API reference/Airlines & Aviation/Airport Traffic

Airport Traffic

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Live data

Aircraft arriving, departing and on the ground at an airport right now. Derived by joining airport location with live ADS-B.

GET/api/v1/airlines/airport-traffic

Data source

Aviation Weather Center Data APINOAA / NWS · public-domain · updates 1–5 min
adsb.lol APIadsb.lol community · ODbL-1.0 · updates Real-time (seconds)

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Try value
`code` string required	ICAO/IATA airport code
`radius` number	Radius in nm (1–40, default 15)
`apikey` string required	Your API key. Can also be sent as the `X-API-Key` header.	demo key used here

Response envelope

Success: { data, meta: { sources, fetchedAt, cached } }. Errors: { error: { code, message } } with HTTP 400, 401, 404, 502, 503 or 504.

curl "https://api.sectorapi.com/api/v1/airlines/airport-traffic?code=JFK&radius=15&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

Calls the live source

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "airport": {
      "icao": "KJFK",
      "iata": "JFK",
      "name": "NEW YORK/JOHN F KENNEDY INTL",
      "lat": 40.6399,
      "lon": -73.7787
    },
    "radiusNm": 15,
    "summary": {
      "arriving": 6,
      "departing": 2,
      "onGround": 32,
      "overflying": 2
    },
    "arriving": [
      {
        "hex": "a69495",
        "callsign": "FDX1612",
        "registration": "N523FE",
        "type": "MD11",
        "lat": 40.627899,
        "lon": -73.781006,
        "altitudeFt": -100,
        "onGround": false,
        "groundSpeedKt": 127,
        "trackDeg": 31,
        "verticalRateFpm": 0,
        "squawk": "2733",
        "emergency": "none",
        "distanceNm": 0.7,
        "seenSecondsAgo": 0.8
      },
      {
        "hex": "a2000d",
        "callsign": "EDV4917",
        "registration": "N228PQ",
        "type": "CRJ9",
        "lat": 40.54793,
        "lon": -73.830809,
        "altitudeFt": 1725,
        "onGround": false,
        "groundSpeedKt": 130,
        "trackDeg": 31,
        "verticalRateFpm": -640,
        "squawk": "1372",
        "emergency": "none",
        "distanceNm": 6,
        "seenSecondsAgo": 0.1
      },
      {
        "hex": "86951c",
        "callsign": "ANA160",
        "registration": "JA793A",
        "type": "B77W",
        "lat": 40.552958,
        "lon": -73.694604,
        "altitudeFt": 9175,
        "onGround": false,
        "groundSpeedKt": 312,
        "trackDeg": 180,
        "verticalRateFpm": -2368,
        "squawk": "1174",
        "emergency": "none",
        "distanceNm": 6.5,
        "seenSecondsAgo": 0.1
      }
    ],
    "departing": [
      {
        "hex": "4951ef",
        "callsign": "TAP210",
        "registration": "CS-TOO",
        "type": "A332",
        "lat": 40.691986,
        "lon": -73.706543,
        "altitudeFt": 2600,
        "onGround": false,
        "groundSpeedKt": 232,
        "trackDeg": 72,
        "verticalRateFpm": 2304,
        "squawk": "7153",
        "emergency": "none",
        "distanceNm": 4.5,
        "seenSecondsAgo": 0.1
      },
      {
        "hex": "a12710",
        "callsign": "UAL1582",
        "registration": "N17327",
        "type": "B38M",
        "lat": 40.800476,
        "lon": -73.864205,
        "altitudeFt": 2025,
        "onGround": false,
        "groundSpeedKt": 156,
        "trackDeg": 352,
        "verticalRateFpm": 2496,
        "squawk": "7104",
        "emergency": "none",
        "distanceNm": 10.4,
        "seenSecondsAgo": 0
      }
    ],
    "onGround": [
      {
        "hex": "acba30",
        "callsign": "EDV5481",
        "registration": "N919XJ",
        "type": "CRJ9",
        "lat": 40.64114,
        "lon": -73.777298,
        "altitudeFt": 0,
        "onGround": true,
        "groundSpeedKt": 0,
        "trackDeg": null,
        "verticalRateFpm": null,
        "squawk": "2723",
        "emergency": "none",
        "distanceNm": 0.1,
        "seenSecondsAgo": 2.2
      },
      {
        "hex": "a0a6c5",
        "callsign": "DAL1061",
        "registration": "N141DU",
        "type": "BCS1",
        "lat": 40.636219,
        "lon": -73.780304,
        "altitudeFt": 0,
        "onGround": true,
        "groundSpeedKt": 0,
        "trackDeg": null,
        "verticalRateFpm": null,
        "squawk": "2757",
        "emergency": "none",
        "distanceNm": 0.2,
        "seenSecondsAgo": 9.2
      },
      {
        "hex": "ab4fae",
        "callsign": "DAL264",
        "registration": "N828MH",
        "type": "B764",
        "lat": 40.633965,
        "lon": -73.779175,
        "altitudeFt": 0,
        "onGround": true,
        "groundSpeedKt": 8,
        "trackDeg": null,
        "verticalRateFpm": null,
        "squawk": "1626",
        "emergency": "none",
        "distanceNm": 0.4,
        "seenSecondsAgo": 0.1
      }
    ]
  }
}