Credits & data sources
Waypoint is built on open data and open software. This page names every source and the licence it comes with — last updated 2 October 2026. Waypoint itself is an unofficial, private project; see the Impressum.
Infinite Flight
Live flights, controllers and ATIS come from the official Infinite Flight Live API by Infinite Flight Corporation (formerly Flying Development Studio). Waypoint is not affiliated with Infinite Flight; "Infinite Flight" is a trademark of its owners. Live data is never stored (only shown), following Infinite Flight's API terms.
Map
OpenFreeMapservice: MIT · data ODbLVector tiles in the OpenMapTiles schema, © OpenMapTiles · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Also the map lettering (Noto Sans, SIL Open Font License 1.1). Both reach you through Waypoint's own server.
CARTO basemap stylescode BSD-3-Clause · design CC BY 4.0The Dark Matter, Positron and Voyager looks — style © CARTO. The style files are stored inside Waypoint and drawn over OpenFreeMap's tiles; no CARTO service is used and no CARTO tiles are served.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2025 (EOX)CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Satellite view on the map (everywhere up to zoom 14, and beyond it wherever no aerial imagery below covers the ground), Skydle share cards and posts outside those areas, Skydle rounds whenever Esri World Imagery is unavailable, and the route videos. Sentinel-2 cloudless – https://s2maps.eu by EOX IT Services GmbH (Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025), licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. The underlying images are Copernicus Sentinel-2 data of the European Union. The tiles reach you through Waypoint's own server. Skydle pictures, Skydle share cards and Discord posts, and route videos are adapted from Sentinel-2 cloudless 2025 by EOX and are shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; each carries the credit and the licence. This applies to those images only, not to Waypoint's software or other content.
Apple Maps (MapKit)Apple Developer Program License AgreementSatellite imagery under the live map in our iOS app, where it is switched on (at present for testing on single devices of our team). Your iPhone or iPad loads it straight from Apple; Apple's logo and its "Legal" link with the data providers sit in the bottom left corner of the map while it shows. Not stored by Waypoint. The website and the Android app never show it.
Esri World ImageryEsri terms of useThe pictures you guess in Skydle's rounds: Powered by Esri · Esri, Vantor, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community. Fetched by Waypoint's server through the ArcGIS Location Platform for each player, shown under Esri's terms and not stored. Share cards, Discord posts and map covers keep the open imagery above and below.Every data provider of World Imagery (645)
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NASA Black Marble (NASA GIBS)public domainSkydle's night pictures: Black Marble night lights (VIIRS, 2016) by NASA Earth Observatory, served through NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
Terrain Tiles (Tilezen / AWS Open Data)various open licences3D terrain. ArcticDEM terrain data DEM(s) were created from DigitalGlobe, Inc., imagery and funded under National Science Foundation awards 1043681, 1559691, and 1542736; Australia terrain data © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017; Austria terrain data © offene Daten Österreichs – Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich; Canada terrain data contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada; Europe terrain data produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union – EU-DEM layers; Global ETOPO1 terrain data U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Mexico terrain data source: INEGI, Continental relief, 2016; New Zealand terrain data Copyright 2011 Crown copyright (c) Land Information New Zealand and the New Zealand Government (All rights reserved); Norway terrain data © Kartverket; United Kingdom terrain data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved; United States 3DEP (formerly NED) and global GMTED2010 and SRTM terrain data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) — precipitation radarCC BY 4.0Weather radar over Germany on the live map, the ATC scope and the Nav Display. Datenbasis: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Rasterdaten bildlich wiedergegeben (CC BY 4.0). The radar is our own composite: our server converts each service's colours to reflectivity, merges the services below and re-colours the result; the line on the map names the services covering the area you look at.
NOAA / National Weather Service — MRMS base reflectivitypublic domainWeather radar over the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam. Source: NOAA/NWS. The use of this data does not imply endorsement by NOAA or the National Weather Service.
Environment and Climate Change Canada — MSC GeoMetECCC Data Servers End-use LicenceWeather radar and radar coverage over Canada. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
EUMETSAT H SAF — H60B / H63 precipitation rateCC BY 4.0A satellite precipitation estimate, not radar — shown fainter and labelled "satellite estimate" where no radar above covers: Europe outside Germany, Africa, the Middle East, the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean. Contains modified EUMETSAT H SAF data © EUMETSAT 2026 (CC BY 4.0).
