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Terms of use

The short version: use the site freely, do not treat it as flight advice, and do not pretend it is the FAA.

Effective 14 November 2026

1. Who we are

AirTrafficTool (“we”, “us”) publishes independent analysis and tools about the FAA’s SMART air traffic programme and U.S. airport status data. We are not the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Transportation, or any government body, and nothing on this site is an official government publication.

2. What this site is not

  • It is not flight advice. We do not know your flight, and we cannot tell you whether it will operate on time.
  • It is not an operational tool. Do not use it for flight planning, dispatch, or any safety-related decision.
  • It is not a source of SMART output. SMART’s recommendations are not published as data.
  • It is not a substitute for your airline, your handling agent, or official FAA publications.

3. Data and availability

Airport status data is retrieved from the FAA’s public NAS status feed and displayed with its retrieval time. It may be delayed, incomplete, cached, or unavailable. We may change, suspend, or remove any part of the site at any time, including the status lookup.

The savings calculator is a model, not a measurement. Its outputs depend entirely on the inputs you supply and on the assumptions documented on our method page.

4. No warranty

The site is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of the site, including decisions made in reliance on its content.

5. Acceptable use

You may read, quote, and link to the site. If you reuse substantial portions, cite AirTrafficTool and link to the page. Automated requests to the status endpoint are rate limited; do not attempt to bypass that limit, and ask us first if you need bulk or commercial access.

Do not use the site to mislead anyone into thinking it is an FAA service.

6. Third-party content

Quotations and links to FAA documents, news reports and congressional letters remain the property of their owners and are used for reporting and commentary. Following an external link takes you to a site we do not control.

7. Changes

We may update these terms. The effective date at the top of the page changes when we do. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated terms.

8. Contact

Questions about these terms: contact@airtraffictool.com.