ADSBexchange API
Free world-wide ADS-B data
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This API is best for accessing real-time and historical flight tracking data.
A developer would use this API to access real-time and historical flight data for use in a variety of applications, such as building flight tracking apps, analyzing air traffic patterns, or monitoring flight operations. The open-source, community-driven nature of the data ensures that the information is up-to-date and accurate. The data filtering options allow for customization of the data to fit specific project needs.
Key features
- Real-time flight data
- Historical flight data
- Data filtering options
- Open-source community-driven data
- RESTful API architecture
Potential use cases
- Airline Operations Dashboard: Using the ADSBexchange API and a visual dashboard tool, airlines can monitor their fleet in real-time, track maintenance schedules, and analyze performance data.
- Airspace Analysis Tool: A web app using the ADSBexchange API and mapping technology to analyze and visualize air traffic patterns, helping airports and air traffic controllers make better decisions or optimize operations.
- Flight Search Engine: By using ADSBexchange API, travel companies can provide comprehensive flight search results to users in real-time, including flight durations, available seats, flight schedule and much more, allowing the user to make informed choices while booking flights.
Using the ADSBexchange API, we were able to quickly access real-time flight data and integrate it into our flight tracking app. The flexibility of the data filtering options allowed us to tailor the data to fit the specific needs of our project, and the accuracy of the data was impressive. We couldn't have built our app without this API.
Related Technologies
- OpenSky Network
- FlightAware
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