Aviation data

Aviation data covers flights, schedules, real-time status, routes, seat capacity, fares, airports and aircraft. Airlines, airports, travel platforms, freight forwarders, tourism boards, investors and analysts use it for network planning, travel products, demand forecasting and market tracking.

Typical fields

• Flight number, operating carrier and codeshares
• Origin, destination and scheduled times
• Actual departure and arrival times, delays and cancellations
• Aircraft type and registration
• Seat capacity by cabin
• Fares by route, date and booking window, where licensed
• Airport and terminal attributes

Sources and collection

Schedules come from airline filings and schedule distribution. Status and positions come from airline and airport feeds and from ADS-B receivers that pick up aircraft broadcasts. Fare data is collected from distribution systems or public booking sites, subject to their terms. Providers merge these sources, resolve codeshares and fill gaps.

Delivery and pricing

Delivered as status APIs with webhooks, historical bulk files or schedule extracts. Pricing depends on real-time versus historical use, geography, depth of history, API volume and display rights.

Before you buy

• Check how codeshares are represented, to avoid counting one flight several times.
• Ask how actual times are derived and what the typical latency is.
• Confirm coverage of regional carriers, charter and cargo flights.
• For fares, ask how they are collected and whether that respects source terms.
• Review display and redistribution rights if the data will appear in your product.