SAMPLE Flights - Flight events for commercial aviation, business jet, and general aviation flights

Our Flight Events data feed combines Spire Global satellite/terrestrial ADS-B flight event data with ch-aviation’s fleet, operator, and airport data providing an overview of all flights operated by airlines, business and general aviation players on a daily basis.

The value of our Flight Events data feed lies in its high-resolution integration of ADS-B flight tracking with ch-aviation’s comprehensive aircraft and operator data, delivering unmatched visibility into global aircraft movements. By identifying the aircraft type and registration for approximately 98% of all ADS-B-tracked flights, we offer an industry-leading solution for lessors, insurers, airports, OEMs, and analysts seeking precise, reliable, and actionable aviation intelligence.

• High-Resolution ADS-B Integration - Satellite and terrestrial ADS-B flight tracking combined with enriched aircraft and operator data for maximum accuracy and visibility
• Comprehensive Aircraft Identification - Aircraft type and registration identified for approximately 98% of all ADS-B-tracked flights, using proprietary matching with ch-aviation data and supplementary publicly available authority data sources.
• Global Flight Coverage - Tracks approximately 160,000–190,000 flights per day across commercial aviation, business jet, and general aviation sectors worldwide.
• ACMI (Wet-Lease) and Cargo Customer Tracking - Detailed monitoring of ACMI operations, including identification of wet-lease activity between different operators as well as cargo customers identifying flights operated for integrators like DHL Express or FedEx as well as cargo customers such as Amazon.
• Aircraft Utilisation Tracking - Tracking of flight hours and cycles at both the operator and individual tail number (aircraft) level
• Matched Operator and Aircraft Data - Every flight is linked to comprehensive ch-aviation datasets, including aircraft ID, history, operator, variant, callsign, and airport details allowing customers to leverage the industry’s most comprehensive integration between ADS-B flight event and fleet/operator/airport data.
• Fallback Data Enrichment - Where ch-aviation data is unavailable, civil aviation authority and ANSP sources are used to ensure continuity in aircraft identification and data accuracy.
• Use Case-Driven Insights - Tailored for industry stakeholders like lessors, insurers, OEMs, airports, and analysts seeking operational, commercial, and technical flight data intelligence.

ch-aviation integrates its Commercial Aviation Aircraft Data and Business Jet Aircraft Data with Spire Global’s satellite-based ADS-B data that is fused by Spire with terrestrial feeds from two terrestrial ADS-B data providers.

This data is enriched with mapped callsigns, corrected hexcodes, regional partnership decoding, and identification of wet-leases and cargo customers, enabling detailed insight into each individual flight.

Where ch-aviation data is unavailable, public data from civil aviation authorities and ANSPs is used to ensure broad and reliable aircraft identification and coverage.

The data set is available historically going back to January 1, 2018.

The data set is updated daily.

The sample data shows flights on 2025-03-30, with Swiss, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, Jet Aviation Business Jets, and RVR Aviation as operators or wet lease customers.

Contact us to get access to ch-aviation's AWS S3 sample data bucket as well allowing you to build proof of concepts with all of our sample data.

The direct bucket URL for this data set is: https://eu-central-1.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/buckets/dataservices-standardised-samples?region=eu-central-1&bucketType=general&prefix=flights/&showversions=false

Full Technical Data Dictionary: https://about.ch-aviation.com/flights-2/