Get airport status

GET

api

airports

status

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ER_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.enhancedradar.com/api/v0/airports/status?facility_id=23b485da-06ec-4d7d-8dc3-aa45e7e809c9"

{
  "facility_id": "23b485da-06ec-4d7d-8dc3-aa45e7e809c9",
  "operations": {
    "runways": {
      "arrivals": ["35L", "35R", "34R"],
      "departures": ["25", "08"],
      "source": "faa_airport_configuration",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-24T13:06:00Z"
    },
    "flight_rules": "VMC",
    "flight_rules_source": "faa_airport_configuration",
    "flow": {
      "arrivals": { "planned_per_hour": 102, "actual_last_hour": 66, "scheduled_next_hour": 45 },
      "departures": { "planned_per_hour": 80, "actual_last_hour": 64, "scheduled_next_hour": 39 }
    },
    "programs": [],
    "computed_at": "2026-10-24T20:55:26.988591Z"
  },
  "weather": {
    "metar": {
      "raw": "METAR KDEN 242053Z 36006G16KT 10SM FEW040 BKN070 BKN110 BKN150 BKN220 09/M02 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP233 T00941017 56013",
      "observed_at": "2026-10-24T20:53:00Z",
      "flight_category": "VFR"
    },
    "taf": {
      "raw": "TAF KDEN 242048Z 2421/2524 05011KT P6SM SCT050 SCT150 BKN220 PROB30 2422/2424 -SHRA BKN035 FM250000 10007KT P6SM BKN030 ...",
      "issued_at": "2026-10-24T20:48:00Z",
      "valid_from": "2026-10-24T21:00:00Z",
      "valid_to": "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"
    }
  },
  "critical": [],
  "notable": [
    {
      "id": 96534,
      "tags": ["medical_emergency"],
      "title": "Inbound emergency United 2809 on RNAV Z 35R",
      "summary": "United 2809 taxied via taxiways L and AA to gate A22 as a medical emergency, with ground traffic yielding and medics standing by.",
      "change": "United 2809 taxied to gate A22 for medical emergency with medics standing by",
      "runways": [],
      "fixes": [],
      "happened_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:45.297891Z",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "audio_sample_id": "0d58f03f-23d8-4395-85de-30ae5ff8e299",
          "atc_channel_id": 160,
          "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:01.349866Z",
          "quote": "if you catch opposite direction United at L, give way to their medical emergency"
        },
        {
          "audio_sample_id": "f97e39a9-06d1-439c-b96e-a304cf4acdc1",
          "atc_channel_id": 1793,
          "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:45.297891Z",
          "quote": "A A to your gate and its my understanding we have medics standing for by for you"
        }
      ],
      "history": [
        {
          "tags": ["declared_emergency"],
          "title": "Inbound emergency United 2809 on RNAV Z 35R",
          "summary": "United 2809 landed on runway 35R, vacated the runway via taxiway P7, and was instructed to contact Ground on taxiway ED.",
          "change": "United 2809 landed on runway 35R and exited via taxiway P7 to Ground",
          "runways": ["35R"],
          "fixes": [],
          "happened_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:23.348152Z",
          "evidence": [
            {
              "audio_sample_id": "24eae04c-2319-421e-9fc4-9a43857afdd4",
              "atc_channel_id": 156,
              "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:19.966387Z",
              "quote": "United 2809, turn left P7, taxi via E D, on E D contact Ground"
            },
            {
              "audio_sample_id": "d1cba472-a457-4711-bb05-0b7a955d37d4",
              "atc_channel_id": 156,
              "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:23.348152Z",
              "quote": "P7ED, contact Ground there, United 2809"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "generated_at": "2026-10-24T20:47:12.414236Z"
}

Returns what is going on at one airport right now.

operations is the airport’s current configuration: runways in use, flight rules, arrival and departure rates, traffic counts, and active ground stops and ground delay programs, from FAA data and, where the FAA publishes none, from ADS-B and METARs.
weather is the airport’s latest METAR and TAF.
critical and notable are observations: situations heard on the airport’s available channels that change how aircraft operate there, such as a runway closure, a pilot report of wind shear, a pathfinder’s result, or an equipment outage, each quoted from the transmissions it is based on.

