Live flight data sources?

[flyingcheesehead]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a source of live flight/aircraft data a la FlightAware or FlightRadar24, only what I want is raw data for reading into another app. This will just be for a trade show demo, so I'd like to make it uncomplicated and preferably free (or at least very low cost).

FlightAware has an API, but it's hard to tell what it'll actually cost without getting into it a bit more. FlightRadar24 has no API as far as I can tell. I think going directly to the FAA is going to be expensive and is designed for ongoing use, whereas after mid-May we're not likely to want/need access to it any more and we really only need the feed updating live for a few days.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[flyingcheesehead]

The silence is deafening...

 

[mkosmo]

What you're looking for is ASDI. You go through a security review, hook up via VPN, and connect for the data socket. Here's the spec below. It's no walk in the park, but if you want a class 2 (5 minute delayed), it's not tough. Getting class 1, realtime, is a royal PITA.

https://www.fly.faa.gov/ASDI/asdidocs/ASDI_XML_ICD-v1.8-rev1.pdf