SetAlert for IATA flight number

FlightAware AeroAPI
1

Is it possible to register for alerts using an IATA flight number e.g. BA85 or does it need to be the ICAO number (BAW85)?

Thanks

2

SetAlert (and most FlightXML2 functions) will try to convert the ident to be ICAO when possible, however you should not design your application to be dependent upon that behavior because our servers are not able to do it for all possible airlines. There are a number of airlines that have IATA codes that are not unique or are ambiguous with aircraft registrations in certain countries, so the conversion will not occur and the result is that your alert may not occur. We recommend using ICAO natively in your application when possible.

3

What all information it displays as a response? e.g if there is a change in gate or flight is delayed then what all information it will show in their alert?
thanks.

4

Some example JSON messages are shown under the “Pushed Notifications” section of flightaware.com/commercial/flig … ation2.rvt


{
			        "long_desc": "DAL116 arrived at KATL (Hartsfield-Jackson Intl) at 04:11PM EST from KTPA (Tampa Intl)",
			        "short_desc": "DAL116 arrived at KATL from KTPA",
			        "summary": "DAL116 arrived at KATL from KTPA",
			        "eventcode": "arrival",
			        "alert_id": 123456,
			        "flight": {
			                "ident": "DAL116",
			                "aircrafttype": "B752",
			                "origin": "KTPA",
			                "destination": "KATL",
			                "filed_ete": "01:15:00",
			                "route": "ENDED4 CTY HONIE8",
			                "faFlightID": "DAL116-1318311885-airline-0362",
			                "filed_altitude": 360,
			                "filed_airspeed_kts": 465,
			                "filed_time": 1318532269,
			                "filed_departuretime": 1318531500,
			                "estimatedarrivaltime": 1318536216,
			                "actualarrivaltime": 1318536660,
			                "actualdeparturetime": 1318532220
			        }
			}

For “change” events, the summary, short_desc, and long_desc fields will have more specific information such as:


eventcode  | change
summary    | AIC308 flight information has changed
short_desc | Air India #308 flight information has changed                 +
           |   Arrival Time is now Mon 11/07/2016 05:22AM AEST             +
           |                                                               +
           |
long_desc  | Air India #308 flight information has changed                 +
           |   Arrival Time is now Mon 11/07/2016 05:22AM AEST             +
           |                                                               +
           | Flight Status: Taxiing / Left Gate                            +
           |                                                               +
           | Departure:                                                    +
           |   Indira Gandhi Int'l (VIDP/DEL)                              +
           |   Sun 10/07/2016 01:26PM IST                                  +
           |   Terminal 3                                                  +
           |                                                               +
           | Arrival:                                                      +
           |   Melbourne Tullamarine (YMML/MEL)                            +
           |   Mon 11/07/2016 05:22AM AEST                                 +
           |   Terminal 2                                                  +
           |                                                               +
           |