The Flight Labs API was built to provide a simple way of accessing global aviation data for real-time and historical flights as well as allow customers to tap into an extensive data set of airline routes and other up-to-date aviation-related information.

Quickstart

Requests to the REST API are made using a straightforward HTTP GET URL structure and responses are provided in lightweight JSON format.

Example API Request:

https://app.goflightlabs.com/flights?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY

Future Flights

For the future flights endpoint you must enter a date more than 7 days from the current date.

API request example For information about a specific airport, you can search based on IATA code.

https://app.goflightlabs.com/advanced-future-flights?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&type=departure&iataCode=BER&date=2023-10-04

API request example For the arrival schedule of a certain airport on a certain future date.

https://app.goflightlabs.com/advanced-future-flights?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&type=arrival&iataCode=BER&date=2023-10-04

API request example For the flights that are scheduled to arrive at a certain airport on a certain date (out of a departure schedule).

https://app.goflightlabs.com/advanced-future-flights?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&type=departure&iataCode=JFK&arr_iataCode=LAX&date=2023-10-04

API request example For the flights that are scheduled to depart from a certain airport on a certain date (out of an arrival schedule).

https://app.goflightlabs.com/advanced-future-flights?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&type=arrival&iataCode=BER&dep_iataCode=ory&date=2023-10-04

HTTP GET Request Parameters:

Object Description
access_key [Required] Your API access key, which can be found in your acccount dashboard.
iataCode [Required] Airport IATA code.
type [Required] Either "departure" or "arrival" as both within the same query is not possible.
date [Required] Future date in YYYY-MM-DD format and greater than 7 days from the current date.
dep_iataCode [Optional] Filter of departure airport if "arrival" for "&type=" was chosen, based on the airport IATA code.
dep_icaoCode [Optional] Filter of departure airport if "arrival" for "&type=" was chosen, based on the airport ICAO code.
arr_iataCode [Optional] Filter of arrival airport if "departure" for "&type=" was chosen, based on the airport IATA code.
arr_icaoCode [Optional] Filter of arrival airport if "departure" for "&type=" was chosen, based on the airport ICAO code.
arr_icaoCode [Optional] Filter airline based on airline IATA code.
airline_icao [Optional] Filter airline based on airline ICAO code.
flight_num [Optional] Filter a specific flight based on its flight number.

Example API Response:

                    
                    {
                        "data": [
                        {
                            "weekday": "4",
                            "departure": {
                            "iataCode": "lax",
                            "icaoCode": "klax",
                            "terminal": "4",
                            "gate": "A",
                            "scheduledTime": "12:00"
                            },
                            "arrival": {
                            "iataCode": "jfk",
                            "icaoCode": "kjfk",
                            "terminal": "8",
                            "gate": "B",
                            "scheduledTime": "20:35"
                            },
                            "aircraft": {
                            "modelCode": "a321",
                            "modelText": "airbus a321-231"
                            },
                            "airline": {
                            "name": "american airlines",
                            "iataCode": "aa",
                            "icaoCode": "aal"
                            },
                            "flight": {
                            "number": "274",
                            "iataNumber": "aa274",
                            "icaoNumber": "aal274"
                            }
                        },
                        [...]
                        ]
                    }

API Response Objects:

Response Object Description
weekday Returns the weekday number | 1 = monday, 7 = sunday.
departure > iataCode Returns the IATA code associated with the departure airport.
departure > icaoCode Returns the ICAO code associated with the departure airport.
departure > terminal Returns the terminal.
departure > gate Returns the gate.
departure > scheduledTime Returns the Scheduled Time.
arrival > iataCode Returns the IATA code associated with the arrival airport.
arrival > icaoCode Returns the ICAO code associated with the arrival airport.
arrival > terminal Returns the terminal associated with the arrival airport.
arrival > gate Returns the gate associated with the arrival airport.
arrival > scheduledTime Returns the Scheduled Time associated with the arrival airport.
aircraft > modelCode Returns the model code of aircraft.
aircraft > modelText Returns the model in text of aircraft.
airline > name Returns the name of airline.
airline > iataCode Returns the IATA code of airline.
airline > icaoCode Returns the ICAO code of airline.
flight > number Returns the flight number.
flight > iataNumber Returns the flight IATA number.
flight > icaoNumber Returns the flight ICAO number.