Operation v2

Scope: operation:create

DEPRECATED - This route is deprecated and will be removed September 1, 2025. Please use Create Ephemeral Operations instead.

To support LAANC authorization workflows within 3rd-party applications, the API allows the creation of basic operation definitions. Each operation may include information such as operation start time, duration, requested altitude, and boundary (shape). For approved vendors, other details such as pilot personal contact details may be included.

Definitions:

Operation: Describes the mission parameters. The umbrella to 1:n authorizations.

Authorization: Describes all or a portion of the operational area to be authorized for flight. Due to airspace dynamics, an operation may be dividied across space or time for seperate and distinct authorizations.

LAANC Deeplinking

Successfully creating an operation will return a URL that may be used to access the operation within the AirHub Portal application. Following is a sample url after the operation has been successfully created:

https://portal.airspacelink.com/plan/operations/{id}/claim

ℹ️ Important: Operations will be created in the environment respective to the API with which they were created.
Operations created via the Sandbox API to the Sandbox Portal environment
Operations created via the Production API to the Production Portal environment

Callback URL

You may supply an optional callbackUrl during operation creation. Airspace Link will dispatch a call to the url when changes occur to the status of any authorization associated with the operation. In order to distinguish between different operations, your callbackUrl may include a unique ID which represents your system's internal identifier. Common patterns may include https://myapp.com/aslCallback/{ID} or https://myapp.com/aslCallback?id={ID}. The url may be structured in any way meaningful to your organization.

Sample callback response (only if authorized):

{ 
    authId: string,
    authStatus: string,
    authStatusDate: string, 
    startTime: string,
    duration: number,
    altitude: number,
    atc: string
}

JSON POST Body

The POST body is expected to be a GeoJSON Feature. The feature's geometry must be a GeoJSON Polygon or LineString.

A request where geometry is a valid GeoJSON LineString will result in a buffered Polygon. FAA requires input geometries for an operation be a valid GeoJSON Polygon. Validation checks are applied to the input LineString/resulting Polygon/or input Polygon:

LineString must have an array of positions (float64) in accordance with the RFC7946 spec

LineString resulting in a buffered Polygon must not have interior rings (doughnut shape)

LineString resulting a buffered Polygon must not have an area greater than 10 square miles or a side length greater than 10 nautical miles

Polygon must be closed; the first coordinates match the last in the array

Request

Header Params

Content-Type

enum<string>

required

Allowed value:

application/json;charset=UTF-8

Example:

application/json;charset=UTF-8

Authorization

string

required

Authorization bearer accessToken generated in Authorization step

Example:

Body Params application/json

type

string

required

Always Feature

geometry

object

required

GeoJSON Polygon or GeoJSON LineString

type

string

required

coordinates

array [array]

required

properties

object

required

Operation properties. See child items for more detail.

operationName

string

required

Name of the operation.

Rule Category

FAA rules are categorized into the following:

Category	Description
faa_107	FAA Commercial UAS Flight.
faa_44809	FAA Recreational UAS Flight.

startTime

string

required

ISO 8601 compliant start timestamp of the operation.

timezoneName

string

required

Operation timezone. Value should match the Time Zone column of the table located here.

duration

integer

required

Duration of the operation from 1 - 720 minutes.

maxAltitude

integer

required

Maximum requested altitude of the operation from 5 - 400' Above Ground Level.

callbackUrl

string

optional

A POST request will be made to this URL when authorization status updates occur. See Callback URL section above for more details.

Example

{
  "type": "Feature",
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Polygon",
    "coordinates": [
      [
        [
          -81.38980504483482,
          30.29395983352252
        ],
        [
          -81.38980504483482,
          30.29293179807891
        ],
        [
          -81.38530643599411,
          30.29293179807891
        ],
        [
          -81.38530643599411,
          30.29395983352252
        ],
        [
          -81.38980504483482,
          30.29395983352252
        ]
      ]
    ]
  },
  "properties": {
    "operationName": "Test Operation",
    "category": "faa_107",
    "timezoneName": "America/New_York",
    "duration": 55,
    "maxAltitude": 100,
    "startTime": "2023-01-05T12:00:00.0000000+00:00"
  }
}

Request samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

application/json

Body

statusCode

integer

required

message

string

required

data

object

required

url

string

required

Example

{
  "statusCode": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "url": "<url>"
  }
}

Definitions:#

LAANC Deeplinking#

Callback URL#

JSON POST Body#

Request

Rule Category

Request samples

Responses

Definitions:

LAANC Deeplinking

Callback URL

JSON POST Body