Data Link API#

Required roles: Data Link - ACARS ATS - D-ATIS Access, Data Link - ACARS ATS - DCL/PDC Access — Roles
Base endpoint: https://dlink-api-2.ibosoft.net.tr:2096
Reference documents: ARINC Specification 618-6 Air/Ground Character-Oriented Protocol Specification (16/06/06) · ARINC Specification 620-6 Datalink Ground System and Interface Specification (15/11/07) · ARINC Specification 622 · ICAO Annex 10 Volume III Communication Systems, Ed. 2 (Amend. 92) (28/11/24) · ICAO Doc 10037 Global Operational Data Link (GOLD) Manual, Ed. 1 (2017)
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Last updated: 18 OCT 2026

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The API of the Data Link Backend: it lets you request some stored ACARS network ATS Applications (DCL and D-ATIS) messages of an aerodrome in a simpler way, without the live stream or database connection. The history it returns is more limited than the available in the records database. The ibonav.aero ACARS ATS Search page and the ATC tab of the aerodrome menu in the Interactive Map use it.

What you can build with it: the current departure / arrival ATIS of an aerodrome on your page, its latest D-ATIS messages, or the latest departure clearance (DCL) messages given at an aerodrome.

• Messages are returned as received (raw text), newest first; they are not parsed.
• Coverage depends on the receivers: an aerodrome may have no messages, or only old ones.

Applications#

Available ATS Applications and ACARS Message Labels searched:

Only these uplink messages are returned. The other messages of the same applications are not covered: the aircraft requests (B9 Request ATIS Report, B3 Request Departure Clearance), the DCL readback (B4) and the Flight Systems Messages (FSM, A4). For this more detailed message exchange, use the live stream of the Data Link Backend or Records Data Base Access.

Maximum number of latest messages per request:

D-ATIS#

GET https://dlink-api-2.ibosoft.net.tr:2096/acars-app/datis?icao=LTFM&type=dep,arr&count=3&days=2

{
  "icao": "LTFM",
  "count": 3,
  "dep": [
    { "timestamp": 1760840065.479974, "text": "/ESBDTYA.TI2/LTFM DEP ATIS S 1030Z ..." },
    { "timestamp": 1760830000.0, "text": "/ESBDTYA.TI2/LTFM DEP ATIS R 1000Z ..." }
  ],
  "arr": [
    { "timestamp": 1760830500.0, "text": "/ISTATYA.TI2/LTFM ARR ATIS Z 1100Z ..." }
  ]
}

Messages are found by their header: an A9-label message containing /{ICAO} DEP ATIS or /{ICAO} ARR ATIS (space or hyphen between the parts). The current ATIS is the newest message of a type; check its timestamp, an old one may no longer be valid.

DCL#

GET https://dlink-api-2.ibosoft.net.tr:2096/acars-app/dcl?icao=LTAI&count=10

{
  "icao": "LTAI",
  "count": 10,
  "dcl": [
    { "timestamp": 1760440000.0, "text": "/ESBCTYA.DC1/CLD 1142 261013 LTAI PDC 075 ..." }
  ]
}

dcl lists the messages newest first, [] when none was found. Messages are found by the DCL header: an A3-label message /CLD {HHMM} {YYMMDD} {ICAO} … with the aerodrome in the header; an aerodrome that appears only later in the clearance (e.g. CLRD TO LCEN) does not match.

Errors#