Ask HN: How to get my hands on flight data?

3 points by fwdpropaganda 8y ago ↗ HN

Yes, yes I know there are countless flight search engines. However I've had an idea that I haven't seen anyone else do and which I know has merit because that's how I get cheaper flights.

So, if I wanted to build a search engine which implements this idea, how would I go about getting flight data? Free data first, if possible ;-)

Thank you

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konart 8y ago ↗

What kind of data are we talking about exactly? If be flight you actually mean live air traffic - you can read https://www.flightradar24.com/how-it-works or https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/tracking-airplanes-how-flight... on the topic. Not sure there is a service that provides this aggregated data for free.

fwdpropaganda 8y ago ↗

Sorry, I meant booking data. To-from, prices, and anything related.

itamarst 8y ago ↗

Google has an API: https://developers.google.com/qpx-express/

(might be another more detailed API if you search around, QPX was originally a XML format with lots of power.)