> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.worldmonitor.app/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GetFlightStatus > GetFlightStatus looks up the current status of a specific flight. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api/AviationService.openapi.yaml get /api/aviation/v1/get-flight-status openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: AviationService API version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://api.worldmonitor.app security: - WorldMonitorKey: [] - ApiKeyHeader: [] paths: /api/aviation/v1/get-flight-status: get: tags: - AviationService summary: GetFlightStatus description: GetFlightStatus looks up the current status of a specific flight. operationId: GetFlightStatus parameters: - name: flight_number in: query description: IATA flight number (e.g., "TK1952"). required: true example: JFK schema: type: string - name: date in: query description: Departure date in ISO 8601 format (e.g., "2026-03-05"). required: true example: '2026-01-15' schema: type: string - name: origin in: query description: Optional origin airport IATA code to disambiguate. required: false example: JFK schema: type: string - name: jmespath in: query description: >- Optional JMESPath expression applied server-side to project or reduce the JSON response before it is returned (mirrors the MCP jmespath argument). Invalid expressions, expressions larger than 1024 UTF-8 bytes, or projections that exceed the 256 KB output cap return HTTP 400 with a {_jmespath_error, original_keys} envelope. Grammar and worked examples: https://www.worldmonitor.app/docs/mcp-jmespath. required: false example: keys(@) schema: type: string responses: '200': description: Successful response content: application/json: example: cacheHit: true flights: - actualArrival: 1 actualDeparture: 1 aircraftIcao24: a835af aircraftType: all cancelled: true source: example schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetFlightStatusResponse' '400': description: Validation error content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JmespathProjectionError' '401': description: Missing or invalid API key. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError' '403': description: >- API access requires an active subscription (the API key's subscription is inactive or expired). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError' '429': description: Rate limit exceeded. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: description: Maximum requests allowed in the active rate-limit window. schema: type: string X-RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests remaining in the active rate-limit window. schema: type: string X-RateLimit-Reset: description: >- Unix epoch milliseconds when the active rate-limit window resets. schema: type: string Retry-After: description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request. schema: type: string content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError' default: description: Gateway or handler error response. content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GatewayError' components: schemas: GetFlightStatusResponse: type: object properties: flights: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightInstance' source: type: string description: Data source identifier. cacheHit: type: boolean description: Whether the response was served from cache. description: GetFlightStatusResponse contains flight status results. ValidationError: type: object properties: violations: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldViolation' description: List of validation violations required: - violations description: >- ValidationError is returned when request validation fails. It contains a list of field violations describing what went wrong. JmespathProjectionError: description: >- Returned when a REST jmespath projection is invalid or exceeds the expression/output byte limits. properties: _jmespath_error: description: Projection error discriminator and details. type: string original_keys: description: Top-level keys or shape of the unprojected response. items: type: string type: array required: - _jmespath_error - original_keys type: object UnauthorizedError: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Human-readable error message. required: - error description: >- Returned when the API key is missing, malformed, or lacks current API access. ForbiddenError: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Human-readable entitlement failure reason. requiredTier: type: integer format: int32 description: Minimum entitlement tier required for this endpoint. currentTier: type: integer format: int32 description: Caller entitlement tier when known. planKey: type: string description: Caller plan key when known. required: - error description: >- Returned when a PRO-gated endpoint denies access because the caller has no resolved authenticated user, entitlements cannot be verified, or the caller lacks the required entitlement tier. Error: type: object properties: message: type: string description: Error message (e.g., 'user not found', 'database connection failed') description: >- Error is returned when a handler encounters an error. It contains a simple error message that the developer can customize. RateLimitError: type: object description: Returned when a gateway or handler rate limit rejects the request. properties: error: type: string description: Human-readable rate-limit failure reason. required: - error GatewayError: type: object description: >- Returned by gateway infrastructure errors before an RPC handler runs, such as origin, routing, method, authentication, or quota checks. properties: error: oneOf: - type: string - type: object additionalProperties: true description: Gateway error reason or structured gateway failure details. required: - error FlightInstance: type: object properties: flightNumber: type: string description: IATA flight number (e.g., "TK1952"). date: type: string description: Departure date in ISO 8601 format (e.g., "2026-03-05"). operatingCarrier: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Carrier' origin: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirportRef' destination: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AirportRef' scheduledDeparture: type: integer format: int64 description: >- Scheduled departure time as Unix epoch milliseconds (UTC).. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript estimatedDeparture: type: integer format: int64 description: >- Estimated departure time as Unix epoch milliseconds (UTC).. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript actualDeparture: type: integer format: int64 description: >- Actual departure time as Unix epoch milliseconds (UTC).. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript scheduledArrival: type: integer format: int64 description: >- Scheduled arrival time as Unix epoch milliseconds (UTC).. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript estimatedArrival: type: integer format: int64 description: >- Estimated arrival time as Unix epoch milliseconds (UTC).. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript actualArrival: type: integer format: int64 description: >- Actual arrival time as Unix epoch milliseconds (UTC).. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript status: type: string enum: - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_SCHEDULED - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_BOARDING - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_DEPARTED - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_AIRBORNE - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_LANDED - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_ARRIVED - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_CANCELLED - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_DIVERTED - FLIGHT_INSTANCE_STATUS_UNKNOWN description: >- FlightInstanceStatus represents the operational status of a flight occurrence. delayMinutes: type: integer format: int32 description: Delay in minutes (0 if on time, negative if early). cancelled: type: boolean description: Whether the flight is cancelled. diverted: type: boolean description: Whether the flight has been diverted. gate: type: string description: Departure gate (if available). terminal: type: string description: Departure terminal (if available). aircraftIcao24: type: string description: >- ICAO 24-bit transponder address of the aircraft (hex, e.g., "4b1805"). aircraftType: type: string description: Aircraft type designator (e.g., "B738"). codeshareFlightNumbers: type: array items: type: string description: Codeshare flight numbers marketed under this operating flight. source: type: string description: Data source provider name. updatedAt: type: integer format: int64 description: >- Last update time as Unix epoch milliseconds.. Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript description: >- FlightInstance represents a specific occurrence of a flight on a given date. FieldViolation: type: object properties: field: type: string description: >- The field path that failed validation (e.g., 'user.email' for nested fields). For header validation, this will be the header name (e.g., 'X-API-Key') description: type: string description: >- Human-readable description of the validation violation (e.g., 'must be a valid email address', 'required field missing') required: - field - description description: FieldViolation describes a single validation error for a specific field. Carrier: type: object properties: iataCode: type: string description: IATA two-letter airline code (e.g., "TK"). icaoCode: type: string description: ICAO three-letter airline code (e.g., "THY"). name: type: string description: Full airline name (e.g., "Turkish Airlines"). description: Carrier represents an airline or aircraft operator. AirportRef: type: object properties: iata: type: string description: IATA airport code (e.g., "IST"). icao: type: string description: ICAO airport code (e.g., "LTFM"). name: type: string description: Airport name (e.g., "Istanbul Airport"). timezone: type: string description: IANA timezone (e.g., "Europe/Istanbul"). description: AirportRef is a lightweight reference to an airport. securitySchemes: WorldMonitorKey: type: apiKey in: header name: X-WorldMonitor-Key description: User-issued WorldMonitor API key. ApiKeyHeader: type: apiKey in: header name: X-Api-Key description: Alias header for the WorldMonitor API key (X-WorldMonitor-Key). ````