diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/datamodels.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/datamodels.py
index c61718bbef214..78dbca76bce96 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/datamodels.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/datamodels.py
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ class ConnectionResponse(BaseModel):
     extra: str | None
 
 
+class VariableResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Variable schema for responses with fields that are needed for Runtime."""
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+    key: str
+    val: str | None = Field(alias="value")
+
+
 # TODO: This is a placeholder for Task Identity Token schema.
 class TIToken(BaseModel):
     """Task Identity Token."""
diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/__init__.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/__init__.py
index c2ee885fab6a5..76479c96cf77f 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/__init__.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/__init__.py
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.router import AirflowRouter
-from airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.routes.connections import connection_router
-from airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.routes.health import health_router
-from airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.routes.task_instance import ti_router
+from airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.routes import connections, health, task_instance, variables
 
 execution_api_router = AirflowRouter()
-execution_api_router.include_router(connection_router)
-execution_api_router.include_router(health_router)
-execution_api_router.include_router(ti_router)
+execution_api_router.include_router(connections.router, prefix="/connections", tags=["Connections"])
+execution_api_router.include_router(health.router, tags=["Health"])
+execution_api_router.include_router(task_instance.router, prefix="/task_instance", tags=["Task Instance"])
+execution_api_router.include_router(variables.router, prefix="/variables", tags=["Variables"])
diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/connections.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/connections.py
index 4e0c6eb007c69..553cb0785d671 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/connections.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/connections.py
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 from airflow.models.connection import Connection
 
 # TODO: Add dependency on JWT token
-connection_router = AirflowRouter(
-    prefix="/connection",
-    tags=["Connection"],
+router = AirflowRouter(
     responses={status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND: {"description": "Connection not found"}},
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ def get_task_token() -> datamodels.TIToken:
     return datamodels.TIToken(ti_key="test_key")
 
 
-@connection_router.get(
+@router.get(
     "/{connection_id}",
     responses={
         status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED: {"description": "Unauthorized"},
diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/health.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/health.py
index c8d903815dc69..7bf4c4a2de0af 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/health.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/health.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.router import AirflowRouter
 
-health_router = AirflowRouter(tags=["Health"])
+router = AirflowRouter()
 
 
-@health_router.get("/health")
+@router.get("/health")
 def health() -> dict:
     return {"status": "healthy"}
diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/task_instance.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/task_instance.py
index 4612b0c0425bc..3ef37013f89b7 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/task_instance.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/task_instance.py
@@ -35,16 +35,13 @@
 from airflow.utils.state import State
 
 # TODO: Add dependency on JWT token
-ti_router = AirflowRouter(
-    prefix="/task_instance",
-    tags=["Task Instance"],
-)
+router = AirflowRouter()
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@ti_router.patch(
+@router.patch(
     "/{task_instance_id}/state",
     status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT,
     # TODO: Add description to the operation
@@ -133,7 +130,7 @@ def ti_update_state(
         )
 
