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OpenSky Network Flights API

Endpoints for retrieving flight records including arrivals, departures, and flights by aircraft.

OpenSky Network Flights API is one of 4 APIs that OpenSky Network publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Flights. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://opensky-network.org/api.

4 operations 4 paths 2 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://opensky-network.org/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

OpenSky Network Flights API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated, though some operations may also be called without credentials.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth2 client credentials Bearer token obtained from https://auth.opensky-network.org/auth/realms/opensky-network/protocol/openid-connect/token. Tokens expire…

Paths & Operations 4

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

Flights 4

Endpoints for retrieving flight records including arrivals, departures, and flights by aircraft.

GET
/flights/all
Get flights in time interval
getFlightsAll 2 params → 200400404429
GET
/flights/aircraft
Get flights by aircraft
getFlightsByAircraft 3 params → 200400404429
GET
/flights/arrival
Get arrivals by airport
getFlightsByArrivalAirport 3 params → 200400404429
GET
/flights/departure
Get departures by airport
getFlightsByDepartureAirport 3 params → 200400404429

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FlightObject (12 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FlightObject
object
A flight record representing a single flight detected by the OpenSky Network.
12 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

opensky-flights-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs OpenSky Network publishes across the network.

OpenSky Network Trino Historical Data API
OpenSky Network State Vectors API
OpenSky Network Tracks API
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