# stabletravel.dev FlightAware Latest Flight Position

> stabletravel.dev FlightAware Latest Flight Position is a paid API for AI agents from stabletravel.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the current real-time position of a specific flight identified by its FlightAware flight ID, including coordinates, altitude, heading, and ground speed

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://stabletravel.dev/api/flightaware/flights/AAL1134-1780896939-airline-2122p/position
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stabletravel-dev-flightaware-latest-flight-position-1a7b856e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_BrSUTtEpuqns4iAKfHZnN

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 stabletravel-dev-flightaware-latest-flight-position-1a7b856e
```

Example prompt: Where is American Airlines flight AAL1134 right now? I need its current latitude, longitude, altitude, and heading — look it up using the FlightAware ID AAL1134-1780896939-airline-2122p.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the single most recent position snapshot for a known flight identified by its FlightAware fa_flight_id. Prefer this over the full track history endpoint when you only need current state (faster, cheaper). Choose this when building real-time flight tracking dashboards, alerting systems, or answering 'where is this flight right now' queries.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or expired fa_flight_id returns an error or empty result
- Flight has already landed — position data may be stale or unavailable
- Flight not yet departed — no position data available yet
- Network or upstream FlightAware API outage
- Payment failure (402) if USDC balance is insufficient

## 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 position data including latitude, longitude, altitude (in hundreds of feet), heading (degrees), groundspeed (knots), timestamp of the update, update_type (e.g. oceanic, ADS-B), altitude_change direction (C/D/level), and the fa_flight_id. Null values indicate data not currently available.

## 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/stabletravel-dev-flightaware-latest-flight-position-1a7b856e/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)