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Flightradar24 API

Flightradar24 API for Live Flights, Flight Tracks, Airport Arrivals, Departures, and Weather

Scrappa's Flightradar24 API returns structured JSON from Flightradar24, the live flight tracker. List live flights in an area or by airline, aircraft type, registration, callsign or airport, open one flight for aircraft, route, times and track, and read airport arrivals, departures, delays and weather. Search, flight history and airport disruptions are included. Scrappa is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Flightradar24.

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6
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1500
Flights per call
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Request 
curl -X GET "https://scrappa.co/api/flightradar24/flights?bounds=52,47,5,15&limit=20" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY"
JSON response 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "count": 1,
    "full_count": 15043,
    "full_count_scope": "global",
    "flights": [
      {
        "id": "426a5f0d",
        "lat": 51.09,
        "lon": 12.4,
        "heading": 6,
        "altitude_ft": 43000,
        "speed_kt": 468,
        "aircraft_type": "A359",
        "registration": "OH-LWP",
        "flight_number": "AY146",
        "callsign": "FIN146",
        "airline_icao": "FIN",
        "origin": "BKK",
        "destination": "HEL",
        "on_ground": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {"endpoint_family": "live_flights", "billable": true, "credits": 1}
}

What you can build

Structured data for real applications. Here are some ideas.

Flight Tracking

Show live position, altitude, speed and heading of flights in a map box or by callsign.

Airport Boards

Build arrival and departure boards with status, gate, terminal and delay.

Delay Monitoring

Watch airport delay indices and the most disrupted airports right now.

Fleet and Aircraft Lookup

Find an aircraft by registration, with type, age, photos and its last legs.

Aviation Weather

Read the METAR and parsed wind, visibility and temperature of an airport.

Flightradar24 scraper API

Flightradar24 API for live flights and airport boards

The Flightradar24 API is built for flight tracking, airport boards and aviation monitoring. List live flights in a box or by filter, open a flight for its aircraft, route, times and track, and read arrivals, departures, delays and weather of an airport.

List up to 1500 live flights per call with position, altitude, speed, heading and route.

Filter by airline, aircraft type, registration, callsign, flight number or airport.

Open a flight for aircraft details, photos, scheduled and real times, and the track.

Read arrivals or departures with real paging, delay index, runways and METAR weather.

Search airports, airlines, flights and aircraft to get the ids for the other calls.

Choose the right Flightradar24 API endpoint

Use Live Flights for positions

Pass a box or a filter. Each flight has position, altitude, speed, heading, route, aircraft and airline. An empty list is free.

Open Flightradar24 Live Flights API docs

Use Airport Board for arrivals and departures

Pass an IATA or ICAO code and a mode. Page through the schedule and read the weather of the airport.

Open Flightradar24 Airport Board API docs

Available endpoints

Everything you need in one API.

Related resources

Google Flights API overview

Combine live flights with fares and schedules from Google Flights.

Scrappa vs SerpApi

See how Scrappa compares to SerpApi.

Live flights by area
Scrappa
SerpApi
Flight detail and track
Scrappa
SerpApi
Airport arrivals, departures and weather
Scrappa
SerpApi
Unified API key
Scrappa
Yes (350+ APIs)
SerpApi
Search APIs only
Free tier
Scrappa
500 credits/month
SerpApi
250 searches/month

Key features

Live flights by area with up to 1500 results
Filters for airline, aircraft type, registration, callsign, flight number and airport
Flight detail with aircraft, photos, times, previous legs and track
Airport arrivals and departures with paging, delay index and runways
METAR weather with parsed wind, visibility and temperature
Search, flight history and airport disruptions

Frequently asked questions

No. Scrappa is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Flightradar24. The API returns structured JSON from public Flightradar24 data through a Scrappa API key.

Every Scrappa account includes 500 free credits each month. Every request costs one credit. An empty answer and every failed request are never charged.

No. The list has a limit of up to 1500 flights and no pages. Use a smaller box or a filter for more detail. Airport boards and flight history have real paging.

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