What it returns
Live positions of private and business jets, read from adsb.lol's open ADS-B feed and joined to the FAA aircraft registry, so each US-registered aircraft comes with its registered owner. Track specific tail numbers, every aircraft registered to a company, every jet of a given type, or everything around an airport. With no input it returns every business jet in the air worldwide that the network sees.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| registration, hex, callsign, icaoType | Aircraft identity as broadcast |
| latitude, longitude, altitudeFt, onGround | Position; altitude is barometric, feet |
| groundSpeedKt, trackDeg, verticalRateFpm | Speed, heading and climb/descent |
| squawk, emergency | Transponder code and emergency status |
| positionAgeSec, observedAt | Age of the position and its UTC time |
| military | Flagged military in the feed's database |
| faaPrivacyProgram | LADD or PIA when the aircraft is in an FAA privacy program |
| ownerName, ownerType, ownerCity, ownerState | FAA registered owner (US aircraft only) |
| manufacturer, model, yearBuilt, nNumber | FAA aircraft details |
| source | Live map link for the aircraft |
Common uses
- Corporate jet activity as a deal and travel signal
- Watching a fleet (fractional operators, charter companies)
- Arrivals and departures around a business airport
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/private-jet-tracker/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
registrations | list of strings | Registrations such as N650SB or G-LCYA. Any country. |
hexCodes | list of strings | 24-bit ICAO addresses such as A88E4C. |
ownerName | string | Track every US-registered aircraft whose FAA registered owner contains this text, e.g. NETJETS or WAL-MART. At least 4 characters. |
aircraftTypes | list of strings | ICAO type designators such as GLF6 (Gulfstream G650), GL7T (Global 7500), FA7X (Falcon 7X). If no selector at all is given, every business jet type is tracked. |
latitude | number | Center of an area search, with longitude, e.g. 40.85 for Teterboro. |
longitude | number | Center of an area search, with latitude, e.g. -74.06. |
radiusNm | integer | Area search radius, 1 to 250 nm. Default: 25. |
ownerDetails | boolean | Join each US-registered aircraft to its FAA registered owner, owner type, city, state, make, model and year. Default: true. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/private-jet-tracker/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"registrations": ["N650SB"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.40 per 1,000 aircrafts. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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