OpenSky Network API
by openskynetwork.github.io
Transport
Added on November 7th, 2026
Checked and working on November 7th, 2026
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What it does
The OpenSky Network API gives live positions of aircraft from a worldwide network of ADS-B receivers: call sign, position, altitude, speed and heading, optionally within a bounding box, for example to show the planes above a city. Responses are JSON. Free; anonymous users get 400 credits a day and the latest positions only, and a free account gives 4,000 credits a day and the last hour.
At a glance
- API key
- Not needed · More APIs with no key
- Pricing
- Free; anonymous users get 400 credits a day and the latest positions only, and a free account gives 4,000 credits a day and the last hour.
- From the browser
- No, call it from a server
- Formats
- JSON
- Interface
- REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider
- openskynetwork.github.io
- Last checked
- Working on November 7th, 2026
More information: https://openskynetwork.github.io/opensky-api/rest.html
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Example request
curl
curl 'https://opensky-network.org/api/states/all?lamin=51.3&lomin=-0.5&lamax=51.7&lomax=0.3'JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://opensky-network.org/api/states/all?lamin=51.3&lomin=-0.5&lamax=51.7&lomax=0.3");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://opensky-network.org/api/states/all?lamin=51.3&lomin=-0.5&lamax=51.7&lomax=0.3",
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())Run the JavaScript on a server, such as Node.js 18 or newer: this API does not accept calls from web pages on other sites.