FAA Air Carrier Pilot Records Database (PRD) API
Data submission API for the FAA Pilot Records Database. Five paths covering pilot record create/update/delete, pilot data tracking, and asynchronous pilot data search request and response. Access is restricted by the FAA to operators under 14 CFR Part 121, 135, 125, 91K, Air Tour, Public Aircraft, or Part 91 Corporate — this is an accreditation-style gate, not a self-serve signup. Credentials are client_id and client_secret request headers declared as ordinary parameters, not as securitySchemes. The OpenAPI 3.0.0 definition is published openly in the FAA portal catalog and was harvested verbatim.
FAA Air Carrier Pilot Records Database (PRD) API 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, Pilot Records, Airlines, Compliance, and FAA. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v1.
Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://external.apic4e.faa.gov, https://external-api.faa.gov/AirCarrierApi, https://dev-external.apic4e.faa.gov/Test/AirCarrierApi.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Paths & Operations 8
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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