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Flight Carbon Footprint

GET /carbon/flight

Calculate the CO2 emissions for a specific flight route by providing origin and destination coordinates. Uses great-circle distance and aviation emission factors to estimate the carbon footprint in kilograms of CO2. Useful for travel booking apps that display environmental impact, carbon offset calculators, and corporate travel sustainability reporting. Supports any two points on Earth.

Parameters

from_lat required

Origin lat

from_lon required

Origin lon

to_lat required

Dest lat

to_lon required

Dest lon

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/carbon/flight?from_lat=59.9&from_lon=10.7&to_lat=40.7&to_lon=-74"
Oslo to New York flight emissions
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/carbon/flight?from_lat=59.9&from_lon=10.7&to_lat=40.7&to_lon=-74"
London to Tokyo flight emissions
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/carbon/flight?from_lat=51.47&from_lon=-0.46&to_lat=35.76&to_lon=140.39"
Stockholm to Berlin flight emissions
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/carbon/flight?from_lat=59.65&from_lon=17.92&to_lat=52.56&to_lon=13.29"

Live Response 

{
  "data": {
    "co2_per_person_kg": 1153.1,
    "distance_km": 5913.0,
    "flight_type": "long_haul",
    "passengers": 1,
    "total_co2_kg": 1153.1,
    "train_equivalent_co2_kg": 242.5,
    "trees_to_offset": 53.0
  },
  "success": true
}
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