our API subscriptions, starting at $7 only. Get started now with the discounted rate below. Cancel or upgrade your plan anytime purely depending on how your tests go with no commitments. Simply get your API key to your email address and start getting real-time airport timetable data 24/7 with no further authorizations required.
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