FAA aeronautical chart and data publication download API. Thirty-four GET operations expose edition metadata and ZIP product downloads for the digital Terminal Procedures Publication (dTPP), IFR enroute and oceanic charts, VFR charts, the Coded Instrument Flight Procedures data set, the NFDC/NASR 28-day airspace subscription, the Digital Obstacle File and more. Verified anonymously with HTTP 200 on 2026-07-28 against /apra/nfdc/nasr/info and /apra/dtpp/info — no API key required. Two operations (getDERSRelease, getDERSEdition) are marked deprecated in the spec.
FAA Aeronautic Product Release API (APRA) is one of 12 APIs that U.S. Department of Transportation publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Aviation, Charts, Aeronautical Data, Airspace, and FAA. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes
34 operations
across 34 paths,
organized into 16 resource areas,
and defines 6 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.4.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://external-api.faa.gov/apra.
34 operations34 paths6 schemas34 GET
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Across 34 paths, the API surfaces 34 operations — 34 GET. They span 16 resource areas, including Coded Instrument Flight Procedures (CIFP), Daily Digital Obstacle File (DDOF), Digital Enroute Charts US (DDECUS), Digital Enroute Supplement (DERS), US Terminal Procedures Publication (TPP), IFR Enroute Charts, Gulf of Mexico IFR Enroute Chart, Oceanic Route Charts, and 8 more. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Coded Instrument Flight Procedures (CIFP) 2
GET
/cifp/chart
Get CIFP chart download link by edition type of current or next. If edition is left blank or null, the default edition of current is used.
getCIFPRelease1 param→ 200400404500
GET
/cifp/info
Get CIFP edition date and edition number by edition type of current or next. If the edition is left blank or null, the default edition of current is used.
getCIFPEdition1 param→ 200400404500
Daily Digital Obstacle File (DDOF) 2
GET
/ddof/chart
Get Daily Digital Obstacle File download link.
getDDOFRelease→ 200400404500
GET
/ddof/info
Get Daily Digital Obstacle File edition information.
getDDOFEdition→ 200400404500
Digital Enroute Charts US (DDECUS) 2
GET
/dec/chart
Get Digital Enroute Chart download link by edition type of current or next. If edition is left blank or null, the default edition of current is used.
getDECRelease1 param→ 200400404500
GET
/dec/info
Get CIFP edition date and edition number by edition type of current or next. If the edition is left blank or null, the default edition of current is used.
getDECEdition1 param→ 200400404500
Digital Enroute Supplement (DERS) 2
GET
/ders/chartdeprecated
Get Digital Enroute Supplement download link.
getDERSRelease1 param→ 404
GET
/ders/infodeprecated
Get Digital Enroute Supplement edition information.
getDERSEdition1 param→ 404
US Terminal Procedures Publication (TPP) 2
GET
/dtpp/chart
Get Terminal Procedure Publication chart download information by requesting an edition with geographic area of United States or a valid US State Name.
getTPPRelease2 params→ 200400404500
GET
/dtpp/info
Get Terminal Procedure Publication chart edition information by requesting an edition with geographic area of United States or one of the 50 US states
getTPPEdition2 params→ 200400404500
IFR Enroute Charts 2
GET
/enroute/chart
Get IFR Enroute Charts download link by edition, format, geoname, and seriesType
getIFREnrouteRelease4 params→ 200400404500
GET
/enroute/info
Get IFR Enroute Charts edition date and edition number by edition type of current or next
getIFREnrouteEdition1 param→ 200400404500
Gulf of Mexico IFR Enroute Chart 2
GET
/enroute/gom/chart
Get Gulf of Mexico IFR enroute chart edition date, edition number, and product download URL
getGOMRelease3 params→ 200400404500
GET
/enroute/gom/info
Get Gulf of Mexico IFR enroute chart edition date and edition number
getGOMEdition2 params→ 200400404500
Oceanic Route Charts 2
GET
/ifr/oceanic/chart
Get Oceanic Route Chart download link by edition, format, and geoname
getOceanicRouteChart3 params→ 200400404500
GET
/ifr/oceanic/info
Get Oceanic Route Chart edition information by edition type
getOceanicRouteEdition1 param→ 200400404500
IFR Planning Charts 2
GET
/ifr/planning/chart
Get IFR planning download link by edition and format
getIfrPlanningChart3 params→ 200400404500
GET
/ifr/planning/info
Get Planning Chart edition date and edition number by edition type
getIfrPlanningInfo1 param→ 200400404500
NASR 28 Day Subscription 2
GET
/nfdc/nasr/chart
Get the National Flight Data Center NASR 28 day subscription file
getNASRSubscription1 param→ 200400404500
GET
/nfdc/nasr/info
Get the National Flight Data Center NASR 28 day subscription file edition information
getNASREdition1 param→ 200400404500
Supplement Chart 2
GET
/supplement/chart
Get Supplement chart download information by requesting an edition with a valid US volume.
getSupplementRelease2 params→ 200400404500
GET
/supplement/info
Get Supplement chart edition information by requesting an edition and volume.
getSupplementEdition2 params→ 200400404500
Grand Canyon VFR Chart 2
GET
/vfr/grandcanyon/chart
Get VFR Grand Canyon chart edition information and download link
getGrandCanyonRelease1 param→ 200400404500
GET
/vfr/grandcanyon/info
Get VFR edition date and edition number by edition type of current or next
getGrandCanyonEdition1 param→ 200400404500
VFR Helicopter Route Chart 4
GET
/vfr/helicopter/chart
Get VFR Helicopter Route Chart download link by edition and geoname
getHelicopterRelease3 params→ 200400404500
GET
/vfr/helicopter/gulf/chart
Get GulfCoast Route Chart download link by edition
getGulfCoastRelease2 params→ 200400404500
GET
/vfr/helicopter/gulf/info
Get VFR GulfCoast Route Chart edition date and edition number by edition type of 'current' or 'next'
getGulfCoastEdition1 param→ 200400404500
GET
/vfr/helicopter/info
Get VFR Helicopter Route Chart edition date and edition number by edition type of current or next and geoname
getHelicopterEdition2 params→ 200400404500
Sectional Charts 2
GET
/vfr/sectional/chart
Get Sectional Chart download link by edition, format, and geoname
getSectionalChart3 params→ 200400404500
GET
/vfr/sectional/info
Get Sectional Chart edition date and edition number by edition type and geoname
getSectionalInfo2 params→ 200400404500
Terminal Area Charts 2
GET
/vfr/tac/chart
Get Terminal Area Chart download link by edition, format, and geoname
getTACRelease3 params→ 200400404500
GET
/vfr/tac/info
Get Terminal Area Chart edition date and edition number by edition type and geoname
getTACEdition2 params→ 200400404500
US VFR Wall Planning Chart 2
GET
/vfr/wallplanning/chart
Get WallPlan Chart release information with download link by edition and format
getProductRelease3 params→ 200400404500
GET
/vfr/wallplanning/info
Get WallPlan edition date and edition number by edition type and format
getProductEdition2 params→ 200400404500
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Edition (8 properties), Product (8 properties), ChartCycleElementsJson (6 properties), Status (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Status
object
3 properties
TableChartClient
object
Product
object
8 properties
ChartCycleElementsJson
object
6 properties
ProductSet
object
2 properties
Edition
object
8 properties1 required
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