Flight Tracking API
With this API you will be able to track any plane with its number.
GET
https://api.flightapi.io/airline Guide
Your API requests are authenticated using API keys. Any request that doesn't include an API key will return an error.
You can generate an API key from your Dashboard at any time.
Here is the list of default parameters you have to use with this API:
| Parameter | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
api_key required | This is your personal API key. You can find this on your Dashboard. | String |
num required | This is the official flight number. You should know this in advance. | String |
name required | This is the airline code. | String |
date required | This is the date for which you wan to track this plane. Format - YYYYMMDD | String |
depap | This represents the target departure airport. It’s only required when two flights with the same name are departing from different locations. | String |
Usage
You have to send a GET request to https://api.flightapi.io/airline along with all the parameters.
Take a look at how you might call this API using various different coding languages.
curl "https://api.flightapi.io/airline/6537facc0175698b26894ef8d67bc?num=33&name=DL&date=20231024"// require the Unirest or any other module to make an HTTP GET request
const unirest = require('unirest')
unirest.get('https://api.flightapi.io/airline/6537facc0175698b26894ef8d67bc?num=33&name=DL&date=20231024')
.then(response => {
console.log(response.body);
})
.catch(error => {
console.log(error);
});// Set your API key before making the request
import requests
resp = requests.get('https://api.flightapi.io/airline/6537facc0175698b26894ef8d67bc?num=33&name=DL&date=20231024')
print (resp.json())Response
The sample response of the API will look somewhat like this.
// Sample Response
[
{
"departure": {
"offGroundTime": "15:27, Jul 16",
"outGateTime": null,
"gate": null,
"departureDateTime": "2025-07-16T15:27:00+02:00",
"airport": "Barcelona",
"airportCity": "Barcelona",
"airportCode": "BCN",
"airportCountryCode": "ES",
"airportSlug": "BCN-Barcelona-Spain",
"scheduledTime": "14:55, Jul 16",
"estimatedTime": null,
"terminal": "1"
}
},
{
"arrival": {
"timeRemaining": "1 hr 12 min",
"onGroundTime": null,
"inGateTime": null,
"gate": null,
"baggage": null,
"arrivalDateTime": "2025-07-16T16:21:00+01:00",
"airport": "Heathrow",
"airportCity": "London",
"airportCode": "LHR",
"airportCountryCode": "GB",
"airportSlug": "LHR-London-UK-(Heathrow)",
"scheduledTime": "16:15, Jul 16",
"estimatedTime": "16:21, Jul 16",
"terminal": "5"
}
}
]
