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adsb.lol Open Flight Data

Worldwide volunteer-receiver observations of aircraft transponder messages, including broadcast and multilaterated positions where available. Granularity: live aircraft snapshots and per-aircraft trace points; fields can include identity, altitude, speed, track, vertical rate, position, signal quality and observation age. The archive adds one release per day and retained 1,378 days on 2026-11-04. Live delay: the provider says no delay is added. Receiver coverage and field completeness vary geographically.

Open adsb.lol
Signal Scoredraft model
95
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
ODbL-1.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
4 source links checked
18
Freshness
verified 2026-11-04
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
The public API and daily historical releases are available without an account. The API docs say keys can be requested and may be required in the future; production users are asked to make contact.
Rate limits
Not stated for the public API
Licence
ODbL-1.0terms
Licence note
adsb.lol states that its API and public data are licensed under ODbL 1.0. The licence requires attribution and can require a redistributed adapted database to remain under ODbL; produced works must carry notice of the source database.
Attribution
Attribute adsb.lol and identify the ODbL 1.0 licence when publicly using or redistributing the database.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-04

  1. 01www.adsb.lol/
  2. 02www.adsb.lol/docs/open-data/api
  3. 03www.adsb.lol/docs/open-data/historical
  4. 04api.adsb.lol/docs

// Good for

osintaviationgeospatialreal-timehistorical-data

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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Reply · selected fields
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  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated for the public API",
  "license": "ODbL-1.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-04",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://www.adsb.lol/",
    "https://www.adsb.lol/docs/open-data/api",
    "https://www.adsb.lol/docs/open-data/historical",
    "https://api.adsb.lol/docs"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "aviation",
    "geospatial",
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  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://www.adsb.lol/docs/open-data/api"
}

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