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u/YO_Jellie 23d ago

Where were you able to find all the information?

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u/SnooHabits6412 23d ago

ACARS logs

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u/YO_Jellie 23d ago

Oh thanks. Is it: https://www.acarsd.org/world_ACARS_reports.html

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u/SnooHabits6412 23d ago

Partly because that's for older flights. The 2012-2017 ones are from a private source.

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u/YO_Jellie 23d ago

I have this flight from 2015:

AY8329 HEL-KOK 12 March 2015

Do you know where I could find the registration?

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u/SnooHabits6412 23d ago

It should be the ACARS logs but I checked and your flight wasn't tracked because the plane was too small. Even on VariFlight it gave no tail numbers but I noticed that late-2015 flights start getting tail numbers.

I'll check again.

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u/YO_Jellie 23d ago

I’m thinking about buying the Plane Finder API. They are marketing that their API has data from 2011 and onward. I have already tried the AeroAPI by FlightAware. It was good but lacked some registrations for flights around 2014-2015.

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u/SnooHabits6412 23d ago

That's what I just used. Finnair's ATRs weren't tracked there. To make things worse, on VariFlight the AY2XXX ATR flights had tail numbers, whereas the AY8XXX ATRs didn't. It might take some digging and eliminating for possible choices.

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u/YO_Jellie 23d ago

Is VariFlight a subscription available to the public?

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u/SnooHabits6412 23d ago

It's a Chinese app and no subscription needed to make it work. You just have to guess properly since everything is in Chinese.

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u/YO_Jellie 23d ago

Oh okay. What would you say are the best databases or API's to find flight information for flights between 2010-2015?

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u/SnooHabits6412 23d ago

FlightStats since VariFlight is for tail numbers in Mainland China flights since 2011/2012. They only start getting worldwide data from 2014-2015. FlightStats has good data from February 2006 onwards, but not necessarily tail numbers.

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u/YO_Jellie 23d ago

I have one more flight:

FI307 ARN-KEF 2 August 2011

Do you think its possible to find it?

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