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OpenSky Network REST API boundary

Official-source access, authentication, request-shaping, freshness, legal, and interpretation boundaries for OpenSky Network REST API.

version 1.0.0freshness currentobserved 2026-08-28T18:03:05Z

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Evidence-backed facts

  1. OpenSky Network documents aircraft state vectors, flights, tracks, arrivals, departures, and sensor-derived metadata. informative
  2. Anonymous and authenticated limits differ; credentials must remain secret, and access does not grant air-traffic, aircraft, identity, tracking, or safety authority. informative
  3. Clients must bind time, airport, aircraft ICAO address, geographic bounds, category, paging, authentication, and rate limits. informative
  4. Crowdsourced surveillance coverage can be incomplete, delayed, erroneous, or privacy-limited and does not prove identity, ownership, flight legality, or navigation safety. informative