Why did FlightAware withdraw its lawsuit against Kalshi?

FlightAware withdrew its lawsuit against Kalshi one day after filing it. The court filing did not provide a public explanation for the withdrawal.

What was the FlightAware lawsuit about?

The lawsuit focused on Kalshi’s use of FlightAware flight tracking data in contracts linked to flight delays and cancellations.

No, the court did not issue a ruling on the dispute. FlightAware voluntarily dismissed the case shortly after filing it.

Kalshi is a prediction market platform that offers event-based contracts tied to outcomes such as weather, politics, and economic events.

The dismissal ended the court case, but it did not publicly resolve the underlying dispute over the use of FlightAware’s data.

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Written by Jon CuthbertPublished Aug 12, 2026, 11:47 PM

FlightAware withdrew its lawsuit against Kalshi one day after filing it.
The case focused on Kalshi’s use of FlightAware data in event contracts.
The legal dispute ended almost immediately, with no public explanation for the withdrawal.

FlightAware withdrew its lawsuit against prediction market platform Kalshi just one day after filing the case.

The lawsuit claimed Kalshi used FlightAware data in contracts linked to flight delays and cancellations.

Court records showed the case was voluntarily dismissed shortly after it was filed.

The filing did not include a public explanation for why FlightAware dropped the lawsuit so quickly.

The dispute centred on FlightAware’s flight tracking data and how it was used in Kalshi’s event-based contracts.

Kalshi has expanded its event contract offerings across weather, politics, economics, and other real-world events.

The case ended almost immediately, leaving the dispute unresolved in public court proceedings.

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