Query parameters

string

required

An airport facility_id from GET /api/v0/facilities. TRACON and center facilities return 400.

Response

string

The requested facility.

object

The airport’s current configuration.

Show properties

string[]

Arrival runways in use, as charted, e.g. 27L. From the airport configuration the FAA publishes; when the FAA has published none for the airport in the last 7 days, from ADS-B: the runways that at least 2 different aircraft landed on in the last 30 minutes, most used first, or, when no runway qualifies, the runway of the most recent landing in the last 60 minutes. ADS-B runways are available only at airports whose runway layout we have mapped. Empty when no source has data.

string[]

Departure runways in use, on the same basis, from takeoffs.

string | null

Where the runways came from: faa_airport_configuration; adsb_runway_operations when every list came from at least 2 aircraft in the last 30 minutes; or adsb_latest_runway_operation when at least one list is the runway of a single most recent landing or takeoff, which is weaker evidence. null when both lists are empty.

string | null

For runways from the FAA configuration, when the FAA published it; a configuration is published only when it changes, so this can be days old. For runways from ADS-B, the time of the most recent landing or takeoff on the listed runways. null when both lists are empty.

string | null

The weather conditions in the FAA airport configuration, as published, e.g. VMC or IMC. When the FAA publishes none, derived from the latest METAR using the basic VFR minimums of 14 CFR 91.155: VMC when the ceiling is at least 1,000 ft and visibility at least 3 statute miles, otherwise IMC.

string | null

Where flight_rules came from: faa_airport_configuration or metar.

integer | null

The arrival rate in the FAA airport configuration. null when there is no configuration.

integer | null

Arrivals that landed in the last hour, counted from FAA surface surveillance, or from touchdowns seen in ADS-B at airports without surface surveillance whose runway layout we have mapped. null when neither source covers the airport.

integer | null

Flights scheduled to land in the next hour, from FAA flight plans. Cancelled flights are excluded.

object

The same three fields for departures. planned_per_hour is the planned departure rate and actual_last_hour counts takeoffs.

array

Active traffic management programs at the airport. Empty when none.

Show program

string

ground_stop or ground_delay_program.

string

The reason the FAA published, e.g. THUNDERSTORMS or VOLUME.

string

The program’s published start.

string

The program’s published end.

number | null

Average delay the FAA published for the program; for a ground stop, the anticipated average delay.

integer | null

Maximum delay published for the program; for a ground stop, the anticipated maximum delay.

string | null

When operations and weather were computed. They are recomputed at least every 10 minutes, and within 5 minutes when runways, flight rules, rates, programs, the METAR, or the TAF change. When we have no data newer than 30 minutes, the runway and program lists are empty, the other operations fields, including computed_at, are null, and weather.metar and weather.taf are null.

object

The airport’s latest METAR and TAF.

Show properties

object | null

The airport’s latest METAR from aviationweather.gov. null when the airport has no METAR from the last 3 hours or no ICAO code. Fields: raw (the METAR as issued), observed_at (the observation time), and flight_category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, or LIFR, as aviationweather.gov computes it, or null).

object | null

The airport’s latest terminal aerodrome forecast. null when the airport issues no TAF or its latest TAF has expired. Fields: raw (the TAF as issued), issued_at, valid_from, and valid_to (the period the TAF covers).

array

Observations of major operational issues affecting the whole airport, such as a runway closure, a ground stop, a runway configuration change, or an emergency with response in progress. Newest first.

array

Other observations of note at the airport, such as a pilot report of turbulence or wind shear, a pathfinder’s result, a navaid or lighting outage, or a laser illumination. Newest first.

Show observation

integer

Unique id of the observation. It stays the same as the observation is updated.

string[]

What the observation is about, e.g. runway_closure, windshear, pathfinder_flight.

string

Short headline.

string

The current state of the situation, in one or two sentences.

string

What is new in the latest update, e.g. Runway 9L reopened. Empty when the observation has not been updated.

string[]

Runways the observation is about.

string[]

Fixes, navaids, procedures, or routes the observation is about, e.g. RIBIT.

string

received_at of the newest transmission behind the latest update, accurate to within 20 seconds.

array

The transmissions the latest update is based on, oldest first. Only transmissions on available channels are included.