NOAA / NESDIS — Enterprise Rain Rate (NOAA Open Data Dissemination on AWS)NOAA open data, no use restrictionsA worldwide satellite precipitation estimate, not radar — a blend of the geostationary satellites (GOES, Meteosat, Himawari) between 70° N and 60° S, shown fainter and labelled "satellite estimate" everywhere the radars and H SAF above do not reach. Our server converts the rain rate to reflectivity and re-colours it, so what you see is data processed by Waypoint, not original NOAA data; the use of this data does not imply endorsement by NOAA or NESDIS.
Natural Earthpublic domainLand masses and country outlines on tour cards, small maps, the ATC scope, the simplified 2D map (for devices without WebGL) and the share preview images; the coverage outlines of the aerial imagery (simplified admin-0 and admin-1 boundaries, stored in Waypoint as data/imagery/regions.json).
MapLibre GL JSBSD-3-ClauseThe map engine; Leaflet (BSD-2-Clause) for the 2D fallback.
Aerial imagery (orthophotos)
From zoom 14 the satellite view shows government aerial imagery where a public authority publishes it openly: Germany (all 16 states), Switzerland, Austria, France and the Netherlands. The same imagery makes the Skydle pictures of airports in these countries sharper. The tiles reach you through Waypoint's own server; they are cropped to each source's area, their empty parts made transparent and re-encoded — hence "Daten geändert" (data modified) in the credits that ask for it. The map names the sources on screen and links each licence text; each Skydle picture and share card carries the credit of the imagery in it with the licence name, and Skydle's Discord posts add the licence links and a link to this page. A picture made only from aerial imagery stays under that imagery's licence; one that also contains Sentinel-2 cloudless pixels is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
BD ORTHO — IGN (Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière)Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0France with Corsica and the overseas departments.Credit: Source: IGN – BD ORTHO®, updated 2026 (Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0)Licence: Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0 · Terms of service: cartes.gouv.fr/cguChanges (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Luchtfoto Actueel (HR) — Beeldmateriaal Nederland / PDOKCC BY 4.0the Netherlands.Credit: Luchtfoto: Beeldmateriaal.nl / PDOK (CC BY 4.0)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
basemap.at Orthofoto — basemap.at (Verwaltungsgrundkarte Österreich)CC BY 4.0Austria.Credit: Datenquelle: basemap.atLicence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
SWISSIMAGE — Federal Office of Topography swisstoposwisstopo OGD terms of useSwitzerland and Liechtenstein.Credit: © swisstopo; includes material © (2016-2018) PlanetLicence: swisstopo OGD terms of useChanges (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20 — Landesamt für Geoinformation und Landentwicklung Baden-Württemberg (LGL-BW)dl-de/by-2-0Baden-Württemberg.Credit: LGL-BW (2026) dl-de/by-2-0, www.lgl-bw.de, Daten geändertLicence: dl-de/by-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP — Bayerische VermessungsverwaltungCC BY 4.0Bavaria.Credit: © Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung – www.geodaten.bayern.de, CC BY 4.0, Daten geändertFull source note for the service: © Datenquellen: Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung, Europäische Union, enthält Copernicus Sentinel-2 Daten 2018, verarbeitet durch das Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
