Flight Status & Track
Additional documentation for Flight Status and Flight Track is available on the new Cirium Developer Studio. The Developer Studio also includes in-depth articles on Cirium Flight Status and Codeshares & wet lease relationships.
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Flight Status
Flight Status deals with questions such as:
- Is my flight on time?
- How long is the delay?
- Is it cancelled?
- What is my departure or arrival gate and terminal?
- What type of plane is used on this flight?
Flight Track
Flight Track consists of positional information and updates needed to create flight tracking applications and answers questions such as:
- What is the planned flight path for this flight?
- Where is it now?
- Where has it been up to now?
Quick Reference
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Flight Status gives you access to current flight information, including scheduled, estimated and actual departure/arrival times, equipment type, delay calculations, terminal, gate and baggage carousel.
Flight Track gives you access to information on an active flight, including position (lat/long), previous positions, altitude, bearing, speed and route. Flight Position provides recent positional information on flights in a defined area. |
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| Entry Points | Name | Description | Response Elements | |
| flight/status/ | Flight Status by Flight | Flight Status for a specific flight identified by Carrier, Flight, and Date, or by unique Cirium identifier. | request, appendix, error, flightStatus | |
| flight/track/ | Flight Track by Flight | Flight Track for a specific flight identified by Carrier, Flight, and Date, or by unique Cirium identifier. | request, appendix, error, flightTrack | |
| airport/status/ | Flight Status by Airport | Flight Status for flights arriving at or departing from a specific airport. | request, appendix, error, flightStatus | |
| airport/tracks/ | Flight Track by Airport | Flight Track for flights arriving at or departing from a specific airport. | request, appendix, error, flightTrack | |
| route/status/ | Flight Status by Route | Flight Status for flights identified by departure airport, arrival airport, and date. | request, appendix, error, flightStatus | |
| flightsNear/ | Flights Near (an area) | Positions for flights currently within an area (identifed by point and radius, or by geographic boundaries). | request, appendix, error, flightPosition | |
