Sources
Public freight data sources
Public freight data sources for the United States freight market.
This page lists the public sources used or planned for BB Freight Alliance, with a clear distinction between current feeds, periodic datasets and static reference layers.
Source transparency matters because freight readers need to know what geography, time period and operating question a dataset can support.
Where a source needs an API key, has limited coverage or updates slowly, that limit should be visible before the data is used on a dashboard.
National Weather Service alerts APISevere weather alerts, filtered for freight-relevant eventsNOAA Aviation Weather METAR APIAirport weather observations for major cargo airportsEIA weekly on-highway diesel pricesWeekly regional diesel price surveyFRED GASDESW seriesNational weekly diesel price historyOpenSky Network REST APIPublic ADS-B aircraft state vectorsUSPS tracking toolsOfficial parcel tracking entry pointsBureau of Transportation Statistics ports dataPort reference statisticsFHWA/BTS Freight Analysis FrameworkNational freight flow reference dataUSACE Waterborne Commerce statisticsWaterway commerce reference data