I am new to this API but I would like to send AeroAPI a flight number or route and a date and get back the flight id but I am getting weird results.
For example, passing -origin “KPDX” -destination “KEWR” for today (01/02/2022) I get back only a United flight that is delayed.
In the advanced search options I can see there are different criteria I can set to look for departure time, but can I simply just put in the departure date? What is the best way to go about this?
The reason you are only seeing the delayed flight is because it will show you the most recent flights first, which in this case is a flight that has yet to happen.
I would recommend looking into the GET flights/search/advanced call, specifically at the operators you can use. For instance, you could set something like {< arrivalTime 1276811040} and a departure time to match afterwards to call for a specific time frame.
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Thanks Taylor, I appreciate the response!
I tried the following in the advanced search {orig KPDX} {dest KEWR} {< arrivalTime 1641535200}
But nothing is returned. I would expect to see at least one flight. I’m assuming I’m missing something simple.