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Aviation Edge Flights Tracker API is a JSON REST API that provides real-time location data of live, airborne flights worldwide. It generally covers ADS-B flights with a number of radar flights. The data is gathered from multiple sources, aggregated in our servers and provided to API users in a constantly updated manner in real-time.

You may find input parameters, output examples with explanations for each item, filter list, and more in thedocumentation.

• Virtual maps for flight tracking
• Airport greeting and transportation services
• Route analysis
• Fuel consumption analysis
• Flight simulation

Data of all live flights in the world in one call:

GEThttps://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&limit=30000

Specific flight based on flight number:

GEThttps://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&flightIata=W8519

All flights of a specific airline:

GEThttps://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&airlineIata=W8

Flights from a departure location:

GEThttps://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&depIata=MAD

Flights to an arrival location:

GEThttps://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&arrIata=GIG

Flights within a circle area based on lat and lng values and radius as the distance:

GEThttps://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&lat=51.5074&lng=0.1278&distance=100&arrIata=LHR

Combinations: two airports and a specific airline flying between them:

GEThttps://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=[API_KEY]&depIata=ATL&arrIata=ORD&airlineIata=UA

1. To fetch data from the API (axios library used):

const axios = require('axios');const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY'; // Replace with your API keyconst ENDPOINT = `https://aviation-edge.com/v2/public/flights?key=${API_KEY}&depIata=CDG`;async function fetchData() {    try {        const response = await axios.get(ENDPOINT);        return response.data;    } catch (error) {        console.error('Error fetching data from API:', error);    }}// Usage:fetchData().then(data => {    console.log(data);});

2. To parse the data

In the example, we’ll fetch all live flights that have the “en-route” status.

async function getEnrouteFlights() {    const data = await fetchData();    const enrouteFlights = data        .filter(flight => flight.status === 'en-route')        .map(flight => flight.flight.iataNumber);    return enrouteFlights;}// Usage:getEnrouteFlights().then(flights => {    console.log('En-route flights:', flights);});

3. Top print specific details

Fetching specific details about each flight like its airline, flight number or destination airport.

function printFlightDetails(data) {    data.forEach(flight => {        const airlineName = flight.airline.name || flight.airline.iataCode;        const flightNumber = flight.flight.iataNumber;        const destination = flight.arrival.iataCode;                console.log(`${airlineName} Flight ${flightNumber} is heading to ${destination}.`);    });}// Usage:fetchData().then(data => {    printFlightDetails(data);});

[{"aircraft":{"iataCode":"B77W","icao24":"C0173A","icaoCode":"B77W","regNumber":"C-FIUR"},"airline":{"iataCode":"AC","icaoCode":"ACA"},"arrival":{"iataCode":"YYZ","icaoCode":"CYYZ"},"departure":{"iataCode":"GRU","icaoCode":"SBGR"},"flight":{"iataNumber":"AC91","icaoNumber":"ACA091","number":"91"},"geography":{"altitude":10363.2,"direction":342.0,"latitude":23.36,"longitude":-70.37},"speed":{"horizontal":820.436,"isGround":0.0,"vspeed":0.0},"status":"en-route","system":{"squawk":null,"updated":1643111484}}]

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