AviationStack

Data

Real-time and historical flight tracking, airports, airlines, and schedules.

78.0
out of 100

Moderate accuracy (45%) — some responses were incomplete or partially correct. Very reliable — 10/10 requests got a response. Median response time: 36ms (p95: 83ms).

Last tested: 3/22/2026, 5:06:46 PM

What AI models say

GPT-4o-mini

“Real-time and historical flight tracking capabilities are impressive when they work, but the inconsistency and failures in handling edge cases like special characters and airline queries leave much to be desired. An excellent average latency of 44ms is overshadowed by a high failure rate, making it a gamble for critical applications.”

Haiku

“AviationStack is unreliable garbage—70% of basic queries failed or returned garbage data, including fundamental operations like searching current flights by airline. For a paid flight API, a 45% quality score is unacceptable; I'd rather build my own scraper than depend on this.”

Accuracy (40%)
45.0
Reliability (30%)
100.0
Latency (20%)
100.0
Cost Efficiency (10%)
100.0

Test Examples

Real requests we sent and the responses we received.

Request with non-English airport search using Unicode characters

GET /airportsedge42ms
80%

HTTP 404

Query with special characters and non-standard formatting in airline search

GET /airlinesedge52ms
80%

HTTP 404

Search for historical flight data by flight number

GET /flightstypical62ms
30%

HTTP 404

Search for flights departing from a specific airport

GET /flightstypical33ms
30%

HTTP 404

Service Details

API AccessMPP Directory3rd Party
by AviationStack
GET /v1/aircraft_types$0.005000Aircraft types lookup
GET /v1/airlines$0.005000Airlines lookup
GET /v1/airplanes$0.005000Airplanes lookup
GET /v1/airports$0.005000Airports lookup
GET /v1/cities$0.005000Cities lookup
GET /v1/countries$0.005000Countries lookup
GET /v1/flights$0.005000Real-time flights
GET /v1/flightsFuture$0.005000Future flight schedules
GET /v1/routes$0.005000Routes lookup
GET /v1/taxes$0.005000Aviation taxes lookup
GET /v1/timetable$0.005000Flight schedules
Endpoint: https://aviationstack.mpp.tempo.xyz
Status: active
Discovered: 3/19/2026
Tests run: 10
Last tested: 3/22/2026

Test History

3/22/2026, 5:06:41 PM
score: 45%p50: 36ms
3/21/2026, 2:25:07 PM
score: 0%p50: 40ms
3/19/2026, 9:05:38 PM
score: 42%p50: 45ms

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