FlightAware is a global flight tracking and data platform that provides real-time flight tracking, mapping, and predictive technology to both individual users and commercial aviation companies. The platform collects data from a variety of sources including air traffic control systems, radar, ADS-B, and satellite data, and exposes that data to developers and commercial customers through its AeroAPI query-based REST API and its Firehose streaming feed.
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- Type: Index
- Position: Consumer
- Access: 3rd-Party
- Aviation, Flights, Flight Tracking, Mapping, Radar, Satellites, Traffic Control
- Created: 2025-02-24
- Modified: 2026-04-28
AeroAPI is FlightAware's query-based REST API for accessing aviation data on demand. It exposes 60+ endpoints across flights, airports, operators, alerts, history, and Foresight predictive analytics, and supports both real-time and historical flight tracking, status, positions, routes, and notifications.
Human URL: https://www.flightaware.com/aeroapi/portal/
Base URL: https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi
- Airports, Alerts, Aviation, Flights, Flight Tracking, Foresight, History, Operators, Predictive Analytics
Firehose is FlightAware's real-time streaming feed of global flight data, delivering ADS-B, radar, and ATC-derived position, status, and event messages over a persistent TLS connection for enterprise-grade flight tracking, situational awareness, and operations analytics.
Human URL: https://www.flightaware.com/commercial/firehose/
- ADS-B, Aviation, Flight Tracking, Real-Time, Streaming
- Website
- CommercialData
- AeroAPIPortal
- Documentation
- Pricing
- Blog
- Support
- PrivacyPolicy
- TermsOfService
- GitHub
FN: Kin Lane
Email: kin@apievangelist.com