# x402-factory Airport Delay Risk (6-Hour Blocks)

> x402-factory Airport Delay Risk (6-Hour Blocks) is a paid API for AI agents from x402-factory.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns weather-driven flight delay risk scores for a US airport across four 6-hour blocks covering the next 24 hours, with named meteorological drivers and a one-line verdict.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-factory.com/v1/aviation/delay-risk/:iata
- 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/x402-factory-airport-delay-risk-6-hour-blocks-5f3993d7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_B6qqklxrarEzTb7ShjMa-

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 x402-factory-airport-delay-risk-6-hour-blocks-5f3993d7
```

Example prompt: What's the weather-driven delay risk at O'Hare (ORD) over the next 24 hours — break it down by 6-hour window and tell me what's driving any risk and whether I should be worried?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, time-blocked delay risk scores for a specific US airport driven by meteorological factors, rather than a generic weather forecast. It is best when you need actionable aviation intelligence (not raw weather data) and want named drivers plus a verdict rather than raw probabilities or NWS data. Prefer this over a generic weather endpoint when the use case is specifically about flight operations or travel planning at a major US airport.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-top-100 IATA code returns an error or empty response
- IATA code not matching pattern ^[A-Za-z]{3}$ returns 400 validation error
- Payment not processed or insufficient USDC balance returns 402 Payment Required
- Airport not in supported top-100 US airport list returns 404 or data error
- Upstream weather model unavailable causes 503 or degraded response

## How this service works

Weather-driven delay risk for a US airport in 6-hour blocks — Next-24h delay risk for a top-100 US airport, scored per 6-hour block from forecast wind gusts, convective potential, winter and sustained precipitation, and heavy cloud cover, with the drivers named and a one-line verdict.

## Output

A JSON object with an array of up to four 6-hour time blocks, each containing a risk_score (0–1), window_start and window_end timestamps, and an array of named meteorological drivers (e.g. wind gusts, convective potential, low ceilings, winter precipitation). Also includes a top-level 'verdict' string summarizing the overall delay outlook for the airport.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "iata"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "iata": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{3}$",
       "maxLength": 3,
       "minLength": 3
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "data",
      "meta"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "data": {
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
        "blocks",
        "verdict"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "blocks": {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
           "window_start",
           "window_end",
           "risk_score",
           "drivers"
          ],
          "properties": {
           "drivers": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
             "type": "string"
            }
           },
           "risk_score": {
            "type": "number",
            "maximum": 1,
            "minimum": 0
           },
           "window_end": {
            "type": "string"
           },
           "window_start": {
            "type": "string"
           }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false
         }
        },
        "verdict": {
         "type": "string"
        }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "meta": {
       "type": "object"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-factory-airport-delay-risk-6-hour-blocks-5f3993d7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-factory.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-factory.com/llms.txt)