> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.flightportrait.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Aircraft

> Aircraft the network hears right now. Fields: hex, flight, t, r, lat, lon, alt_baro, gs, track, category, squawk, seen, seen_pos. 503 if the snapshot is older than 60 seconds.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/aircraft
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: FlightPortrait network API
  description: |-
    No API key. Rate limits are per IP over a 600 second window. 429 means wait.

    Data is ODbL 1.0. Credit "FlightPortrait network feeders".
    Terms: https://flightportrait.com/network/terms
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://data.flightportrait.com
security: []
tags:
  - name: Live
    description: What the network hears now.
  - name: History
    description: Observed legs and routes.
  - name: Stations
    description: Feeder roster.
  - name: Reference
    description: Aircraft, airlines, airports, types.
  - name: Meta
    description: Index and health.
paths:
  /v1/aircraft:
    get:
      tags:
        - Live
      summary: Aircraft
      description: >-
        Aircraft the network hears right now. Fields: hex, flight, t, r, lat,
        lon, alt_baro, gs, track, category, squawk, seen, seen_pos. 503 if the
        snapshot is older than 60 seconds.
      operationId: aircraft
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
              example:
                now: 1787924061
                aircraft:
                  - hex: 76cd06
                    flight: SIA123
                    t: A359
                    r: 9V-SHF
                    lat: 1.5
                    lon: 103.8
                    alt_baro: 6325
                    gs: 285.9
                    track: 85.4
                    category: A5
                    squawk: '2136'
                    seen: 0.2
                    seen_pos: 1.1
        '429':
          description: Rate limited. Per IP, 600 second window.
        '503':
          description: Live snapshot older than 60 seconds.

````