Hi, I have webhook alerts set up for email notifications of flight changes (really just watching for delayed departures or arrivals of specific flights).
I’m a little confused as to which times are used in “long_description” when displaying the updated departure/arrival times and when calculating the “delayed by” in Flight Status; are these “off”/“on” or “out”/“in”?
Here’s my formatted data from an alert email:
United #1821 flight information has changed
Departure Time is now Mon 21-Apr-2025 11:26AM CDT
Arrival Time is now Mon 21-Apr-2025 12:32PM CDT
Arrival Gate is now C6
Flight Status: Departure delayed about 4 hours 15 minutes
Departure:
New Orleans Intl (MSY)
Mon 21-Apr-2025 11:26AM CDT
Gate C11
Arrival:
Houston Bush Int’ctl (IAH)
Mon 21-Apr-2025 12:32PM CDT
Terminal C, Gate C6
Originally scheduled departure (from gate, as published): Mon 21-Apr-2025 07:00AM CDT (MSY)
Originally scheduled takeoff from runway: Mon 21-Apr-2025 07:10AM CDT (MSY)
Originally scheduled landing on runway: Mon 21-Apr-2025 08:16AM CDT (IAH)
Originally scheduled arrival (to gate, as published): Mon 21-Apr-2025 08:24AM CDT (IAH)
Event code: change
Data source: FlightAware AeroAPI
And here’s my raw response data for reference:
{“long_description”:“United #1821 flight information has changed\n Departure Time is now Mon 21-Apr-2025 11:26AM CDT\n Arrival Time is now Mon 21-Apr-2025 12:32PM CDT\n Arrival Gate is now C6\n\nFlight Status: Departure delayed about 4 hours 15 minutes \n\nDeparture:\n New Orleans Intl (MSY)\n Mon 21-Apr-2025 11:26AM CDT\n Gate C11\n\nArrival:\n Houston Bush Int’ctl (IAH)\n Mon 21-Apr-2025 12:32PM CDT\n Terminal C, Gate C6\n\n”,“short_description”:“United #1821 flight information has changed\n Departure Time is now Mon 21-Apr-2025 11:26AM CDT\n Arrival Time is now Mon 21-Apr-2025 12:32PM CDT\n Arrival Gate is now C6\n\n”,“summary”:“UAL1821 flight information has changed”,“event_code”:“change”,“alert_id”:78353236,“flight”:{“fa_flight_id”:“UAL1821-1745046408-airline-628p”,“ident”:“UAL1821”,“registration”:“N68834”,“atc_ident”:null,“aircraft_type”:“B739”,“origin”:“KMSY”,“destination”:“KIAH”,“route”:“AEX GESNR1”,“position_only”:false,“blocked”:false,“cancelled”:false,“diverted”:false,“route_distance”:304,“filed_ete”:3960,“filed_altitude”:380,“filed_airspeed_kts”:458,“scheduled_out”:“2025-04-21T12:00:00Z”,“estimated_out”:“2025-04-21T16:15:00Z”,“actual_out”:null,“scheduled_off”:“2025-04-21T12:10:00Z”,“estimated_off”:“2025-04-21T16:26:00Z”,“actual_off”:null,“scheduled_on”:“2025-04-21T13:16:00Z”,“estimated_on”:“2025-04-21T17:32:00Z”,“actual_on”:null,“scheduled_in”:“2025-04-21T13:24:00Z”,“estimated_in”:“2025-04-21T17:42:00Z”,“actual_in”:null,“baggage_claim”:“C9”,“gate_origin”:“C11”,“gate_destination”:“C6”,“terminal_origin”:null,“terminal_destination”:“C”,“ident_iata”:“UA1821”,“ident_icao”:“UAL1821”,“origin_icao”:“KMSY”,“origin_iata”:“MSY”,“origin_lid”:“MSY”,“destination_icao”:“KIAH”,“destination_iata”:“IAH”,“destination_lid”:“IAH”}}
Thank you!