Block Times - beta

Spire has leveraged terrestrial and satellite ADS-B tracking data from the positional Tracking Stream API to determine accurate aircraft movements around a given airport.

This newest add-on Flight Report feature uses a sophisticated in-house algorithm to pinpoint aircraft movements into and out of defined polygons, representing runways, gates and parking positions. This has taken Spire flight analytics up to a whole new level, through the calculation and flagging of ON and OFF block times for deeper insights into flight operations.

Data Contents

Field	Type	Description	Example
off_block_at_gate	timestamp	Timestamp when leaving the gate	2023-10-02 11:14:20.00 UTC
off_block_gate_name	string	Gate name detected at off-block	B14
off_block_time	timestamp	Time at leaving the apron	2023-10-02 11:15:08.00 UTC
off_block_apron_name	string	Apron name at off-block	APRON E
off_block_terminal_name	string	Terminal name at off-block	T4
takeoff_runway	string	Runway designator detected at takeoff	07L/25R
landing_runway	string	Runway designator detected at landing	9/27
on_block_time	timestamp	Timestamp when arriving at apron	2023-10-03 01:24:42.00 UTC
on_block_apron_name	string	Apron name at on-block	APRON A
on_block_at_gate	timestamp	Timestamp when arriving at gate	2023-10-02 11:14:20.00 UTC
on_block_gate_name	string	Gate name detected at on-block	D13
on_block_terminal_name	string	Terminal name at on-block	T2

Activation

The above fields could represent huge value for you or your customer's operational efficiency, financial management, regulatory compliance and more.

If you are interested in these add-on data fields for the Flight Report, please contact the Spire Aviation team.