Query the FlightAware AeroAPI v4 for airport board data and detect departure or arrival disruptions

Steps

1. Authenticate with your AeroAPI key via the Authorization header (value: YOUR_AEROAPI_KEY) on all requests to the base URL https://aeroapi.flightaware.com/aeroapi.
2. Call GET /airports/{id}/flights/departures or /arrivals with the ICAO or IATA airport code to retrieve the departure/arrival board for the airport; use the start and end query parameters to bound the time window.
3. For each flight in the response, inspect the actual_off / actual_on timestamps versus the scheduled_off / scheduled_on; compute the delay in minutes; flag flights where the delta exceeds your threshold.
4. For cancellations, check the cancelled boolean field on each flight object — a true value indicates the airline has cancelled the flight in AeroAPI's data.
5. To track a specific flight over time, use GET /flights/{ident} with the flight identifier (e.g., AA123) to retrieve the flight's current status, estimated times, and any diversion information.
6. Store the AeroAPI fa_flight_id as your canonical flight reference for subsequent queries — flight identifiers can be reused across dates, but fa_flight_id is unique per operation.