Starting from $5 / month · Free plan available
API Pricing
AeroDataBox provides one of the most affordable aviation and flight data APIs out there.
Ways to Subscribe
Choose one of the options below to explore the available pricing plans.
Free
Free
subject to data contribution
Contribute data to AeroDataBox and convert it into non-expiring API credits — then call the API without a paid subscription.
Starter
$19 / month
- API units / month 40,000 †
- Rate limit 5 req/s
- Overages Via data contribution
Popular
Growth
$99 / month
- API units / month 400,000 †
- Rate limit 10 req/s
- Overages Via data contribution
Custom
Custom
- API units / month Custom
- Rate limit Custom
- Overages Custom
- Subject to a separate service agreement.
† More API units are available when you contribute data.
Basic
Free
7-day trial
Free
unrestricted duration
- API units / month 600
- Rate limit 1 req/s
Mega
$150 / month
overage $0.00025/unit
$160 / month
overage $0.00027/unit
- API units / month 600,000
- Rate limit 3 req/s
All prices are pre-tax, in U.S. Dollars.
API units are not API requests: each endpoint has a Tier defining its cost in units (Tier 1 — 1, Tier 2 — 2, Tier 3 — 6, Free Tier — 0). See the full comparison below.
Compare All Plans
Every quota, limit, and feature — side by side.
| Starter | Growth | Scale | Custom | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Quota | ||||||||||
| Price, monthly — Direct (without intermediaries) | $19 USD | $99 USD | $499 USD | Contact us | ||||||
| API units included monthly Note: API units are not API requests | 40,000 † | 400,000 † | 4,000,000 † | Custom | ||||||
| Tier 1 endpoint request cost, units | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | ||||||
| Tier 2 endpoint request cost, units | 2 | 2 | 2 | * | ||||||
| Tier 3 endpoint request cost, units | 6 | 6 | 6 | * | ||||||
| Free Tier endpoint request cost, units | 0 * | 0 * | 0 * | * | ||||||
| Rate limiting | 5 requests / second | 10 requests / second | 20 requests / second | Custom | ||||||
| Overages Extra requests on top of monthly quota | Via data contribution | Via data contribution | Custom | |||||||
| Flight Alert API | ||||||||||
| Flight Alert API: maximum credits per single Refill balance endpoint call | 4,000 | 40,000 | 400,000 | Contact us | ||||||
| Flight Alert API: maximum total credit balance | 40,000 | 400,000 | 4,000,000 | Contact us | ||||||
| Features & Limits | ||||||||||
| Airline Fleet endpoint maximum page size Maximum amount of aircraft returned by a single "Airline Fleet" API request | 25 | 50 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
| Aircraft includes Allow including registrations history and/or aircraft image as a part of a single "Get aircraft" or "Airline fleet" endpoint call | ||||||||||
| Historical airport delays | ||||||||||
| Future flight availability (schedules) Subject to Data Coverage, may be available for up to specified amount of days in the future | Up to 210 days | Up to 365 days | Up to 365 days | Up to 365 days | ||||||
| Historical flight data availability Subject to Data Coverage, flight data and all derived data (statistics, delays, etc.) may be available for the specified amount of days in the past | 210 days | 365 days — more available as datasets on demand, contact us | 365 days — more available as datasets on demand, contact us | 365 days — more available as datasets on demand, contact us | ||||||
| Flight History & Schedule page size Maximum period of dates that may be included into a single "Flight History & Schedule" API request | 14 days per call | 30 days per call | 30 days per call | 30 days per call | ||||||
| Flight Plans add-on Flight plans inclusion support for the "Flight status" endpoint (available for mainland U.S. flights since January 2026 only) | If flight plan is found, "Flight status" request is charged x 2 | No extra charge | No extra charge | No extra charge | ||||||
† More API units are available when you contribute data.
Pricing Questions
Common questions about plans, subscriptions, and tiers. More in the full FAQ.
Is it possible to subscribe to AeroDataBox API directly without marketplaces or intermediaries?
Yes — direct subscriptions are now available through our portal, with no middlemen involved. Choose “Directly with Us” at the top of this page to see the direct plans. For unlimited or custom plans, we may provide direct access subject to an extra fee and a separate service agreement. Contact us for details.
Are there any limitations?
Refer to our FAQ and data coverage pages.
How can I test the data without financial commitment?
There are currently three available options:
- Try flight search on this web-site which is powered by our API where you can search individual flights as well as flights per airports through your browser.
- Subscribe to our API on one of the supported marketplaces via a free or trial pricing plan. These plans have limited quota but also have all data available on higher pricing plans, so it gives a great idea of what the data may look like.
- Subscribe to our API directly with us through our portal and earn API credits by contributing data. Note: these credits apply to direct API access through our portal only (not to marketplace subscriptions!). They do not expire, and let you call the API even without a subscription.
Can I use the API for free?
There are two options available:
- Subscribe to our API on one of the supported marketplaces via a free or trial pricing plan. These plans have limited quota but also have all data available on higher pricing plans.
- Subscribe to our API directly with us through our portal and earn API credits by contributing data. Note: these credits apply to direct API access through our portal only (not to marketplace subscriptions!). They do not expire, and let you call the API even without a subscription.
What are Tier 1, Tier 2, etc.?
Each API endpoint has different technical and computational complexity. We price endpoints based on that by assigning them a certain category — a Tier. The higher the Tier number, the more expensive a call to the endpoint will be. You can find which endpoints belong to which Tier in our documentation. Note, that this is not the same as an endpoint group (Flight API, Aircraft API, etc.) and a single group may contain endpoints from various Tiers.
What are API requests, API units, API credits, Flight Alert credits and what is the difference?
- API request (call) — a single HTTP call to one of our endpoints. May cost one or more API units.
- API units — the monthly quota included with your subscription plan. Each request deducts a number of units defined by the endpoint's Tier. Unused units reset at the end of each billing cycle.
- API credits — a non-expiring balance available with direct access only (not on marketplaces). Credits are consumed at the same rates as API units, but only after your monthly API units run out — or when you have no active subscription. You can earn them by contributing data.
- Flight Alert credits — a separate non-expiring balance used exclusively to pay for Flight Alert API notifications. It is refilled through the API by converting API units into credits. See the Flight Alert API guide.
- Overages — pay-per-use billing of API units consumed beyond your monthly quota, supported on selected plans only. Overage charges start only after both your monthly API units and API credits (if applicable) are fully spent.
What happens when my monthly API units run out?
Once monthly API units included with your plan are exhausted:
- Your non-expiring API credits (if you have any) are consumed automatically, at the same rates as API units (only available for direct subscriptions, not on marketplaces).
- If API credits are depleted or unavailable, overage billing begins (only on plans that support overages).
- If neither API credits nor overages are available or depleted, further API calls are rejected until your quota renews at the next billing cycle or until you re-subscribe.
You can earn extra API credits by contributing data.