Live ADS-B Flight Data Feed (Worldwide)
Import a live data feed of worldwide ADS-B and Mode S positions and flight tracking data (for application developers and professional users).
Coverage
FlightAware operates a worldwide network of ADS-B (Mode S) ground station receivers that track Mode S (via MLAT) and ADS-B-equipped aircraft flying around the globe. ADS-B data is becoming more available as more aircraft operators adopt to this industry standard and as FlightAware’s ADS-B network expands. For non-ADS-B equipped airplanes, FlightAware tracks the data using multilateration (MLAT).
Beginning in 2017, FlightAware will incorporate global ADS-B from Aireon's space-based ADS-B receivers on Iridium NEXT's 66 satellites in low earth orbit.
ADS-B and MLAT Data Feed Samples
FlightAware data feeds are available in a variety of formats (e.g., CSV, TSV, JSON, XML) so you can receive exactly what you need for your development project. All methods include positions with timestamp, Mode S code, altitude (flight level), position (latitude/longitude), groundspeed, heading, and optionally the aircraft identification, registration, and FlightAware Flight ID.
There are three ways to access live ADS-B flight data from FlightAware:
Worldwide ADS-B Flight Data Snapshot (Updates every 30 seconds)
epoch_time,mode_s_code,flight_level,latitude,longitude,groundspeed,heading,air_ground_flag,ident,registration,flight_id
1404940425,73806E,350,51.191913,7.420654,453,134,A,ELY336,,ELY336-1404711592-airline-0128:0
1404940425,73806E,350,51.191913,7.420654,453,134,A,ELY336,,ELY336-1404711592-airline-0128
1404940425,3C49A6,173,51.017203,7.603073,362,44,A,BER7727,,BER7727-1404711272-airline-0176:0
1404940425,AB64B8,236,26.65114,-80.58466,412,356,A,AAL1599,,AAL1599-1404711241-airline-0388
epoch_time mode_s_code flight_level latitude longitude groundspeed heading air_ground_flag ident registration flight_id
1404940425 73806E 350 51.191913 7.420654 453 134 A ELY336 ELY336-1404711592-airline-0128:0
1404940425 73806E 350 51.191913 7.420654 453 134 A ELY336 ELY336-1404711592-airline-0128
1404940425 3C49A6 173 51.017203 7.603073 362 44 A BER7727 BER7727-1404711272-airline-0176:0
1404940425 AB64B8 236 26.65114 -80.58466 412 356 A AAL1599 AAL1599-1404711241-airline-0388
[{
"air_ground_flag":"A",
"epoch_time":"1404940425",
"flight_id":"ELY336-1404711592-airline-0128:0",
"flight_level":"350",
"groundspeed":"453",
"heading":"134",
"ident":"ELY336",
"latitude":"51.191913",
"longitude":"7.420654",
"mode_s_code":"73806E",
"registration":""
}]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Results>
<Item>
<epoch_time>1404940425</epoch_time>
<mode_s_code>73806E</mode_s_code>
<flight_level>350</flight_level>
<latitude>51.191913</latitude>
<longitude>7.420654</longitude>
<groundspeed>453</groundspeed>
<heading>134</heading>
<air_ground_flag>A</air_ground_flag>
<ident>ELY336</ident>
<registration></registration>
<flight_id>ELY336-1404711592-airline-0128:0</flight_id>
</Item>
</Results>
Worldwide Firehose Streaming TCP ADS-B Flight Data Feed (Live)
For real-time applications, FlightAware offers FlightAware Firehose, a TCP-based, SSL streaming data feed of all ADS-B flight data positions received by FlightAware. Developers will need to write a client application (examples) to connect to FlightAware and process messages in real-time.
FlightAware also offers an airport surface movement position data feed.
Worldwide Flight Data API (Live, query-based, push and pull)
FlightAware offers FlightXML, a SOAP/WSDL or REST/JSON flight data API with access to all of FlightAware's ADS-B positions as well as additional data.
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