Show evidence

string

Pass it to Get transcript for the full transcript or to Get transcript audio for the audio.

integer

The channel the transmission was heard on.

string

When the transmission was received, accurate to within 20 seconds.

string

Words quoted from the transmission’s transcript.

array

Earlier updates of the observation, newest first, with the same fields as above except id and history. Empty for a new observation.

string

When this response was built.

critical entries have the same fields as notable entries. An observation stays in the response until it has gone 60 minutes without an update; when a situation ends, its last update says so in change.

Observations are written by a language model from transcripts and can contain mistakes. Check important details against the quoted transmissions.

Billing

The status is charged as one airport_status_update, at $1.50, each time you request it. See Pricing and Billing.

Errors

Status	Meaning
`400`	`facility_id` is missing or not a uuid, is not a covered facility, or is not an airport.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ER_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.enhancedradar.com/api/v0/airports/status?facility_id=23b485da-06ec-4d7d-8dc3-aa45e7e809c9"

{
  "facility_id": "23b485da-06ec-4d7d-8dc3-aa45e7e809c9",
  "operations": {
    "runways": {
      "arrivals": ["35L", "35R", "34R"],
      "departures": ["25", "08"],
      "source": "faa_airport_configuration",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-24T13:06:00Z"
    },
    "flight_rules": "VMC",
    "flight_rules_source": "faa_airport_configuration",
    "flow": {
      "arrivals": { "planned_per_hour": 102, "actual_last_hour": 66, "scheduled_next_hour": 45 },
      "departures": { "planned_per_hour": 80, "actual_last_hour": 64, "scheduled_next_hour": 39 }
    },
    "programs": [],
    "computed_at": "2026-10-24T20:55:26.988591Z"
  },
  "weather": {
    "metar": {
      "raw": "METAR KDEN 242053Z 36006G16KT 10SM FEW040 BKN070 BKN110 BKN150 BKN220 09/M02 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP233 T00941017 56013",
      "observed_at": "2026-10-24T20:53:00Z",
      "flight_category": "VFR"
    },
    "taf": {
      "raw": "TAF KDEN 242048Z 2421/2524 05011KT P6SM SCT050 SCT150 BKN220 PROB30 2422/2424 -SHRA BKN035 FM250000 10007KT P6SM BKN030 ...",
      "issued_at": "2026-10-24T20:48:00Z",
      "valid_from": "2026-10-24T21:00:00Z",
      "valid_to": "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"
    }
  },
  "critical": [],
  "notable": [
    {
      "id": 96534,
      "tags": ["medical_emergency"],
      "title": "Inbound emergency United 2809 on RNAV Z 35R",
      "summary": "United 2809 taxied via taxiways L and AA to gate A22 as a medical emergency, with ground traffic yielding and medics standing by.",
      "change": "United 2809 taxied to gate A22 for medical emergency with medics standing by",
      "runways": [],
      "fixes": [],
      "happened_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:45.297891Z",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "audio_sample_id": "0d58f03f-23d8-4395-85de-30ae5ff8e299",
          "atc_channel_id": 160,
          "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:01.349866Z",
          "quote": "if you catch opposite direction United at L, give way to their medical emergency"
        },
        {
          "audio_sample_id": "f97e39a9-06d1-439c-b96e-a304cf4acdc1",
          "atc_channel_id": 1793,
          "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:45.297891Z",
          "quote": "A A to your gate and its my understanding we have medics standing for by for you"
        }
      ],
      "history": [
        {
          "tags": ["declared_emergency"],
          "title": "Inbound emergency United 2809 on RNAV Z 35R",
          "summary": "United 2809 landed on runway 35R, vacated the runway via taxiway P7, and was instructed to contact Ground on taxiway ED.",
          "change": "United 2809 landed on runway 35R and exited via taxiway P7 to Ground",
          "runways": ["35R"],
          "fixes": [],
          "happened_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:23.348152Z",
          "evidence": [
            {
              "audio_sample_id": "24eae04c-2319-421e-9fc4-9a43857afdd4",
              "atc_channel_id": 156,
              "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:19.966387Z",
              "quote": "United 2809, turn left P7, taxi via E D, on E D contact Ground"
            },
            {
              "audio_sample_id": "d1cba472-a457-4711-bb05-0b7a955d37d4",
              "atc_channel_id": 156,
              "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:23.348152Z",
              "quote": "P7ED, contact Ground there, United 2809"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "generated_at": "2026-10-24T20:47:12.414236Z"
}

