API

the API is available to everyone.

license: ODbL 1.0

usage

https://api.adsb.lol — the interactive docs and schema are at /docs.

send your key as x-api-key: <key>.

limits

no key: 500 requests/day per IP. a free key raises that:

• anonymous (30 days, no account): 500/day
• adhoc (free, request form): 1,000/day
• feeder (free, by feeding the network):

7,200/day, 20 GB/month, and the raw re-api

• sponsor plans: up to 360,000/day — full table at sponsor

over quota returns 429 with Retry-After; the daily window resets at 00:00 UTC.

get a key: https://www.adsb.lol/mmb