Aircraft Types in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Aircraft Types returns the physical and operational characteristics of an aircraft type from its ICAO designator, such as B738 or A320, or by searching manufacturer and model. Each type comes with wingspan, length, tail height, maximum takeoff and landing weight, approach speed and category, airplane design group, ICAO wake turbulence category and FAA weight class, with metric conversions. Paid plans add airport planning geometry, RECAT wake categories and US registration and traffic counts.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

aircrafttypes.xlsxsample data

A2fx=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count")

Count

Returned

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

One value per row

Fill =VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count") down a column and Aircraft Types returns a result for every row — a batch of live values in a single drag, no code.

Enrich data in place

Add Aircraft Types beside a table you already have to append its output right where your data lives, then sort, filter, or chart on it.

Live or frozen

Keep the aircraft types values as formulas that look up again when their inputs change, or fill them as plain values that never move.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("aircrafttypes", "count")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

icao
ICAO aircraft type designator, for example B738, A20N or C172. When given, the other search parameters are ignored
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count", "icao", "B738")
manufacturer
Manufacturer name or part of it, for example Boeing, Airbus or Cessna
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count", "manufacturer", "Airbus")
model
Model name or part of it, for example 737, A320 or Citation
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count", "model", "737")
engineType
Only types with this engine class
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count", "engineType", "jet")
wakeCategory
Only types in this ICAO wake turbulence category
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count", "wakeCategory", "heavy")
engines
Only types with this number of engines
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count", "engines", "2")
limit
Maximum number of types to return, 1-50
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count", "limit", "10")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name right after the inputs to land just that value in the cell.

Count
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count")
Returned
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "returned")
Types
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types")
Types › Icao Code
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.icaoCode")
Types › Faa Designator
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.faaDesignator")
Types › Manufacturer
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.manufacturer")
Types › Model
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.model")
Types › Variant
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.variant")
Types › Aircraft Class
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.aircraftClass")
Types › Engine Type
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.engineType")
Types › Engine Count
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.engineCount")
Types › Wingspan Ft
=VERVE("aircrafttypes", "types.0.wingspanFt")

Aircraft Types, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Aircraft Types into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count") into any cell. The argument after the inputs names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Aircraft Types?

Aircraft Types returns count, returned, types, types.0.icaoCode and types.0.faaDesignator, plus 7 more — name any one of them after the inputs and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what Aircraft Types returns?

Yes — Aircraft Types takes "icao", "manufacturer", "model" and "engineType", plus 3 more as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the inputs and the field, in any order, so =VERVE("aircrafttypes", "count", "icao", "B738") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Can I fill a whole column of Aircraft Types at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell and one call returns a value for every row, or drag =VERVE("aircrafttypes") down like any spreadsheet function.

How many credits does each Aircraft Types cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Aircraft Types work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

How current is Aircraft Types?

It draws on 388 aircraft types, served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and a cell looks up again whenever its inputs change.

Aircraft Types

One value per row

Enrich data in place

Live or frozen

Aircraft Types, answered

Put Aircraft Types in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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