TrueDOP 2024 — Geoportal Berlindl-de/zero-2-0Berlin.Credit: Geoportal Berlin / Digitale farbige TrueOrthophotos 2024 (DOP20RGBI), dl-de/zero-2-0Licence: dl-de/zero-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20c — Landesvermessung und Geobasisinformation Brandenburg (LGB)dl-de/by-2-0 + dl-de/zero-2-0Brandenburg (the layer includes Berlin).Credit: © GeoBasis-DE/LGB, dl-de/by-2-0; © Geoportal Berlin, dl-de/zero-2-0 (Daten geändert)Licence: dl-de/by-2-0 · dl-de/zero-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP10 2025 — Landesamt GeoInformation BremenCC BY 4.0the state of Bremen (Bremen and Bremerhaven).Credit: © GeoBasis-DE / Landesamt GeoInformation Bremen (2026), CC BY 4.0, Daten geändertLicence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP 2024 (belaubt) — Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Landesbetrieb Geoinformation und Vermessung (LGV)dl-de/by-2-0Hamburg.Credit: © Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, LGV, dl-de/by-2-0 (Daten geändert)Licence: dl-de/by-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20 — Hessische Verwaltung für Bodenmanagement und Geoinformation (HVBG)dl-de/zero-2-0Hesse.Credit: © HVBG (Daten geändert)Licence: dl-de/zero-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP — Landesamt für innere Verwaltung Mecklenburg-VorpommernCC BY 4.0Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Credit: © GeoBasis-DE/M-V 2026, CC BY 4.0 (Quelle verändert)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20 — Landesamt für Geoinformation und Landesvermessung Niedersachsen (LGLN)CC BY 4.0Lower Saxony.Credit: LGLN (2026), CC BY 4.0, Daten geändertLicence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP — Geobasis NRW (Bezirksregierung Köln)dl-de/zero-2-0North Rhine-Westphalia.Credit: Luftbild: Geobasis NRW · dl-de/zero-2-0Licence: dl-de/zero-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20 — Landesamt für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalzdl-de/by-2-0Rhineland-Palatinate.Credit: ©GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeoRP (2026), dl-de/by-2-0, www.lvermgeo.rlp.de [Daten bearbeitet]Licence: dl-de/by-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20 2023 — Landesamt für Vermessung, Geoinformation und Landentwicklung Saarland (LVGL)dl-de/by-2-0Saarland.Credit: © GeoBasis DE/LVGL-SL (2026), dl-de/by-2-0 (Daten geändert)Licence: dl-de/by-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20 — Staatsbetrieb Geobasisinformation und Vermessung Sachsen (GeoSN)dl-de/by-2-0Saxony.Credit: Quelle: GeoSN, dl-de/by-2-0 (Daten geändert)Licence: dl-de/by-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20 — Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Sachsen-Anhalt (LVermGeo)dl-de/by-2-0Saxony-Anhalt.Credit: © GeoBasis-DE/LVermGeo ST, dl-de/by-2-0 (Daten geändert)Licence: dl-de/by-2-0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP20 — Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Schleswig-HolsteinCC BY 4.0Schleswig-Holstein.Credit: © GeoBasis-DE/LVermGeo SH/CC BY 4.0 (Quelle verändert)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
DOP — Geodateninfrastruktur Thüringen (GDI-Th)CC BY 4.0Thuringia.Credit: © GDI-Th (2026), CC BY 4.0 (Daten geändert)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
The National Map: Orthoimagery (USDA NAIP and partners) — U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Programpublic domainthe United States with Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and Guam.Credit: Imagery: USGS The National Map / USDA NAIP (public domain)Full source note for the service: Map services and data available from U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program.Licence: public domainChanges (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
PNOA máxima actualidad (OrtoPNOA) — Instituto Geográfico Nacional de España / Sistema Cartográfico NacionalCC-BY 4.0Spain with the Balearic and Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.Credit: Obra derivada de PNOA-MA 2026 CC-BY 4.0 scne.esLicence: CC-BY 4.0 · Terms of service: www.ign.es/resources/licencia/Condiciones_licenciaUso_IGN.pdfChanges (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
GSI Tiles: seamless aerial photo (全国最新写真) — Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (国土地理院)GSI Content Terms of Use (PDL 1.0)Japan (without Okinotorishima).Credit: 地理院タイル(全国最新写真)を加工して作成 · Source: GSI Tiles, editedLicence: GSI Content Terms of Use (PDL 1.0)Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Ortofoto České republiky — Český úřad zeměměřický a katastrální (ČÚZK)CC BY 4.0Czechia.Credit: © ČÚZK, CC BY 4.0 (data changed)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Orthophoto officielle du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg — Administration du cadastre et de la topographie (ACT)CC0 1.0Luxembourg.Credit: Orthophoto: Administration du cadastre et de la topographie, Luxembourg (CC0)Licence: CC0 1.