# Saylor Innovations Data Desk – FAA Airport Delays

> Saylor Innovations Data Desk – FAA Airport Delays is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-22).

Returns real-time US airport delay information from the FAA, including ground delay programs, ground stops, arrival/departure delays, and closures with reasons, optionally filtered to one airport.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/aviation/airport-delays?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-22
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-data-desk-faa-airport-delays-1dbae47c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_89cRgVtANndLkYF9Mx4ay

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 saylor-innovations-data-desk-faa-airport-delays-1dbae47c
```

Example prompt: Can you check the FAA right now and tell me if there are any active ground delays, ground stops, or closures at Denver International Airport (DEN)?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, FAA-sourced delay status for US airports, particularly when you want structured programmatic access to ground delay programs, ground stops, and closure reasons. It is ideal for travel assistants, flight operations dashboards, or alert systems that need current conditions rather than historical data. Prefer this over general flight status APIs when the specific concern is FAA ATCSCC-reported systemic delays rather than individual flight status.

## Known failure modes

- FAA data feed temporarily unavailable — stale or null updated timestamp returned
- Invalid airport code filter returns empty results rather than an error
- Payment of 0.01 USDC not processed — 402 response blocking access
- No active delays at queried airport — returns zero airports_affected with empty sections (not an error, but may be misread as failure)

## How this service works

US airport delays right now from the FAA - ground delay programs, ground stops, arrival and departure delays and closures with reasons, optionally for one airport

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the count of affected airports, a list of airport codes currently under FAA delay programs or stops, and structured sections detailing ground delay programs, ground stops, arrival delays, departure delays, and closures — each with associated reasons. Also includes the data source, last updated timestamp, an optional airport filter indicator, and any contextual notes.

## 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"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "airports_affected",
      "sections",
      "status"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "note": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Caveat or context for reading the result"
      },
      "source": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Data source the values come from"
      },
      "status": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Current status"
      },
      "updated": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "Time the record was last updated"
      },
      "affected": {
       "type": "array",
       "description": "Airport codes with an active FAA delay, ground stop or closure"
      },
      "sections": {
       "type": "array",
       "description": "Sections"
      },
      "airport_filter": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "Airport filter"
      },
      "airports_affected": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Airports affected"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-data-desk-faa-airport-delays-1dbae47c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from saylorinnovations.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/saylorinnovations.com/llms.txt)