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ADS-B Exchange Operations API

Endpoints provide access to Takeoffs/Landings operational events.

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 9 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.

4 operations 4 paths 9 schemas 2 GET2 POST

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 Operations 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 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Operations 4

Endpoints provide access to Takeoffs/Landings operational events.

POST
/operations/icaos
Get operations by multiple aircraft ICAO codes
PostApiAircraftV2OperationsIcaos 4 params body → 200400402403429500
GET
/operations/icao/{icao}
Get operations by aircraft
GetApiAircraftV2OperationsIcao 5 params → 200402403429500
POST
/operations/airports
Get operations by multiple airports
PostApiAircraftV2OperationsAirports 4 params body → 200400402403429500
GET
/operations/airport/{airport}
Get operations by airport
GetApiAircraftV2OperationsAirport 5 params → 200402403429500

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are OperationsResponseItem (39 properties), OperationsResponse (8 properties), ProblemDetails (5 properties), ApiUnauthorizedResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BadRequest
object
1 property
ApiTooManyRequestsResponse
object
1 property
OperationsIcaosRequest
object
Model representing a request for obtaining operations (takeoffs/landings) for one or more aircraft ICAO codes.
1 property
ApiUnauthorizedResponse
object
2 properties
OperationsResponse
object
Response envelope for the response containing multiple operations objects.
8 properties
ApiForbiddenResponse
object
2 properties
ProblemDetails
object
5 properties
OperationsResponseItem
object
39 properties
OperationsAirportRequest
object
Model representing a request for obtaining operations (takeoffs/landings) for one or more airports.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adsbexchange-operations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ADS-B Exchange publishes across the network.

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