# FlightAware Latest Position by FA Flight ID

> FlightAware Latest Position by FA Flight ID is a paid API for AI agents from stabletravel.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.020000/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the latest real-time position (lat, lon, altitude, heading, speed) for a specific flight identified by its FlightAware flight ID

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://stabletravel.dev/api/flightaware/flights/UAL237-1779611729-fa-1059p/position
- Price: $0.020000/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/flightaware-ec6eb0e0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EvCD0xKApZOkRI8On_Ieh

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-ec6eb0e0
```

Example prompt: Where is United flight UAL237-1779611729-fa-1059p right now — what's its current latitude, longitude, altitude, and heading?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you have a specific FlightAware flight ID (fa_flight_id) and need the single most recent position snapshot for that flight. Prefer this over position search endpoints when you already know the exact fa_flight_id and want low-latency, targeted position lookup rather than a broader search.

## Known failure modes

- Flight ID not found or invalid: 404 or empty response
- Flight has landed or not yet departed: position data may be null or stale
- Payment not authorized: 402 Payment Required if USDC not provided
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded: 429 Too Many Requests
- FlightAware upstream outage: 502/503 response from StableTravel proxy

## How this service works

Get the latest position for a flight by fa_flight_id

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the flight's latest known position including latitude, longitude, altitude (in hundreds of feet), heading (degrees), groundspeed (knots), timestamp of the position update, altitude change direction, update type (ADS-B, MLAT, etc.), and the fa_flight_id.

## 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": {},
     "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",
     "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"
        },
        {
         "type": "null"
        }
       ]
      },
      "altitude_change": {
       "anyOf": [
        {
         "type": "string"
        },
        {
         "type": "null"
        }
       ]
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/flightaware-ec6eb0e0/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)