⌘I

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ER_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.enhancedradar.com/api/v0/airports/status?facility_id=23b485da-06ec-4d7d-8dc3-aa45e7e809c9"

{
  "facility_id": "23b485da-06ec-4d7d-8dc3-aa45e7e809c9",
  "operations": {
    "runways": {
      "arrivals": ["35L", "35R", "34R"],
      "departures": ["25", "08"],
      "source": "faa_airport_configuration",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-24T13:06:00Z"
    },
    "flight_rules": "VMC",
    "flight_rules_source": "faa_airport_configuration",
    "flow": {
      "arrivals": { "planned_per_hour": 102, "actual_last_hour": 66, "scheduled_next_hour": 45 },
      "departures": { "planned_per_hour": 80, "actual_last_hour": 64, "scheduled_next_hour": 39 }
    },
    "programs": [],
    "computed_at": "2026-10-24T20:55:26.988591Z"
  },
  "weather": {
    "metar": {
      "raw": "METAR KDEN 242053Z 36006G16KT 10SM FEW040 BKN070 BKN110 BKN150 BKN220 09/M02 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP233 T00941017 56013",
      "observed_at": "2026-10-24T20:53:00Z",
      "flight_category": "VFR"
    },
    "taf": {
      "raw": "TAF KDEN 242048Z 2421/2524 05011KT P6SM SCT050 SCT150 BKN220 PROB30 2422/2424 -SHRA BKN035 FM250000 10007KT P6SM BKN030 ...",
      "issued_at": "2026-10-24T20:48:00Z",
      "valid_from": "2026-10-24T21:00:00Z",
      "valid_to": "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"
    }
  },
  "critical": [],
  "notable": [
    {
      "id": 96534,
      "tags": ["medical_emergency"],
      "title": "Inbound emergency United 2809 on RNAV Z 35R",
      "summary": "United 2809 taxied via taxiways L and AA to gate A22 as a medical emergency, with ground traffic yielding and medics standing by.",
      "change": "United 2809 taxied to gate A22 for medical emergency with medics standing by",
      "runways": [],
      "fixes": [],
      "happened_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:45.297891Z",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "audio_sample_id": "0d58f03f-23d8-4395-85de-30ae5ff8e299",
          "atc_channel_id": 160,
          "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:01.349866Z",
          "quote": "if you catch opposite direction United at L, give way to their medical emergency"
        },
        {
          "audio_sample_id": "f97e39a9-06d1-439c-b96e-a304cf4acdc1",
          "atc_channel_id": 1793,
          "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:05:45.297891Z",
          "quote": "A A to your gate and its my understanding we have medics standing for by for you"
        }
      ],
      "history": [
        {
          "tags": ["declared_emergency"],
          "title": "Inbound emergency United 2809 on RNAV Z 35R",
          "summary": "United 2809 landed on runway 35R, vacated the runway via taxiway P7, and was instructed to contact Ground on taxiway ED.",
          "change": "United 2809 landed on runway 35R and exited via taxiway P7 to Ground",
          "runways": ["35R"],
          "fixes": [],
          "happened_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:23.348152Z",
          "evidence": [
            {
              "audio_sample_id": "24eae04c-2319-421e-9fc4-9a43857afdd4",
              "atc_channel_id": 156,
              "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:19.966387Z",
              "quote": "United 2809, turn left P7, taxi via E D, on E D contact Ground"
            },
            {
              "audio_sample_id": "d1cba472-a457-4711-bb05-0b7a955d37d4",
              "atc_channel_id": 156,
              "received_at": "2026-10-24T20:02:23.348152Z",
              "quote": "P7ED, contact Ground there, United 2809"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "generated_at": "2026-10-24T20:47:12.414236Z"
}

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