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ADS-B Exchange Geopolitical Filtering API

Allows filtering live data based on geopolitical boundaries, such as states/provinces, countries, regions, or even continents.All endpoints support ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes and ISO 3166-2 subdivision (states/provinces) codes.World boundaries are based on OpenDataSoft dataset.Attribution:This API includes data from Marine Regions, licensed underCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 12. DOI: 10.14284/632

ADS-B Exchange Geopolitical Filtering API is one of 5 APIs that ADS-B Exchange publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Geopolitical Filtering. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2.

5 operations 5 paths 10 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
v2
Base URL
https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ADS-B Exchange Geopolitical Filtering API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (X-Api-Key).

  • X-Api-Key — Provide your API key via x-api-key header to access the API.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Geopolitical Filtering 5

Allows filtering live data based on geopolitical boundaries, such as states/provinces, countries, regions, or even continents. All endpoints support ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country cod…

GET
/geospatial/country/{country}
Get aircraft by country
GetApiAircraftV2GeospatialCountry 2 params → 200402403429500
GET
/geospatial/country/{country}/subdivisions
Get subdivisions by country code
GetApiAircraftV2GeospatialCountrySubdivisions 2 params → 200402403429500
GET
/geospatial/country/{country}/subdivision/{subdivision}
Get aircraft by country subdivision: state/province
GetApiAircraftV2GeospatialCountrySubdivision 3 params → 200402403429500
GET
/geospatial/region/{region}
Get aircraft by geographical region
GetApiAircraftV2GeospatialRegion 2 params → 200402403429500
GET
/geospatial/continent/{continent}
Get aircraft by continent
GetApiAircraftV2GeospatialContinent 2 params → 200402403429500

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AircraftSingleResponse (60 properties), AcasResolutionAdvisoryResponse (11 properties), GeoboundaryCountrySubdivision (6 properties), AircraftCollectionResponse (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GeoboundaryCountrySubdivision
object
Represents the response from the geoboundary endpoint.
6 properties
ApiTooManyRequestsResponse
object
1 property
AircraftSingleResponse
object
Full aircraft model with all available information.
60 properties
ApiUnauthorizedResponse
object
2 properties
ApiForbiddenResponse
object
2 properties
AircraftCollectionResponse
object
Response envelope for the multiple aircraft endpoint.
6 properties
LastPositionDataResponse
object
When the regular lat and lon are older than 60 seconds they are no longer considered valid, this will provide the last position and show the age for the last p…
5 properties
GeoboundaryCountrySubdivisionsResponse
object
Response from the geoboundary endpoint containing country subdivisions.
2 properties
AcasResolutionAdvisoryResponse
object
ACAS Resolution Advisory Class
11 properties
ProblemDetails
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adsbexchange-geopolitical-filtering-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ADS-B Exchange publishes across the network.

ADS-B Exchange Geospatial Filtering API
ADS-B Exchange Live Positional Data API
ADS-B Exchange Operations API
ADS-B Exchange Traces API