GETAPI key

Live position by flight number

GETapi.aircargomcp.com/aircraft/flight/{flightNumber}

Current position of the aircraft flying an IATA flight number, from ADS-B with OpenSky and FR24 fallback. Airborne only, so a parked or out-of-coverage aircraft returns 404.

Path parameters

flightNumberstringrequired

IATA flight number.

Response schema

13 fields

Derived from the example response, nested as the JSON is.

dataobject[]

The payload. Everything an endpoint returns sits under this key.

data[]object

callsignstring

registrationstring

icao24_hexstring

aircraft_typestring

latnumber

Latitude.

lonnumber

alt_ftnumber

ground_speed_ktnumber

headingnumber

vertical_rate_fpmnumber

operator_iatastring

seen_atstring

curl 'https://api.aircargomcp.com/aircraft/flight/LH8160' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer tmcp_YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://api.aircargomcp.com/aircraft/flight/LH8160", {
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer tmcp_YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
const data = await res.json();

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.aircargomcp.com/aircraft/flight/LH8160",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer tmcp_YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = res.json()

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "callsign": "GEC8160",
      "registration": "D-ALFA",
      "icao24_hex": "3c6dd8",
      "aircraft_type": "B77L",
      "lat": 50.11, "lon": 8.68,
      "alt_ft": 34000,
      "ground_speed_kt": 481,
      "heading": 291,
      "vertical_rate_fpm": 0,
      "operator_iata": "LH",
      "seen_at": "2026-08-05T13:05:00Z"
    }
  ]
}