Data access

Name: White Contrails OEM Orders & Deliveries Dataset
Creator: White Contrails
License: https://whitecontrails.com/data-access.html

The dataset behind our Orders & Deliveries page is available as raw JSON — free to use, attribution required. This page is the whole license: no signup, no key, no rate limit beyond common sense.

What it is

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft orders, deliveries, and backlog by programme, compiled directly from each manufacturer's own published figures (Airbus's monthly orders-and-deliveries report; Boeing's official orders-and-deliveries dataset) — not estimated, not third-party. Monthly history goes back to 2021. Updated weekly.

Endpoint: https://whitecontrails.com/data/oem_stats.json
Format: JSON, UTF-8, no auth
Update cadence: weekly (Mondays, alongside the manufacturers' own publication schedule)
Stability: the URL and top-level schema are stable; new fields may be added, existing ones won't be removed or renamed without notice here.

Schema

{
  "updated_at": "2026-07-09T09:03:22+00:00",
  "airbus": {
    "as_of": "June 2026",
    "month_deliveries": <int>,
    "month_customers": <int>,
    "month_orders_gross": <int>,
    "ytd_year": 2026,
    "ytd_deliveries": <int>,
    "programs": [
      {"name": "A320 Family", "orders_total": <int>, "deliveries_total": <int>, "backlog": <int>},
      ...
    ],
    "source": "https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/commercial-aircraft/orders-and-deliveries"
  },
  "boeing": {
    "as_of": "June 2026",
    "programs": [ ... same shape as airbus.programs ... ],
    "deliveries_by_year": { "2021": <int>, "2022": <int>, ... },
    "source": "https://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/orders-deliveries"
  },
  "history": {
    "airbus": { "2026-04": {"A220": <cumulative int>, "A320 Family": <cumulative int>, ...}, ... },
    "boeing": { "2026-04": { ... same shape ... }, ... }
  }
}

programs[].backlog is Airbus/Boeing's own reported backlog figure (orders minus deliveries), not independently recalculated. history values are cumulative-to-date totals per programme per month, matching how each manufacturer reports them — take month-over-month differences yourself if you need monthly deltas.

Attribution

Free to use — in a chart, an analysis, a chatbot answer, anywhere — with a visible credit and link back. Suggested form:

Data: White Contrails, compiled from Airbus and Boeing's own published figures.

If you're citing a specific figure rather than the whole dataset, linking the Orders & Deliveries page itself (where the same numbers are shown with their "as of" dates) works just as well.

What we ask

Attribute White Contrails as the compiler — the underlying figures are Airbus's and Boeing's own, but assembling them into one clean, versioned dataset is work we do.
Don't imply endorsement — using the data doesn't mean we've reviewed or agreed with whatever you build on top of it.
Be a reasonable caller — this is served from the same infrastructure as the site; we don't rate-limit today, but a scraper hammering the endpoint every few seconds will eventually get one.

Questions

Something look wrong, or want a field that isn't here? [email protected].