Port 5912Flight Information Services

SCTP port assigned for Flight Information Services.

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

also known as fis

1 other service is registered on port 5912. compare all 2 →

Technical Details

what runs on :5912

Flight Information Services is registered on port :5912 over sctp to Justin Yu, assigned May 2011. 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 :5912

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :5912'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5912

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5912

another host

nmap -sV -p T:5912 <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 :5912

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

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

sctp

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :5912 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :5912
service: Flight Information Services
transport: SCTP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA assigns SCTP port 5912 for Flight Information Services. The assignment was registered by Justin Yu in 2011; public deployment appears to be extremely uncommon.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-14
updated: 2026-09-14
references: IANA service name registry — port 5912

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 5912. 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 2026-09-14.

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ports registered around :5912, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:5938	TeamViewer	TCPUDP	Remote Access	caution	65.0k
:5900	VNC Remote Desktop	TCPUDP	Remote Access	caution	14.2k
:5852	Adeona OpenDHT Client	TCP	Security	caution	9.3k
:5912	Tidal Scheduler Agent	TCP	System	caution	8.5k
:5850	COMIT SE PCR	TCP	Network Services	caution	4.2k
:5859	WHEREHOO	TCPUDP	—	safe	0
:5904	Air-Ground SWIM	TCPUDPSCTP	Network Services	safe	0
:5910	Context Management	SCTP	System	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe38%
caution63%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :5912Flight Information Services

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 5912Flight Information Services