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Access live aircraft positions, flight information, and historical data. Start with 100 free API calls per day.

# Get live aircraft positions
curl -X GET "https://planetrack.ai/v1/live?limit=100" \
  -H "X-API-Key: pt_live_your_api_key_here"

# Response
{
  "data": [
    {
      "icao24": "4076a3",
      "callsign": "BAW123",
      "lat": 51.4712,
      "lon": -0.4527,
      "altitude": 36000,
      "speed": 447,
      "heading": 284
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "count": 1, "credits_charged": 10, "credits_remaining": 99850 }
}

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Live aircraft positions updated every few seconds. No artificial delays on paid plans.

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Bounding-Box Queries

Filter live positions to any geographic region with a simple bbox parameter.

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Historical Data

Access flight history and track data going back up to 12 months.

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Global Coverage

Data from 40,000+ ADS-B receivers covering every continent.

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Simple REST

Clean, predictable REST endpoints returning JSON. Full reference in the docs.

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Simple Auth

API key authentication. No OAuth complexity needed.

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