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Failed lookups are not billed.","failureModes":["No aircraft found in the specified radius — returns empty result set without charge","Invalid latitude/longitude values outside decimal degree bounds","Radius exceeds the 250 NM maximum, returning an error","Unsupported category enum value causing a validation error","Network timeout or worker outage returning a 5xx error"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need real-time positional data on aircraft around a specific geographic point, especially when you need military or unidentified aircraft flags, closest-approach calculations, and inbound alerting — capabilities not available on most generic flight-tracker APIs. 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