Airport Service

Gets the airport status for any major airport, including known delays and weather data from NOAA.

URI:

http://services.faa.gov/airport/status/airportCode

Response Formats:

xml, json

HTTP Method(s):

GET

Parameters:

All of the following are required:

airportCode. Required. The three letter airport code for which you wish to retrieve data, e.g., "IAD"

Usage Notes:

• If the system serving the data is unavailable, an HTTP status code of 502 (Bad Gateway) will be returned along with the error message.

Sample XML Request:

http://services.faa.gov/airport/status/SFO?format=application/xml

Sample XML Response:

<AirportStatus> <!-- Airport Name --> <Name>San Francisco Int'l</Name> <!-- International Civil Aviation Organization Airport Code --> <ICAO>KSFO</ICAO> <!-- International Association of Travel Agents Airport Code --> <IATA>SFO</IATA> <!-- Is there a delay? --> <Delay>true</Delay> <!-- Status --> <Status> <!-- Types: Airport Closure, Ground Stop, Ground Delay, Arrival and/or Departure --> <Type>Ground Delay</Type> <!-- For use with All types --> <Reason>LOW CEILINGS</Reason> <!-- For use with Ground Delay --> <AvgDelay>32 minutes</AvgDelay> <!-- For use with Airport Closures --> <ClosureEnd/> <ClosureBegin/> <!-- For use with Arrival and/or Departure Delays --> <MinDelay/> <Trend/> <MaxDelay/> <!-- For use with Ground Stops --> <EndTime/> </Status> <!-- Weather from NOAA --> <Weather> <Weather>Mostly Cloudy</Weather> <Meta> <Credit>NOAA's National Weather Service</Credit> <Url>http://weather.gov/</Url> <!-- Update Time is local to airport itself --> <Updated>11:56 AM Local</Updated> </Meta> <Wind>South at 9.2mph</Wind> <Temp>66.0 F (18.9 C)</Temp> <Visibility>10.00</Visibility> </Weather> </AirportStatus>