Port 5904Air-Ground SWIM

Port for Air-Ground SWIM communications in aviation information systems.

transport: tcp · udp · sctp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 1/10
lookups: 0

also known as ag-swim

Technical Details

what runs on :5904

Air-Ground SWIM is registered on port :5904 over tcp and udp and sctp to International Civil Aviation Organisation, assigned June 2022. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.

In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :5904

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :5904'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5904

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5904

another host

nmap -sV -p T:5904 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:5904 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :5904

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

network services averages 2.7 across 1,375 ports — this one sits 1.7 below.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp · sctp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :5904 yet

known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :5904
service: Air-Ground SWIM
transport: TCPUDPSCTP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Network Services
usage: Port 5904 is assigned for Air-Ground SWIM (AG-SWIM) traffic by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The assignment covers TCP, UDP, and SCTP, but public deployment and protocol details are limited.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-08
updated: 2026-09-08
references: IANA service name registry — port 5904

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 5904. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-09-08.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :5904Air-Ground SWIM

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 5904Air-Ground SWIM