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Orthophoto (national mosaic of the three Regions' aerial surveys) — National Geographic Institute of Belgium (NGI / IGN)CC BY 4.0Belgium.Credit: © NGI/IGN Belgium (2026), CC BY 4.0 (data changed)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Ortofotos 25 cm – Portugal Continental – 2018 — Direção-Geral do Território (DGT)CC BY 4.0mainland Portugal.Credit: Ortofotos 2018 © Direção-Geral do Território, CC BY 4.0 (data changed)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Orthophoto (Ortofoto) — Republic of Estonia Land and Spatial Development Board (Maa- ja Ruumiamet)Land and Spatial Development Board open data licence (1 Jan 2025)Estonia.Credit: Orthophoto 2026, Republic of Estonia Land and Spatial Development Board (open data licence)Licence: Land and Spatial Development Board open data licence (1 Jan 2025)Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Ortofotomozaika SR — Geodetický a kartografický ústav Bratislava (GKÚ) and Národné lesnícke centrum (NLC)CC BY 4.0Slovakia.Credit: Ortofotomozaika SR © GKÚ Bratislava, NLC, CC BY 4.0 (data changed)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Državni ortofoto DOF025 — Geodetska uprava Republike Slovenije (GURS)CC BY 4.0Slovenia.Credit: Geodetska uprava Republike Slovenije, ortofoto DOF025, 2026 (CC BY 4.0, data changed)Licence: CC BY 4.0Changes (Daten geändert): cropped to the coverage area, areas without data made transparent, re-encoded as WebP.
Airports, navigation and airspace
OurAirportspublic domainAirports, runways, frequencies and navaids.
WikidataCC0Annual passenger numbers, used only to rank the best-known airports for Skydle's Top 100 / 200 / 300.
OpenFlightsODbLRoute counts per airport, used for the same Skydle ranking.
X-Plane legacy navigation dataGPL v3Fixes and airways (data cycle 2012.08), for display only. Our derived files are served openly under /nav/; the conversion script is part of Waypoint's source and available on request.
X-Plane Scenery GatewayGPL · © Robin A. PeelStands and taxiway data, together with the Infinite Flight Airport Editing project (GPL v2). Ground layouts © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). The derived stand file is available on request under the same licence. Credited in the gate popups and on the airport gate pages.
VAT-Spy Data ProjectCC BY-SA 4.0FIR and centre boundaries, © the VAT-Spy data team. Waypoint publishes its own derived boundary file at /api/firs under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes made to the original: sector splits and overlay airspaces (military, altitude-capped, FIS, TMA and dummy entries) removed, FIR names joined in from VATSpy.dat, an oceanic flag and a label point added. The file carries this notice in its headers and in a license field.
FAAUS government workInstrument charts (d-TPP) and NOTAMs.
OpenStreetMap via OverpassODbL 1.0Airport ground layouts, and the airports Infinite Flight has that OurAirports doesn't list: their position, name and runways come from OpenStreetMap (the airport panel says so), elevation from the aerodrome's OSM tag or the terrain tiles above.
Weather
NOAA / National Weather ServiceUS government workMETAR, TAF, SIGMET, winds and clouds aloft (GFS via NOMADS), hurricanes (NHC).
Japan Meteorological AgencyJMA termsTyphoon advisories.
Joint Typhoon Warning CenterUS government workTropical cyclone warnings.
Real-world flights and aircraft
adsb.lolODbL 1.0Real-world ADS-B positions and history, and the source of the observed gate use and the Route Builder's real-route observations. Data © adsb.lol contributors, licensed under the Open Database License 1.0; what Waypoint derives from it is ODbL 1.0 too — see "Open databases" below.
OpenSky Network aircraft databaseCC BY 4.0Aircraft registrations, types and operators.
VRS standing dataCC0Route table used by the Route Builder.
Bureau of Transportation StatisticsUS government workOfficial US airline schedules.
AeroDataBoxcommercial API, cached ≤ 7 daysSchedules, airport boards, aircraft details and airline route maps behind the Route Builder and the real-world panels.
