# FlightAware Flight Track (Position History)

> FlightAware Flight Track (Position History) is a paid API for AI agents from stabletravel.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.024/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the position history (flight track) for a specific flight identified by its FlightAware flight ID, including coordinates, altitude, heading, and groundspeed at each recorded position.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://stabletravel.dev/api/flightaware/flights/UAL237-1779611729-fa-1059p/track
- Price: $0.024/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/flightaware-903eacf0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_IKJL-LwpJhNRx-OEtLtWj

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability flightaware-903eacf0
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full position history for FlightAware flight UAL237-1779611729-fa-1059p, including any estimated positions?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the detailed position history (breadcrumb trail) of a specific flight already identified by its FlightAware flight ID. Prefer this over general flight search endpoints when you already have the fa_flight_id and need granular lat/lon/altitude/speed data points along the route rather than just departure/arrival summary info.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or expired fa_flight_id returns 404 or empty positions array
- Flight ID not found in FlightAware system returns error
- Payment failure (402) if x402 micropayment not completed
- Network timeout if FlightAware upstream is slow
- Flight has no recorded positions yet (very early or untracked flight) returns empty array

## How this service works

Get the flight track (position history) for a flight

## Output

An array of position objects each containing latitude, longitude, altitude, heading, groundspeed, timestamp, altitude_change direction, update_type, and the fa_flight_id — forming a breadcrumb trail of the flight's path.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "include_estimated_positions": true
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "properties": {
      "include_estimated_positions": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Include estimated positions"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "required": [
      "positions"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "positions": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "heading": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "number"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "altitude": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "number"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "latitude": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "number"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "longitude": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "number"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "timestamp": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "string"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "groundspeed": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "number"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "update_type": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "string"
           },
           {
            "type": "null"
           }
          ]
         },
         "fa_flight_id": {
          "anyOf": [
           {
            "type": "string"

… (truncated)
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/flightaware-903eacf0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from stabletravel.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/stabletravel.dev/llms.txt)