AirLabs Data API

Name: AirLabs Data API API
Brand: AirLabs Data API
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★ Only Publicly Available SpecData EnrichmentData TransformationapiKey17 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Look up live flights, airport and airline reference data, schedules, delays, and routes from the AirLabs aviation database.

Quickstart

Get started with AirLabs Data API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"get the status of a flight"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with AirLabs Data API API.

Pull real-time flight positions and tracking data via /flights

Fetch flight-level details (status, schedule, aircraft) via /flight

Look up airport, airline, city, country, and aircraft fleet reference data

Query global flight schedules and delay reports filtered by airport or airline

GET STARTED

Start building with AirLabs Data API API

Explore with Jentic

View OpenAPI Spec

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for AirLabs Data API, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for AirLabs Data API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. AirLabs provides real-time and reference aviation data covering live flight tracking, airport and airline databases, schedules, delays, routes, fleets, and timezone reference data. The API exposes 17 endpoints suitable for travel apps, dashboards, and operational tools. Authentication uses an API key passed as the api_key query parameter.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use AirLabs Data API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Live Flight Tracking Dashboard

Power a flight tracking dashboard with live aircraft positions and per-flight detail. GET /flights returns the active aircraft set with bounding-box and airline filters, and GET /flight returns full status, route, and aircraft information for a specific flight identifier.

Fetch all flights operating between LHR and JFK right now, then for each flight return its current altitude, speed, and estimated arrival time

Airport and Schedule Reference

Build a travel-planning experience that lets users search airports, view schedules, and check delays. /suggest powers airport autocomplete, /schedules returns scheduled departures and arrivals filtered by airport, and /delays surfaces problem flights for an airport on a given day.

Search airports matching 'San Francisco', then list scheduled departures from SFO for the next 6 hours along with any current delays

Flight Status Alerts

Notify users when a tracked flight's status changes. POST /alert registers an alert against a flight identifier and contact channel, and the alerting service pushes an update when the flight is delayed, cancelled, or arrives.

Create a flight alert for flight UA1234 on 2026-06-15 with email recipient ops@example.com so any delay or gate change triggers a notification

AI Agent Travel Concierge

An agent embedded in a travel concierge product can pull live flight status, suggest airports, and trigger alerts on the user's behalf — all through Jentic. The api_key query parameter stays in the vault and only scoped operations are exposed.

Search Jentic for 'get flight status', load the GET /flight schema, and return current status for flight LH404 including any delay reason

Key Endpoints

17 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for airlabs data api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/flights

Real-time flight positions

GET

/flight

Detailed information for a specific flight

GET

/schedules

Scheduled flights for an airport or airline

GET

/delays

Currently delayed flights

GET

/airports

Airport reference database

GET

/airlines

Airline reference database

GET

/nearby

Find airports near a geographic point

POST

/alert

Create a flight status alert

GET

/flights

Real-time flight positions

GET

/flight

Detailed information for a specific flight

GET

/schedules

Scheduled flights for an airport or airline

GET

/delays

Currently delayed flights

GET

/airports

Airport reference database

GET

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

The AirLabs api_key is stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Jentic appends it as a query parameter on every call, so it does not appear in agent prompts or model context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent (e.g. 'get flight status') and Jentic returns the matching AirLabs operation with its input schema, no documentation browsing required.

Time to first call

Direct AirLabs integration: 4-8 hours for auth, query parameter handling, and pagination of large reference endpoints. Through Jentic: under 15 minutes.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Flightradar24 API

Live flight tracking with deeper historical playback and global ADS-B coverage

Choose Flightradar24 when historical playback or fine-grained ADS-B detail is required over AirLabs's reference-rich endpoints

Alternative

ADS-B Exchange API

Unfiltered ADS-B aircraft tracking data including military and blocked flights

Choose ADS-B Exchange when the agent needs raw, unfiltered aircraft positions rather than commercial reference data

Complementary

Airbyte API

Pipe AirLabs reference and tracking data into a warehouse for analytics

Use Airbyte alongside AirLabs when aviation data needs to land in a warehouse rather than be queried per request

FAQs

Specific to using AirLabs Data API API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for AirLabs Data API?

AirLabs does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call AirLabs Data API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

What authentication does the AirLabs Data API use?

AirLabs uses an API key passed as the api_key query parameter on every request. Jentic stores the key encrypted in the vault and appends it at call time, so the raw key is never visible to the agent.

Can I get the live position of all flights with the AirLabs API?

Yes. GET /flights returns active flights with position, altitude, and speed; the response can be filtered by bounding box, airline, or aircraft type to keep payload sizes manageable.

What are the rate limits for the AirLabs Data API?

Rate limits are tied to the AirLabs subscription plan rather than declared in the spec. For high-frequency tracking, throttle /flights polling to once every 30-60 seconds and use /flight for on-demand detail rather than per-second polling.

How do I look up airport information with the AirLabs API through Jentic?

Run pip install jentic, search Jentic for 'airlabs airport lookup', load the schema for GET /airports, then execute with the IATA or ICAO code. Jentic appends the api_key automatically.

Can I create alerts for flight delays via the AirLabs API?

Yes. POST /alert registers an alert tied to a flight identifier and contact channel; AirLabs notifies the recipient when the flight's status changes.