 
-@ti_router.put(
+@router.put(
     "/{task_instance_id}/heartbeat",
     status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT,
     responses={
diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/variables.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/variables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..79df5678aca4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/variables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+
+from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, status
+from typing_extensions import Annotated
+
+from airflow.api_fastapi.common.router import AirflowRouter
+from airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api import datamodels
+from airflow.models.variable import Variable
+
+# TODO: Add dependency on JWT token
+router = AirflowRouter(
+    responses={status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND: {"description": "Variable not found"}},
+)
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def get_task_token() -> datamodels.TIToken:
+    """TODO: Placeholder for task identity authentication. This should be replaced with actual JWT decoding and validation."""
+    return datamodels.TIToken(ti_key="test_key")
+
+
+@router.get(
+    "/{variable_key}",
+    responses={
+        status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED: {"description": "Unauthorized"},
+        status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN: {"description": "Task does not have access to the variable"},
+    },
+)
+def get_variable(
+    variable_key: str,
+    token: Annotated[datamodels.TIToken, Depends(get_task_token)],
+) -> datamodels.VariableResponse:
+    """Get an Airflow Variable."""
+    if not has_variable_access(variable_key, token):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+            detail={
+                "reason": "access_denied",
+                "message": f"Task does not have access to variable {variable_key}",
+            },
+        )
+
+    try:
+        variable_value = Variable.get(variable_key)
+    except KeyError:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            detail={
+                "reason": "not_found",
+                "message": f"Variable with key '{variable_key}' not found",
+            },
+        )
+
+    return datamodels.VariableResponse(key=variable_key, value=variable_value)
+
+
+def has_variable_access(variable_key: str, token: datamodels.TIToken) -> bool:
+    """Check if the task has access to the variable."""
+    # TODO: Placeholder for actual implementation
+
+    ti_key = token.ti_key
+    log.debug(
+        "Checking access for task instance with key '%s' to variable '%s'",
+        ti_key,
+        variable_key,
+    )
+    return True
diff --git a/tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_connection.py b/tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_connections.py
similarity index 92%
rename from tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_connection.py
rename to tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_connections.py
index 107fb8741eac6..287a5bac8019a 100644
--- a/tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_connections.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def test_connection_get_from_db(self, client, session):
         session.add(connection)
         session.commit()
 
-        response = client.get("/execution/connection/test_conn")
+        response = client.get("/execution/connections/test_conn")
 
         assert response.status_code == 200
         assert response.json() == {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_connection_get_from_db(self, client, session):
         {"AIRFLOW_CONN_TEST_CONN2": '{"uri": "http://root:admin@localhost:8080/https?headers=header"}'},
     )
     def test_connection_get_from_env_var(self, client, session):
-        response = client.get("/execution/connection/test_conn2")
+        response = client.get("/execution/connections/test_conn2")
 
         assert response.status_code == 200
         assert response.json() == {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def test_connection_get_from_env_var(self, client, session):
         }
 
     def test_connection_get_not_found(self, client):
-        response = client.get("/execution/connection/non_existent_test_conn")
+        response = client.get("/execution/connections/non_existent_test_conn")
 
         assert response.status_code == 404
         assert response.json() == {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def test_connection_get_access_denied(self, client):
         with mock.patch(
             "airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.routes.connections.has_connection_access", return_value=False
         ):
-            response = client.get("/execution/connection/test_conn")
+            response = client.get("/execution/connections/test_conn")
 
         # Assert response status code and detail for access denied
         assert response.status_code == 403
diff --git a/tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_variables.py b/tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_variables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..67247e4adb955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/test_variables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from airflow.models.variable import Variable
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
+
+
+class TestGetVariable:
+    def test_variable_get_from_db(self, client, session):
+        Variable.set(key="var1", value="value", session=session)
+        session.commit()
+
+        response = client.get("/execution/variables/var1")
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json() == {"key": "var1", "value": "value"}
+
+        # Remove connection
+        Variable.delete(key="var1", session=session)
+        session.commit()
+
+    @mock.patch.dict(
+        "os.environ",
+        {"AIRFLOW_VAR_KEY1": "VALUE"},
+    )
+    def test_variable_get_from_env_var(self, client, session):
+        response = client.get("/execution/variables/key1")
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert response.json() == {"key": "key1", "value": "VALUE"}
+
+    def test_variable_get_not_found(self, client):
+        response = client.get("/execution/variables/non_existent_var")
+
+        assert response.status_code == 404
+        assert response.json() == {
+            "detail": {
+                "message": "Variable with key 'non_existent_var' not found",
+                "reason": "not_found",
+            }
+        }
+
+    def test_variable_get_access_denied(self, client):
+        with mock.patch(
+            "airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.routes.variables.has_variable_access", return_value=False
+        ):
+            response = client.get("/execution/variables/key1")
+
+        # Assert response status code and detail for access denied
+        assert response.status_code == 403
+        assert response.json() == {
+            "detail": {
+                "reason": "access_denied",
+                "message": "Task does not have access to variable key1",
+            }
+        }