How To Set Up Automated Flight Following (AFF / API)

What is AFF?

AFF is Automated Flight Following and it allows you to send your tracking data through to third parties, such as the US Forest Service, the United Nations World Food Program, Lockheed Martin Flight Services Surveillance-Enhanced Search & Rescue, the National Aerial Fire Centre in Australia and many more.

Note: Some third parties require specific position reporting rates and your Spider may need to have the settings updated, this may also mean your Spidertracks charges may increase.

 

How to set up the AFF feed

1. Click Admin.

2. Select the Organisation where the aircraft is hosted.

3. Select AFF/API.

4. Select the aircraft you would like to add to the AFF/API feed.

5. Select the public or private AFF consumer you would like to use.

6. If you would like to apply the settings to all the Aircraft in your account, click Apply to All.

7. Click Save.

8. To finish the setup, please send the following details to the API provider:

• Aircraft registration
• The Spider IMEI

Please also see our article on Using the Spidertxt App to Set Up Automated Flight Following (AFF / API).

	AFF Consumer
International	AirSuite
Australia	Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Australia	NAFC (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
Australia	Victoria Dept. of Sustainability & Environment
Brazil	Aviation Management Systems
Canada	Alberta Forest Service (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
Canada	British Columbia Forest Service (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
Canada	GNWT - Department of Environment and Natural Resources | Forest Division (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
Canada	Manitoba Wildfire Program
Canada	Ministry of Natural Resources
Canada	Prince Albert Forest Protection Base
Canada	Yukon Wildland Fire Management
International	Firetrack.aero
International	Flightradar24 (1 minute position reporting interval)
Germany	Convexis Rescue Track (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
International	Aeronet
International	Aerotrack Flightops
International	Apex Flight Operations (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
International	Blue Sky Network (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
International	FlightAware
International	Guardian Mobility Inc
International	Heligrafics
International	IndigoSat MiTrac
International	Latitude Technologies Web Sentinel
International	myFLIGHTDATA
International	Openflyers
International	SARTrack Limited
International	Skyops
International	SkyTrac Systems Ltd
International	TakeFlite
International	TracPlus Global Ltd (non NAFC)
International	v2track
New Zealand:	Rescue Coordination Centre
International	SOPFEU (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
Switzerland	Rega Swiss Air Rescue
United States	Arctic On-Demand
United States	Digital AirWare
United States	FAA Alaska Flight Services
United States	Leidos Flight Service (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
United States	National Park Service, Western Arctic Region, Alaska
United States	Satcom Direct (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
United States	State of Alaska DNR (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)
United States	US Forest Service (1 - 2 minute position reporting interval)

Please note, that Spidertracks also has an API available so third-party consumers can retrieve raw data from our system.

Third-party consumers can configure either a Public or Private data service to pull the raw data. If you are set up as a Public consumer Spidertracks' customers can elect you to pull their tracking data into your system.

The attached document is a comprehensive guide to assist you through all aspects of the integration process. Please note that there may be fees associated with pulling data from the Spidertracks API.

• Some AFF Consumers require an update rate of 2 minutes.
• Radius mode is not available.
• You will be billed at your standard rate.
• Contractors to NAFC (Australia) may be charged a 'roaming fee' by the NAFC integrator.
• Other AFF Consumers may charge fees outside of the standard Spidertracks fees.
• Third parties consuming data through the API may be charged a fee.

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