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ADS-B Exchange Geospatial Filtering API

Endpoints allow filtering live data based on geospatial boundaries, such as latitude, longitude, altitudes, or even custom GeoJSON shapes.Use these endpoints to get information about aircraft within a specific radius from a given point, within a polygon, or within a custom shape.Note: When using GeoJSON shape files, only Polygon and MultiPolygon shapes are supported. Any other shapes will be ignored.

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ADS-B Exchange Geospatial 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 Geospatial Filtering. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v2.

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

7 operations 7 paths 17 schemas 4 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v2
Base URL
https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Contact ADSB Exchange
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ADS-B Exchange Geospatial 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 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 4 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Geospatial Filtering 7

Endpoints allow filtering live data based on geospatial boundaries, such as latitude, longitude, altitudes, or even custom GeoJSON shapes. Use these endpoints to get information a…

GET
/lat/{lat}/lon/{lon}/dist/{dist}
Get aircraft in radius
GetApiAircraftV2LatLonDist 4 params → 200402403429500
POST
/proximity/radius
Get aircraft in radius
PostApiAircraftV2ProximityRadius 1 param body → 200402403429500
GET
/minimal/lat/{lat}/lon/{lon}/dist/{dist}
Get aircraft in radius (minimal)
GetApiAircraftV2MinimalLatLonDist 4 params → 200402403429500
GET
/nohex/dist/{dist}/above/{alt}/lat/{lat}/lon/{lon}
Get aircraft in radius (above altitude)
GetApiAircraftV2NohexDistAboveLatLon 5 params → 200402403429500
GET
/airport/{airport}
Get aircraft near the airport
GetApiAircraftV2Airport 2 params → 200402403429500
POST
/airport
Get aircraft near airports
PostApiAircraftV2Airport 1 param body → 200402403429500
POST
/geospatial/boundary
Get aircraft within boundary
PostApiAircraftV2GeospatialBoundary 1 param body → 200400402403429500

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AircraftSingleResponse (60 properties), AircraftSingleMinimalResponse (33 properties), AcasResolutionAdvisoryResponse (11 properties), AircraftCollectionResponse (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AcasResolutionAdvisoryResponse
object
ACAS Resolution Advisory Class
11 properties
ProblemDetails
object
5 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
AircraftSingleMinimalResponse
object
Contains the minimal information about an aircraft.
33 properties
ApiUnauthorizedResponse
object
2 properties
AirportRequest
object
Model representing a request for obtaining aircraft in proximity to an airport(s)
1 property
FeatureRequest
object
Describes single feature in the GeoJSON feature collection
3 properties
BadRequest
object
1 property
ProximityPointFilter
object
Describes a point in proximity to which aircraft should be queried
5 properties
AircraftCollectionMinimalResponse
object
Response envelope for the multiple aircraft endpoint.
6 properties
ProximityRequest
object
Model for querying api for multiple aircraft by proximity
1 property
ApiForbiddenResponse
object
2 properties
ApiTooManyRequestsResponse
object
1 property
FeatureGeometryRequest
object
Describes the geometry of the feature in the GeoJSON feature collection
2 properties
AircraftCollectionResponse
object
Response envelope for the multiple aircraft endpoint.
6 properties
AircraftSingleResponse
object
Full aircraft model with all available information.
60 properties
FeatureCollectionRequest
object
Mimics the request model for the feature collection endpoint (GeoJSON)
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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API Details
ID
adsbexchange:adsbexchange-geospatial-filtering-api
Base URL
https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2
Docs
https://www.adsbexchange.com/data-products/
Provider
ADS-B Exchange
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