Overview

The PilotOutlook API enables outside applications to make calls to acquire PilotOutlook data. All calls are available to any developer through a standard Rest-based format.

AirportInfo

• Allows you to get the information like geographical location information, longitude and latitude etc:
  1. IATA Code
  2. Landing Facility Type - Airport, Heliport etc
  3. Latitude
  4. Longitude
  5. Elevation in Foot MSL
  6. Magnetic Variation and Direction
  7. PilotOutlook URL for more information

Request Format

• Call request format: All API calls for AirportLookup must have two parameters IATA_CODE and AccessKeyId.

http://www.pilotoutlook.com/xml/AirportLookup?IATA_CODE=BFI&
AccessKeyId=TEST1234

• Authentication: All API calls need to include the authentication parameter "&AccessKeyId=" + key.
• IATA Code: IATA codes for United States are simply ICAO codes without K at the start.
• Upcoming changes: Support for ICAO codes will be launches soon

Function Parameters

Sample Return (Truncated for clarity)

<AirportLookupResponse>
 <OperationRequest>

<HTTPHeaders>
	<Header Name="UserAgent" Value="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12"/>
</HTTPHeaders>

<Arguments>
<Argument Name="Service" Value="PilotOutlookService"/>
<Argument Name="AccessKeyId" Value="2323232"/>
<Argument Name="IATA_CODE" Value="HQM232"/>
<Argument Name="ResponseGroup" Value="Basic"/>
<Argument Name="Operation" Value="AirportLookup"/>
</Arguments>
</OperationRequest>
<list>
</list>

</AirportLookupResponse>

AircraftLookup

• Allows you to get the information about an Aircraft (FAA registered only) like manufacturer name, model information etc:
  1. N Number
  2. Manufacturing Year
  3. Aircraft Type - Balloon, Rotorcraft, Fixed Wing Single Engine etc
  4. Engine Type - Reciprocating, Turbo-prop, Jet etc
  5. Transponder Code
  6. Manufacturer Name
  7. Model Name
  8. Category - Land, Sea, Amphibian
  9. Builder Certification - Type certified, Light Sport, Not Type Certified
  10. Number of Engines
  11. Number of Seats
  12. Weight
  13. Cruising Speed (in Knots)
  14. PilotOutlook URL for more information

Request Format

• Call request format: All API calls for AircraftLookup must have two parameters NNumber and AccessKeyId.

http://www.pilotoutlook.com/xml/AircraftLookup?NNumber=3198J&AccessKeyId=TEST1234

• Authentication: All API calls need to include the authentication parameter "&AccessKeyId=" + key.
• NNumber: N Number is also referred to as tail or registration number. No need to pass first character 'N'

Function Parameters

Request Limit

If you think you need more, please request a higher call limit by emailing rajat@pilotoutlook.com.

• Limit calls to 1,000 per day, per API key
• Limit queries to 2 per second, per API key