API reference/Airlines & Aviation/Airline Lookup

Airline Lookup

free

Live data

Airlines by IATA/ICAO designator or name: callsign, country and status.

GET/api/v1/airlines/carriers

Data source

OpenFlights airline databaseOpenFlights.org · ODbL-1.0 · updates Irregular (community-maintained)

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Try value
`q` string required	IATA (BA), ICAO (BAW) or name
`active` string	"all" to include defunct airlines
`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/carriers?q=BA&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

Calls the live source

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "count": 1,
    "carriers": [
      {
        "name": "British Airways",
        "alias": null,
        "iata": "BA",
        "icao": "BAW",
        "callsign": "SPEEDBIRD",
        "country": "United Kingdom",
        "active": true
      }
    ]
  }
}