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ADS-B Exchange Traces API

Endpoints provide access to historical trace files for an aircraft.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 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.

2 operations 2 paths 6 schemas 2 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 Traces 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 2

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

Traces 2

Endpoints provide access to historical trace files for an aircraft.

GET
/traces/{folder}/{jsonFile}
Get recent trace file
GetApiAircraftV2Traces 3 params → 200402403404429500
GET
/traces-hist/{year}/{month}/{day}/traces/{folder}/{jsonFile}
Get historical trace file
GetApiAircraftV2TracesHistTraces 6 params → 200402403404429500

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TraceNotFoundResponse (6 properties), ProblemDetails (5 properties), TraceResponse (3 properties), ApiForbiddenResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TraceResponse
object
Model used to represent a trace response example.
3 properties
TraceNotFoundResponse
object
6 properties
ApiTooManyRequestsResponse
object
1 property
ApiUnauthorizedResponse
object
2 properties
ApiForbiddenResponse
object
2 properties
ProblemDetails
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adsbexchange-traces-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 Operations API