FlightAware’s AeroAPI Brings Historical Aircraft Tracking Data to Light

The real-time flight information provider draws its data from more than 713 million flight objects in its archives.

Julie Boatman

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 03:36 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

FlightAware has enhanced its AeroAPI to provide subscribers with historical aircraft flight data, spanning from January 2011 to the present.
This new capability includes comprehensive historical flight status, complete flight tracks, and static track images, adding to existing real-time and future flight information.
The data is collected via FlightAware's extensive and continuously growing global network of over 35,000 terrestrial ADS-B receivers, which represents a major ongoing engineering investment.

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FlightAware announced Tuesday it is launching the ability of its AeroAPI—a query-based flight tracking and status product—to deliver historical aircraft data to current subscribers. The capability adds to the company’s ability to provide information to clients from January 2011 through the present.