Transportation & mobility analytics · FlightAware, LLC

FlightAware

Flight tracking and aviation data platform supplying real-time and historical flight status via a consumer site and commercial data feeds.

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FlightAware tracks commercial, cargo and general-aviation flights worldwide using a combination of ADS-B receivers, radar and airline data feeds, and is best known for its free consumer flight-tracking website and app. Its commercial business monetizes the same underlying data through AeroAPI, a pay-per-query REST API for flight status, predicted departure/arrival times and historical flight data, and Firehose, a high-volume streaming feed sold under a licensing agreement to airlines, airports and aviation-data resellers needing continuous, complete flight data rather than per-query lookups. Analysts and logistics teams use it for on-time performance benchmarking, delay prediction and aviation market analysis, occupying a role for aviation comparable to MarineTraffic's for maritime shipping.

At a glance

Vendor FlightAware, LLC
Pricing model Usage-based
Free tier Yes
Deployment Cloud
Open source No
Best for Airlines, airports and logistics firms needing real-time or historical flight data via API or streaming feed.

Pricing

Consumer flight tracking is free; AeroAPI is billed per query starting as low as $0.002/query, while Firehose is a fixed-price licensing agreement.

Plan Price Notes
AeroAPI As low as $0.002 per query Usage-based pricing scales with query volume; exact tiers require a full quote
Firehose Fixed price, requires licensing agreement High-volume streaming feed for airlines, airports and data resellers

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Features

  • Real-time global flight tracking (ADS-B, radar, airline feeds)
  • Historical flight data and on-time performance analytics
  • Predicted departure and arrival time modeling
  • AeroAPI pay-per-query REST API
  • Firehose high-volume streaming data feed
  • Free consumer flight-tracking website and app

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

Alternatives

MarineTraffic Vessel tracking and maritime intelligence platform using AIS data to show ship positions, port calls and shipping market analytics. Geotab Commercial fleet telematics platform using OBD-connected devices to track vehicle location, driver behavior, fuel use and maintenance needs. INRIX Traffic and mobility data business supplying real-time and historical roadway, parking and trip data to cities, automakers and logistics firms.

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Terms to know

Time series forecasting Predicting future values of a metric using patterns found in its own historical sequence over time. Predictive analytics Analytics that uses historical data and statistical models to estimate what is likely to happen next. On-time performance (OTP) The share of trips, flights, deliveries, or services completed within a defined acceptable window of their scheduled time.

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