About get /history/aircraft/{registration}/last_flight

FlightAware AeroAPI
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Hello,

My script scrapes the timestamps of the last completed flight of a given registration using:
/history/aircraft/{registration}/last_flight

However on some occasions i noticed the script returns the timestamps of the upcoming flight instead of the last completed flight. Since the “upcoming flight” is not completed or not even started i get “actual_X” timestamps as Nonetype sometimes.

Example:

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Json output at the same time above ss was taken:

{
  "flights": [
    {
      "ident": "AVA5",
      "ident_icao": "AVA5",
      "ident_iata": "AV5",
      "actual_runway_off": null,
      "actual_runway_on": null,
      "fa_flight_id": "AVA5-1746856134-airline-1479p",
      "operator": "AVA",
      "operator_icao": "AVA",
      "operator_iata": "AV",
      "flight_number": "5",
      "registration": "N446AV",
      "atc_ident": null,
      "inbound_fa_flight_id": "AVA8-1746770123-airline-2117p",
      "codeshares": [
        "GLO5831",
        "AVA5",
        "TAP7309",
        "UAL6656"
      ],
      "codeshares_iata": [
        "G35831",
        "AV5",
        "TP7309",
        "UA6656"
      ],
      "blocked": false,
      "diverted": false,
      "cancelled": false,
      "position_only": false,
      "origin": {
        "code": "KMIA",
        "code_icao": "KMIA",
        "code_iata": "MIA",
        "code_lid": "MIA",
        "timezone": "America/New_York",
        "name": "Miami Intl",
        "city": "Miami",
        "airport_info_url": "/airports/KMIA"
      },
      "destination": {
        "code": "SKBO",
        "code_icao": "SKBO",
        "code_iata": "BOG",
        "code_lid": null,
        "timezone": "America/Bogota",
        "name": "El Dorado Int'l",
        "city": "Bogota",
        "airport_info_url": "/airports/SKBO"
      },
      "departure_delay": 2400,
      "arrival_delay": 3060,
      "filed_ete": 12060,
      "foresight_predictions_available": null,
      "scheduled_out": "2025-05-12T11:55:00Z",
      "estimated_out": "2025-05-12T12:35:00Z",
      "actual_out": null,
      "scheduled_off": "2025-05-12T12:05:00Z",
      "estimated_off": "2025-05-12T12:45:00Z",
      "actual_off": null,
      "scheduled_on": "2025-05-12T15:26:00Z",
      "estimated_on": "2025-05-12T16:06:00Z",
      "actual_on": null,
      "scheduled_in": "2025-05-12T15:25:00Z",
      "estimated_in": "2025-05-12T16:16:00Z",
      "actual_in": null,
      "progress_percent": 0,
      "status": "Scheduled / Delayed",
      "aircraft_type": "A320",
      "route_distance": 1515,
      "filed_airspeed": 459,
      "filed_altitude": 350,
      "route": "NNOCE2 URSUS UP406 AKPEK UQ121 ISVAT ISVA4E",
      "baggage_claim": "3",
      "seats_cabin_business": null,
      "seats_cabin_coach": null,
      "seats_cabin_first": null,
      "gate_origin": "J16",
      "gate_destination": null,
      "terminal_origin": null,
      "terminal_destination": "1",
      "type": "Airline"
    }
  ]
}

As you can see the output is for the scheduled flight. Is this the correct logic here? Shouldn’t i be getting the json body of the actual completed flight instead of the upcoming one?

Thank you.