Resolve a type by IATA code, ICAO code or name
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Aircraft Types API
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3,678 Subscribers
Resolve and search aircraft type designators — turn the IATA (e.g. 738) and ICAO (e.g. B738) aircraft codes returned by flight-data APIs into readable model names like "Boeing 737-800". Look up by IATA code, ICAO code or name, search 240+ aircraft types, or fetch the whole list. Bundled, fast and always available — a handy companion to flight, airline and airport data.
api.oanor.com/aircraft-api
API health
healthy- Uptime
- 100.00%
- Server probes · 24h
- Avg latency
- 76 ms
- Server probes · 24h
- Subscribers
- 3,678
- active
- Total calls
- 80
- last 7 days
Pricing
Pick a tier — billed monthly, cancel anytime.
Free
Free
- 2,000 calls / month
- 3 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 2,000 calls/month
- 3 req/sec
- Code resolver + search
- No credit card
Starter
€6.00 /month
- 60,000 calls / month
- 8 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 60k calls/month
- 8 req/sec
- IATA/ICAO/name lookup
- Email support
Pro
€14.00 /month
- 300,000 calls / month
- 20 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 300k calls/month
- 20 req/sec
- Flight-data decoding
- Priority support
Mega
€43.00 /month
- 1,100,000 calls / month
- 40 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 1.1M calls/month
- 40 req/sec
- Embed in product
- Dedicated SLA
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Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.
How do I get an API key for Aircraft Types API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Aircraft Types API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Aircraft Types API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Aircraft Types API cost?
Aircraft Types API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €6.00 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Aircraft Types API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Aircraft Types API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.
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Code snippets
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curl https://api.oanor.com/aircraft-api/SOME_PATH \
-H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/aircraft-api/SOME_PATH", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/aircraft-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);import requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/aircraft-api/SOME_PATH",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())Ratings
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