Flight-level aviation data you can actually get hold of
Flight-by-flight on-time data, aircraft position histories and a monthly report, without an enterprise sales process. Start with a free sample.
On-time performance, day by day
Share of US airline departures within 15 minutes of schedule.
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Tell us what you need
We will come back with what we have, a sample and a price. No sales call needed.
Flight-level on-time data
Every US airline departure with scheduled and actual times. Free sample for your airports, full history on request.
Aircraft position histories
Every received position for an aircraft over a date range, for emissions, noise or route studies.
State of the Sky
A monthly report on US punctuality and worldwide activity, free to quote with credit.
What it costs
The offers most used by this industry. Every price, in one place, on business pricing.
| Flight Data API | Free, then $29 or $199 a month |
| Aircraft histories | Free one-day sample, then from $9.99 |
| US on-time history | From $249 a year |
| Daily on-time feed | From $149 a month |
Questions buyers ask
Where can researchers get flight-level US airline data?
PlaneTrack publishes a free sample of flight-by-flight US airline on-time data (CC BY 4.0) and provides full history, other airports and aircraft position histories on request.
Can I cite PlaneTrack data in a paper or article?
Yes. The free sample and the monthly State of the Sky report are CC BY 4.0: credit PlaneTrack (planetrack.ai).
Do you have aircraft position histories?
Yes. Every position we received for an aircraft over a date range, as a CSV, from $9.99, with a free one-day sample.
Do you offer academic or non-profit pricing?
Ask us. Tell us about the project in the form on this page.
Start with the free data
A free sample week at 10 major US airports, one row per flight, or a free sample for your own airports, routes or airline.
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What we can license depends on the source: FAA SWIM-derived on-time data and our own analytics are ours to license; raw worldwide positions from community networks are not resold. More on sources and licensing.