Aircraft owners: ask us not to identify your aircraftADS-B is an unencrypted radio broadcast and anyone with a receiver can hear it, but that does not mean your aeroplane has to carry your name on our map. Write to [email protected] with the registration and, if you know it, the ICAO 24-bit address (hex code). Say "aircraft privacy request" and nothing else — we ask for no proof of ownership, because the worst that can happen if someone asks for an aircraft that is not theirs is one aeroplane fewer with a name on it.From then on the aircraft still appears on the map as an anonymous dot — position, heading, altitude and speed, which is what makes the picture useful and identifies nobody — but with no registration, no callsign, no operator, no aircraft type, no photos, no trail, no history, and no take-off or landing alerts. We stop looking it up anywhere. You do not need an account, and you can ask us to undo it the same way.Take-off and landing alerts are a separate matter and already narrower: they exist only for identified commercial flights, never for privately operated aircraft, whether or not they are on that list. The reasoning is in our privacy notice.
Models, fonts and software
3D aircraft modelsCC BY© hikami3150, arya.g.winarto, superlitmariogaming, ideehochzwei — via Sketchfab. Aircraft icons and low-poly planes on the map are Waypoint's own.
Fonts in share imagesSIL OFL 1.1 · Apache 2.0Barlow and Barlow Condensed (© The Barlow Project Authors), Archivo Black (© The Archivo Black Project Authors), PT Serif (© ParaType), Marcellus SC (© Astigmatic), Cinzel Decorative (© Natanael Gama), IBM Plex Mono (© IBM) and JetBrains Mono (© The JetBrains Mono Project Authors) under the SIL Open Font License 1.1; Special Elite (© Astigmatic) and Homemade Apple (© Font Diner) under the Apache License 2.0. They are drawn into the boarding-pass, passport and profile-card images on Waypoint's server, from copies pinned to one fixed version of the google/fonts and JetBrains Mono repositories — your browser never downloads them, and no visitor data reaches Google.
Skydle letteringSIL OFL 1.1Barlow Condensed (© The Barlow Project Authors) under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, for the sign-style lettering in Skydle. The font files are served from Waypoint's own domain, so your browser never contacts Google for them.
Waypoint is built with Next.js, React, MapLibre, three.js, sharp, Leaflet and many other open-source packages. The full list — every package the site, server and apps ship, with its version and licence — is on Open-source licences.
Open databases (ODbL) — share-alike
OpenStreetMap and adsb.lol publish their data under the Open Database License 1.0. What you see on screen from it — a gate popup, a map layer, a Route Builder result — is a "Produced Work", and carries a notice naming the source next to it (ODbL §4.3). The databases Waypoint builds from that data are "Derivative Databases": because they are used publicly, they are licensed under ODbL 1.0 as well (§4.4), and anyone who uses what they produce can have a machine-readable copy of the whole database, free of charge (§4.6).
Observed gate useODbL 1.0 · from adsb.lolPer airport, stand and airline: on how many distinct days an aircraft was seen parked at that stand (last 120 days). Built from the adsb.lol snapshot and matched to Infinite Flight's stands; it holds no registrations, positions or times. The stand names in it come from the stand data above (GPL).
Real-route observationsODbL 1.0 · from adsb.lolPer day and airline callsign: the aircraft type flown and the first and last moment it was seen airborne. Behind the Route Builder.
Airport ground layoutsODbL 1.0 · from OpenStreetMapThe OpenStreetMap extracts behind taxiways, aprons and runways, served openly per airport as GeoJSON at /api/layout/<ICAO> (the stands in the same file stay GPL).
Airports from OpenStreetMapODbL 1.0 · from OpenStreetMapThe airports Infinite Flight has and OurAirports doesn't list, as built from OpenStreetMap: code, position, name, runways (length, heading, surface) and the OSM element each came from, served openly as JSON at /api/airports/osm.
To get a copy of the observed gate use or the real-route observations, write to the contact address in the Impressum and name the database. You receive the complete current file as machine-readable (gzip-compressed) JSON, free of charge, under ODbL 1.0 — which lets you use and share it, provided you credit the sources and keep any database you derive from it under the same licence.
Your content
Photos, videos and profiles on Contrail, in the galleries and on airline pages belong to the pilots who posted them, under the licence in the terms of use. The names, logos and liveries of virtual airlines on Waypoint identify virtual airlines in Infinite Flight, not real carriers. Logos of real airlines appear only next to real-world flights, to show which airline operates them; they come from the community collection airlines-logos-dataset (MIT licence for the collection). The logos are trademarks of their airlines, and Waypoint is not affiliated with any of them. A rights holder who wants a logo removed can use the report page or the address in the Impressum.